Today’s links of interest:
- Shaken by JA Konrath Press Release
AmazonEncore to publish bestselling author J.A. Konrath’s upcoming book. In what is first (we believe), an author is going through Amazon for first publication rights, digital and print. Expect more deals like this. - Cellphones Now Used More for Data Than for Calls
How is this going to impact the currently overburdened infrastructure. Laughing about the person who doesn’t make calls on his iPhone…because he can’t (sounds too familiar!). - Steve Jobs Offers ‘Freedom from Porn’
As much as we get the idea being espoused here, it leads to the big question of definition. Which, you know, is harder than it looks. - Why iPad apps won’t help magazines.
Short answer: using technology to replicate the print experience (but not quite) is not the answer. - BA president warns of trade’s future irrelevance
Interesting comments from the head of the British Booksellers Association. - HarperCollins’ Debbie Stier Breaks Down Publishing In 2010: ‘A Tale Of Two Cities’
Great discussion with Debbie Stier of HarperCollins. She has our vote for publisher of the year!
