Today’s links of interest:
- DailyLit Launches Book Samplers
Cool. - Washington Post’s Anne Kornblut Writing Hillary Book For Crown in Mid-Six Figure Deal
While we’re sure that Kornblut’s book will be excellent and will sell well, we’re thinking that mid-six figures is part of the problem, not the solution. - Mayor Nutter outlines budget cuts
Libraries in Philadelphia. - Editorial Ass: C[r]ash Flow (Or What Went Wrong in October in Book Publishing)
Nice explanation of the crash of ’08 — better, a practical solution to stop the bleeding. Yep, save the business, buy a book (and work, work, work to make the entire business model less inefficient). - Doris Lessing?s The Golden Notebook
if:book (the Institute for the Future of the Book) embarks upon a reading experiment, using Doris Lessing’s "The Golden Notebook" as the text. Join in the fun by getting your own copy of the book and following along the project. - Webcast Video: Why Publishers Should Care About SEO
Useful, fun information. - Online Reviews Second Only to Word of Mouth as Purchase Influencer in US
Interesting. Cool. And wow, so many opportunities here! - Slate Hiring To Launch A Jezebel Competitor
Women are hot. In a publishing sort of way. - Newspapers Sell Like Hotcakes as People Seek Mementos
The newspaper as a souvenir — probably not the world’s greatest business model, but it’s very cool that this is the item people turn to to remember moments in time.
I live in a Philadelphia suburb and have been keeping tabs on the budgets issues by way of TV and newspaper. I really hope that some way can be figured out that none of the libraries have to close. I don’t know what I would have done without being able to have gone to the library as a kid. My family has over the years has come up from nothing thanks to my dad’s had work and attitude. In the early days it was a struggle to make ends meet, but my mom always made sure every three weeks (schedule permitting) that we picked up some library books. She probably doesn’t know this but, she helped foster a love of reading in all her children and thats the best gift anyone can receive. I hope that no child in Philadelphia is denied the right to read!