Todays links of interest:
- Glenn Beck Signs Multi-Book Deal with Simon Schuster
Glenn Beck enters into a lower advance, higher royalty (with profit sharing — do they really call it that in publishing?) arrangement. But really, children’s books? The mind boggles. - AP’s Curley Has Fightin’ Words For Google
Watching the Associated Press threaten to take all its toys and go home is painful. Truly painful. What do they think will happen when Google stops linking to them? - Digital change: what’s an independent bookseller to do?
Nice piece from BS hero Mike Shatzkin – -a roadmap for independent booksellers in a digital future. - Daily Kos: Fabulous News! Romance Writers of America’s New LGBT Chapter
While we weren’t aware of a multi-year struggle, it’s pretty cool that the RWA has established this chapter. Of course, if you’ve been paying attention, romance has long been at the forefront of social issues. - Cost of Physical Book Publishing
One person tries to break down the costs associated with creating a physical book, hoping to get to the real question: why do ebooks cost what they do? - It’s for Newspapers; It’s for Textbooks; It’s SuperKindle
While the headline alone would win our eternal devotion, Publishers Lunch’s take on tomorrow’s (presumed) Kindle 3 announcement makes us smile. - Superstore chain looks to `make’ hits
It’s so hard not to type in this week’s Borders makeover, but well, there you have it: Borders is returning to handselling, of sorts. - Why we don’t need to reinvent the book for the web age
In which an article doesn’t really answer the point raised in the headline (and in which an author does not appear to have done his homework). An interesting read, but misses the point.