The Daily Square – Mojo Woman Edition

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Todays links of interest: Kindle Averts Battle Over Dan Brown’s The Lost SymbolOr, Random House decides they want to sell every possible copy they can of the book. Best part: final paragraph. New Stephen King will have list price of $35. Granted it’s a long book, but seriously? In this economy? Firebrand Literary Closes Doors8/13/2009: Firebrand Literary has announced that it’s going out of business. They are in the process of shutting down. The Rise of Libraries in an ‘e’ world of Books?Fran Toolan of Firebrand Technologies takes a look at the implications of Sony’s recent partnership with Overdrive.

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The Daily Square – He’ll Go Down Edition

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Todays links of interest: The book industry is gonna get Napstered if it forces Amazon to raise e-book prices=Note the phrasing Jack Shafer uses in this article: the customers will rebel. It’s an interesting way of looking at it. What happens when an industry tries to force behaviors that its customers don’t want to adopt? Mystery Writers Backs Writer Beware ProgramThis is great news for the members of the Mystery Writers of America. 5 Reasons Every Book Editor Should Be on TwitterGreat post from HarperStudio with bonus (painful!) video. Win. Win.

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Competing for Eyeballs: Reading in the 21st Century

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There is no doubt we live in a time of change. Last week, I wrote that it’s never good for an industry when its customer base changes faster than the business model. It’s even more dangerous when you assume your product is recession-proof, technology-proof, distraction-proof. I was reminded of this again when I read David Ulin’s Los Angeles Times piece about the difficulty of shutting out the rest of the world and finding the time to engage in deep pleasure reading. He calls it “The lost art of reading”. I call it a shot over the bow.

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The Daily Square – Dead Letter Edition

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Todays links of interest: An Interview with Hugh McGuire of Book Oven on New Generation PublishingThe headline says it all. Go. Read. Editorial Ass: Reasons to Make Your Delivery Date (Or, Please Don’t Be Late, Even Though We Always Are)A lovely post that highlights the importance of turning your manuscript in on time. As if you needed a reminder. Oh wait, some of you might. The Future of BEAAs we lurch toward 2010, so many thoughts about how to improve or streamline or something the behemoth that is BookExpo America 2010.

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The Daily Square – Crosseyed and Painless Edition

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Todays links of interest: In Which I Refute the Claim that Richard Russo Is a MisogynistBethanne Patrick delivers a masterful response to Jennie Yabroff’s review of Richard Russo’s work. Yabroff has garnered many WTF? responses. Has she actually read the author? Murdoch vows to charge for all online contentThe open question, of course, is whether or not people will find said content valuable enough to pay for. Murdoch’s ultimatum to Amazon: Give us Kindle subscriber names or elseHonestly, it’s like a Rupert Murdoch bonanza today!

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On Deadlines

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As belts tighten, publishers are considering the extremely drastic (and ungentlemanly!) action of canceling contracts for late manuscripts. On presumes the photo Dan Brown associated with the article is merely for decoration. (As an aside, the fantastic Mary Beth Lucas, my journalism instructor, put the fear of deadlines into me something good!) “What has happened is that in the cold light of morning, publishers are looking at all these expensive deals they made based on the inflated marketplace, and now the bill is coming due and they don’t want the contracts anymore,” said one top agent, who spoke on the

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