Today’s links of interest:
- Return of the storytellers: The return of fiction’s big names in 2009
2009 is showing potential for being a good year to curl up with a book. - Using Twitter to Track User Satisfaction
Or, if you pay attention to (and respond to) what your customers are saying, you might come out a winner. - A Brief History of Modern Lying Authors
How could we resist a headline like that? - Some targeted library branches may be saved
Private entities step in to save the libraries. - Blacks, Hispanics Are Rare Heroes With Newbery Kids Books Medal
Who knew that 2008 would be fraught with Newbery controversy? - Twitter Thoughts…Second Time Around
Joe Wikert (using his winter break — such as it is) is giving us some good stuff this week. Today, on Twitter: "Given that last point, I’d like to make an observation: There seems to be a strong correlation between the quality of a feed and the number of other feeds that person is following. As the latter goes up, the former seems to go down. The best (highest quality) feeds I follow are generally written by people who follow less than 500 other feeds, and most are less than 100." - Joe Wikert’s Kindleville Blog: All Kindle, All the Time: Memo to Jeff Bezos
Joe Wikert makes a list, checks it twice…and we agree with some ideas (though would totally overemphasize the need to decouple device from retailer). - A Bookseller?s Take on ?What Would Google Do??
As we roll into 2009, people are thinking about how new media can build business instead of tear it down. - The Swivet: "Rejection is not for sissies."
Meaning, either the rejector or the rejectee.