Todays links of interest:
- Twitter switch for Guardian, after 188 years of ink
The Guardian, long one of our fave examples of online innovation, becomes all Twitter, all the time. Death of print? Doesn’t seem to be a problem for the British press. - HarperStudio Announces New E-Book Pricing Policy
Hmm, think this tweeting policy deprives long-winded bloggers of major opportunity, but new Literary Twitter Co-op is all over it! - Literary Twitter Co-Op Announced
One of my many exciting new projects. Edward Champion is very persuasive. - The ebook question
Yen contemplates various digital book questions from the perspective of the in-house publicist. Good thoughts, looking for answers. - Toy Story: Are Those 5,000 Magazines in Your Messenger Bag, Or Are You Just Happy to See Me?
A look at the PlasticLogic reader. It’s definitely not a Kindle-killer — and the key is to remember that different devices appeal to different customers. - Famous e-book Luddite won over by Smell of Books—while meanwhile a patent suit MAY be in the works
David Rothman thinks I could be wrong. I will not back down! - Book Sales Off 2.8% in 2008, AAP Says
But look at growth and decline. Clearly telling us something! - Why Multi-Format Ebooks Matter
Smashwords’ Mark Coker crunches some numbers and discovers a truth: consumers haven’t settled on a single format for digital books, so it’s up to publishers to accommodate this fact. - ATT May Enter E-Book Market, Dominated by Kindle (Update1)
File Under: Another day, another device. Cross-file: Please, please, please can we get standards in place before this market goes fubar? - Why Google Book Search
Laura Dawson lays out the facts: if you can’t be found, you won’t be found.