Publishing Newsauthors / crowdfunding / diversity / Goodreads / James Baldwin / Literary fiction / publishing / Race / racism / reviews / Self-publishing3 Comments
To Achieve Diversity In Publishing, A Difficult Dialogue Beats Silence – A thought-provoking post about how much change needs to come to publishing in order to truly diversify both the industry and the literary voices that are brought to the public. Not only do more and different stories need to ... more >
Publishing Newsdata / Goodreads / readers / Romance / Self-publishing / smartphones / subgenres / Tablets15 Comments
Sales of Big Smartphones Are Totally Killing Tablets – I posted a story last week on Samsung’s decreasing profits, and here is more evidence that tablet sales are in jeopardy, in large part because bigger smartphone screens are making it easier for consumers to get by with only one device. ... more >
Publishing Newsbig data / fashion / Goodreads / Kickstarter / Leafmarks / Royalties / To Kill a Mockingbird16 Comments
Publishing Projects Find Success on Kickstarter – I’m not sure how I feel about this, frankly, but apparently Kickstarter has become quite the launching pad for book projects. The article provides a list of some of the standouts, but in all, “More than 6,000 publishing campaigns were launched on Kickstarter ... more >
Letters of Opinioncensorship / Free Speech / Goodreads / moderation / online community20 Comments
Way back in September, I wrote a post on free speech and included a question about what everyone’s ideal online book community looked like. There were a number of interesting responses to the question, including, Liz: On the one hand, I believe strongly that we all have a responsibility to ... more >
Publishing NewsBarnes & Noble / digital publishing / Galaxy Note / Goodreads / handcrafted books / iPad / Kindle Fire6 Comments
Interview: Lucy Lethbridge, Author Of ‘Servants’ – For those who found the article yesterday on below-stairs servants interesting, here is an interview with Lucy Lethbridge, whose new book looks to be interesting and informative. “I read a lot of butlers’ memoirs, and what I found particularly fascinating was how [they] ... more >
Publishing NewsBooklikes / criticism-of-romance / Goodreads21 Comments
Study: Read Romance, Be Sensitive – Are readers drawn to romance because they are more sensitive people or does reading romances make you better at reading emotions? I’m reading The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion about a man who makes “evidence-based” life choices. (He doesn’t realize he has Asperger’s). Maybe ... more >