Today’s links of interest:
- Critics Say Newbery-Winning Books Are Too Challenging for Young Readers
This about an award whose winner includes "Julie of the Wolves?" - Mills & Boon launches ad campaign to woo younger readers
We say it’s about time. - The Digital Slay-Ride: What’s killing newspapers is the same thing that killed the slide rule.
We quote: "I keep waiting for one of these distressed, failing newspapers to realize that it has nothing to lose and get a little crazy and create something brand new and brilliant for readers and advertisers. I keep being disappointed." - Finding Value in Author Web Sites
Do authors need websites? Yes. - The Emma Bovary route out of recession
Hey, if it works… - Roth Remains at HMH… for Now
Is this true: "One of the persistent topics of conversation among agents since the trouble at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt surfaced is whether Philip Roth, one of the house’s marquee (and arguably most important) authors, will remain with the publisher." If so, then the agents of the world really have skewed priorities. - Kamil Named Editor-in-Chief of Little Random
Susan Kamil gets the first new appointment after the Random House shake-up. - E-Reads: Behind Publishing’s Wednesday of the Long Knives
Richard Curtis analyzes the problems facing the publishing industry, with a twist. - Borders Will Take HarperStudio Books on No-Return Basis
This is excellent news, and here’s hoping it’s the beginning of injecting sanity into the entire buying/returning process. - Feiwel, Boughton Rise at New Macmillan Kids’ Group
Additional information about the Macmillan restructure (which seems to be as much about bad economic news as it is about getting the house in order). In other news, Macmillan is severely cutting their BEA presence.