August 22, 2006
Images Aren’t the Problem
Finn Harver at Conversational Reading is suggesting that images are trumping words. I don’t think this is quite true, although it’s close (and the idea is certainly well-thought out). The […]
August 20, 2006
Long Live the Longlist
Last Monday, the judges for the 2006 Man Booker Prize announced the prize’s nineteen longlisted books, thereby kicking off the month-long countdown to the announcement of the six-book shortlist. Each […]
August 9, 2006
Popularity Contests… For Books?
Just one more thing for authors to worry about: Though MySpace bills itself as “a place for friends,” the networking site has become much more than just simple friendship: These […]
August 8, 2006
More on Nonfiction…
Toni Schlesinger is featured at The Believer. Interestingly, she doesn’t believe in tape recorders for her Shelter column: “I do not use a tape recorder,” she explains in the book’s […]
August 8, 2006
Really, Salon?
A literary guide to the world? Doesn’t that seem, well, a little ambitious? I’m not even going to start about how the Jersey Shore makes the list when we find […]
August 4, 2006
HarperCollins Podcasting
via Syntax of Things: iAmplify and HarperCollins Publishers today launched the Digital Media Cafe, a new audio and video content initiative from HarperCollins powered by the iAmplify proprietary syndication platform, […]