Todays links of interest:
- Are rising used book sales making it harder to publish new books?
A brief piece at Mobylives about recent Oprah segment pushing people toward buying used and trading books. Rather than shake our fingers, maybe it’s time, again, to talk about the value of books. - The Puppy That Will Eat The Publishing Dog
Mike Cane highlights points about adaptability and speed to market. - Sourcebooks, Books Are Fun Team Up
The Horrid Henry series is coming to the US in great style. - Print Is Dead: Doing Less With Less
Every now and then, Gawker has something that makes us think. This piece by Hamilton Nolan is one of those times. - UK site storms SXSW web awards
Again, congratulations to everyone involved, and we wish Jeremy had been in Austin to celebrate this win. - Oxford academic in row with former student over Jane Austen book
Yay, finally something new in the Jane Austen sphere! - Evolution: A Magic Alchemy of Imagination, Power, and GTD
Mark Bertils picks up the story of the incredible Penguin achievement at SXSW (two hours after the awful, the awesome happened). - Discovery To Amazon: Hands Off Our Kindle!
Ah, this is going to be fun. Very fun. The only solution is to stop using DRM, right? - Apple Shows Off Next Version of iPhone Software
Is official, but the devil is (always) in the details. - Steve Rubel: Print Industry Should Subsidize the Kindle
Interesting concept, but won’t work until usability aspects of porting newspapers to Kindle are resolved.
