Today’s links of interest:
- Judging a publisher by formatting?
Oh yes! Poor formatting pulls the readers out of the story, and readers do notice (hey Big Six, don’t look smug, you are making a lot of poor quality lists!). - Steal These Books
An interesting look at the books people steal…and the people who steal books. - NSFW: Free as in “my publisher will disown me after I pirate my book on TechCrunch”
Author Paul Carr, caught up in a territorial rights war and desire to garner publicity and maybe sell a few more books, goes rogue. Love this quote: “The consensus seems to be that we can’t exactly stop you. But I’ve been asked to remind you that Hachette policy is not to offer free ebooks and all our ebooks are DRM protected. So there you are. Reminded.” - Random Had Better 2009, Dohle Tells Employees
‘Tis the season for year-end letters to publishing staff. This one sounds upbeat.