Todays links of interest:
- Patti Smith at Book Soup on Saturday
Yeah, this is the important stuff! - Advance PW Review: Nabokov’s ‘The Original of Laura’
Not sure if this makes me sad or very sad. The aspect that deals with the artifact of a writer’s process is fascinating, but act of putting it into the world was contrary to what the author wanted. - Publishers Lunch Deluxe: Kindle Krunching: Week 2
While it’s still early in the analysis process, we bring you Week 2 of the Publisher’s Lunch analysis of Kindle sales. - What If: The New New York Times
Thought experiment on what would happen if the top reporters for the New York Times decided to leave to start their own business. - Proliferation and Pricing Wars for eReaders and eBooks (#FollowReader Summary)
Detailed and details. Read on! - Taunton’s Linn to Become Co-Founder of Digital Start-Up Quartet Press
Don Linn leave Taunton to join Quartet Press. You’d think someone would have mentioned that to us! - RBI Ousts Variety’s Tad Smith, Selling Major Portions of Company
In other news, Publisher’s Weekly is up for sale. Perpetually. - I Am Mr. X.
Oh dear. - George Pelecanos – Music – The Pogues and Me at Boogaloo
So many things that are near and dear to our collective hearts in this post. - The Next Chapter in Interactive Storytelling: interview with Jeremy Ettinghausen
Jeremy talks about We Make Stories, one of our favorite things in the world. - A Taxonomy of Book Bloggers (2009 Edition)
After careful examination of this taxonomy, we declare BS to be all of the above. - New Sony model to be called PRS-300 and PRS-600
Does the reverse numbering scheme reflect lower pricing? - Hey Kids, Let’s Transcend Some Genre
Sarah Weinman on the recent John Banville faux-controversy and transcending genre. - Panelists Clarify Whether Rights-Holders Should Opt Out of Google Books Settlement
Ah, the Google Books Settlement. Will we ever understand it?