Features / Letters of OpinionNYTimes / Reviewing70 Comments
When the latest fracas over the New York Times Book Review's privileged and privileging coverage of "white guys living in Brooklyn" erupted, I reflexively rolled my eyes and sighed. Oh, great, I thought, another go-round in the perpetual media battle between so-called commercial and so-called literary fiction, and one that ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / Barnes & Noble / Blio / Copia / NYTimes15 Comments
This was initially entitled Tuesday’s Midday Links but alas things went astray so I apologize in advance for this post’s length. I know it’s harder to consume the longer it is. Buried in a blog post by the Editors at the New York Times about the search for a new ... more >
Features / Publishing NewsE-books / Ebooks / Julia Spencer-Fleming / Lisa-Valdez / NYTimes / publishing industry / Random-House27 Comments
The UK focused publishing site, The Bookseller, had an article that suggests the delay of ebooks could only strengthen Amazon instead of weakening it. UK trade insider warned deferral was dangerous. “It is never a good response to say to a consumer: "We know you want this but we are ... more >
Publishing NewsNYTimes / plagiarism1 Comments
Maureen Dowd got caught copying a passage from Talking Points Memo blogger, Josh Marshall. She’s stated that it was inadvertent; that she doesn’t read Marshall; and that she got the insightful collection of words from a friend. Apparently Dowd and friend, as a commenter pointed out, has absolute recall over ... more >
Publishing NewsKindle / NYTimes1 Comments
AllThingsD, an arm of the Wall Street Journal, headlined by Walt Mossberg, puts forward its opinion that the Wednesday news conference Amazon is holding at Pace University will feature the debut of a larger Kindle designed to target the newspaper reading crowd. The NYTimes is apparently partnering with Kindle on ... more >