All Abuzz

January 27th, 2010

So the publishing world is all abuzz today with news of Apple’s iPad, although — period jokes aside — I’m not yet seeing that this is THE THING that will change publishing as we know it. I’m certainly not ready to give up my Kindle, and since I’m not on AT&T, nor do I [...]

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On E-Books and Delayed Publication

December 9th, 2009

I’m going to be answering more of your questions this week, but for the moment, I wanted to share a couple of articles I read this morning about e-books. As you may have read (via GalleyCat and Rexroth), Simon & schuster and Hachette Books have made the decision to delay e-book editions of some [...]

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Linkapalooza time again!

February 27th, 2009

Double entry today, since the links are piling up fast and furiously. So let’s get right to it!

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Modern Book Publishing

January 22nd, 2009

There’s an interesting piece in Time Magazine this week by Lev Grossman about modern book publishing, and how the way mainstream publishing does things now is a dying breed, and that change is-a-coming.

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Reading List

December 17th, 2008

Rexroth, Trixie, and I are headed north this weekend to spend a week in snowy South Dakota with the Implausible clan. And, like the comic says, I am planning what I’ll bring with me. Presents, of course, and clothes and boring stuff, but also: BOOKS!

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