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.