Todays links of interest:
- It’s a bomb from A-Rod: Book sales doing nothing
Or, sometimes a story is played out (and public interest lost) long before a book can hit the shelves. - 3 Examples of Listening to your Customers
Great post from Malle Vallik about using social media to listen to customers — and how she learns from them. - Guest blogger Max Leone: Max vs. Book Expo America!
Next year, we are having Max Leone accompany Kirk Biglione and Brian OLeary during BEA. They need someone with the presence of mind to avoid the pirates. - Bowdlerizing Children’s Books: A Poll
Author Mitali Perkins asks about the possibility of going back and changing texts that, in our current time, are considered racially offensive. Interesting question, great discussion in the comments. - Editor-Consultant Juliet Ulman on Publishing, Editing, and SF/Fantasy Literature
Terrific interview with Juliet Ulman. Loved what she said about editors being advocates for books. Publishing houses should leverage editorial passion to create reader passion! - BEA Panel: Stupid Things Booksellers and Publishers Do
Shelf Awareness write-up of the Stupid Things panel is excellent. This is a subject worthy of a much longer discussion. - U.S. Steps Up Inquiry of Google Book Settlement
Yep, it’s going to be a long settlement season.