Today’s links of interest:
- Slouching Towards E-books
Lordy, can we stop with the you can’t cuddle stuff? Not true. Otherwise, this article misses a lot of points and doesn’t, ahem, quite capture the reality of ebooks and ebook readers. - Speed it up! A-Rod book out sooner than planned
Who says there’s never any good news in the publishing industry. - Authors Guild to Kindle: Shut Up When You?re Talking to Me | | Digital Daily | AllThingsD
John Paczkowski takes a swing at the Author’s Guild. Pretty much the general consensus is that AG really should be fighting better, smarter battles. - Let’s Tell the World What to Read
Yay, Vroman’s bookstore for leading Team Bookstore. Love it — and it’s a great post about how book people curate and tastemake for the world. - 19 Musical Moments To Die For | Medialoper
Jim Connelly’s Valentine’s Day list. - 10 Take-Aways From the O?Reilly TOC Conference
Yep, a nice list from HarperStudio. - Conference blogging – that?s sooo last year!
Sara Lloyd of the Digitalist (Macmillan) starts the to blog or not to blog the conference conversation rolling. - Book opens to fund publisher with a fragile best seller
Beautiful Books shows that success can be found among economic straits. - Rod Blagojevich Sighted at Macmillan Offices
And, uh, pretty much all over the publishing business, as noted on the Twitter. Apparently his hair was perfect. - After Months of Negotiations, Steve Rubin Becomes ‘Publisher At Large’ at Random House
Job defined, clarified, curious. - Viacom 4Q profit falls amid recession
This is just bad news on so many levels. - Challenging Notions of Free
While we wait (im)patiently for more details from the charming Brian O’Leary, here’s a preview of his upcoming report on free distribution. Interesting conclusions, many of which run contrary to industry beliefs, and food for thought. PDF of presentation for now, more coming soon. - Da Vinci Code author sees secret revealed
Ron Howard, uh, announces something that Dan Brown’s publishers is hesitant to confirm. Brown=good for publishing industry, though it would be nice if he could have gotten the book out in time for the Angels and Demons release. - TOC: The Digital Future Is Confusing and Inspirational
Calvin Reid of Publisher’s Weekly offers up a lovely summary. More thoughts to come soon. - Meyer Boosts Hachette
Ah, for the next Stephenie Meyer. Or for her to get over it and finish the next book. Either/or. - Lexcycle Announces Support for Adobe eBooks in Stanza Reader
We were Stanza fans before, we’re Stanza fans now, and after a great conversation with Neelan Choksi, pretty much Stanza evangelists. - Borders To Shrink Music Shelf Space
Borders is looking at the (slightly expensive and sometimes overhead intensive, depending on how it’s done) scan based trading potential for books. Though the skeptics in the room, raise your hands!, might see this as a ploy to get publishers to extend credit to the chain under the guise of revised payment terms. - That’s Unseemly: Britney Spears To Save Books
Sara Nelson (in you case you hadn’t heard, has resurfaced at The Wrap) raises a skeptical eyebrow at the beauty pageant surrounding a proposed Britney Spears memoir (to wit: is the audience it’s intended for likely to a buy a book that they’ve already lived via other media?). - Some Thoughts on BEA in the Big Apple
The official BEA blog offers some explanation for recent changes, including the switch to a mid-week conference. - Authors Guild to Members: Stay Out of the Ebook Game
So many thoughts, so little sleep. Not sure if the Authors Guild is being deliberately obtuse or legitimately confused. Or both. And, oh yeah, withholding your rights is the smart thing to do…if you want to be pirated.
