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Quick Link | Seth Godin Drives Another Nail Into the Book

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August 24, 2010

Mathew Ingram adds some interesting nuance to the Seth Godin reaction: Not every author or artist has that ability, and not every book is going to find an established audience that way. There are still going to be mass-market blockbusters in publishing, just as there are in movies and music,…
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Go Read This | Seth’s Blog: Moving on

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August 23, 2010

I’ve been interested to read Seth’s reasoning since I read his comments first on GalleyCat. I think he puts the radical case for there being no need for publishers pretty well and he highlights to me the danger that exists for publishers with their top rated talent. On the other…
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Bookselling

Go Read This | E-book price war “absurd” | theBookseller.com

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August 23, 2010

You have to wonder how long this can go on for and who is going to lose. The sense I get is it sure won’t be Amazon, but it VERY WELL may be the Publishers! However, another senior publisher attacked the pricing strategies of W H Smith and Amazon. He…
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Commissioning

Things I Like | Tales of the Burren, and other places – The Irish Times

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August 23, 2010

Delighted to see two of my Commissions in the Irish Times at the weekend: Burren Villages: Tales Of History And Imagination by Sarah Poyntz This sense of something beyond the everyday pervades the book, which is a collection of essays about the area and its people. There is a concise,…
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Books

Quick Link | A radical future for book publishing – News, Books – The Independent

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August 22, 2010

But now their children – and savvy publishers – are getting in on the act. Every major publisher of children’s books is developing its titles for the iPad format, enabling children to access their picture books on screen. But, while adults are content with being able to turn pages on…
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