Today’s links of interest:
- U.S. Stores Import British Edition of Stieg Larsson Mystery
As readers devour the first and second installment in Stieg Larsson’s popular mystery series, smart booksellers (and buyers) are grabbing the already-released UK edition. Because, as a spokesman for Knopf notes, you don’t want to take advantage of reader excitement *right now*. Make ’em wait. No worries, right? - Making eBooks The Next Big Thing
Joe Wikert hits some major points (cheap and dirty p to e conversion: number one with a bullet!) about ebooks. - Staying awake: Notes on the alleged decline of reading
This piece from Ursula K. Le Guin is delightfully long (who says we don’t read long on the Internet), with a lovely rant built into the narrative. - Barnes Noble Nook Review: Pretty Damn Good
Nicely detailed review that hits many key points. There is room for growth, indeed. - Sherman Alexie – A Study in Misunderstanding
Thank you Bradley Robb for saying this. Sherman Alexie has legitimate fears and points, but they get confused with, oh, misconceptions and misstatements. - The Death of Piracy (or Not)
A look at the piracy numbers released by the AAP. - Book publishers say Apple tablet will ‘come out top’ in eBook wars
Useful information: the mythical Apple unicorn tablet will win the ebook wars. All of them. Every one. Despite the projected mythical price point. - Did the Web Kill Gourmet Magazine?
Or did Gourmet — or other magazines with strong niches — do it themselves? - New Kindle features for the blind and vision-impaired coming
This is really good news. Applause! - The Bookstore and User Experience
The bookstores that get this right will be the bookstores that survive. - Random House Restructures the Crown Publishing Group
Jenny Frost is out (and surprised), Maya Majvee is moving from Doubleday Canada, groups are realigned.