Todays links of interest:
- The Sun Sets on Desert Rose Literary Agency
As Victoria Strauss reports, Leann Murphy of the presumably now-defunct Desert Rose Literary Agency has been served her just desserts. - Love the One You’re With: Book Review Ethics Re-examined, Part Two
Bethanne Patrick continues her examination of the ethics and sticky problems of book reviews. - The Future of Book Coverage, Part II: Amazon.com and the Revenue Question
Max Magee takes a long look at why Amazon’s hidden stakeholders — book blogs — choose to participate in the Associates program. Interesting points about process, accounting, and depth of content.
Kassia, thanks for the Victoria Strauss link. I love the part where they’re on the lam but form two literary agencies; I think Bonnie and Clyde missed an opportunity. This could make for a great scene; he’s cleaning the gun, she’s perfecting the query letter.