More delays; blame Richard Posner
I’d hoped to post a few things tonight, but I read most of Richard Posner’s article on media bias, having stupidly allowed the description to lull me into thinking that the Human Pentium Processor might be capable of nuanced thought. He isn’t.
And I have trouble typing when I’m spitting nails.
More on the Amazon used-book market
On July 28, the idea that Amazon’s used book market might actually help new book sales was explored right here. The next day, the New York Times ran a story on that very subject. Coincidence?
Actually, the NYT story (here, via CNet) explores the idea in a little more detail. If [...]
McBooks
IC Wales reports that a new publishing company plans to sell individual short stories in book form in cafes and train stations across the country — presunably only in Wales . . . .
The founders of Leaf – a University of Glamorgan spin-out company – believe they can tap into a ready market of people [...]
Goreypalooza
Maud here. I’m away for a week or two, and Andy is stepping in. I’ve pre-posted some items, including these quick links, to appear while I’m gone. Have a good weekend.
If The Unstrung Harp (or, Mr. Earbrass Writes a Novel) left you desperate for more Edward Gorey, don’t miss The Gashlycrumb Tinies, [...]
File under “counter-intuitive”
Turns out the used book market on Amazon.com may actually help boost sales of new books…. (via Techdirt).
here are a couple of explanations for this. First, an active used book market means that newer books have a higher resale value (effectively allowing people to estimate how much it costs to “rent” a book). Secondly, it [...]
I must reluctantly admit that I wish I had thought of this first
Diet books for fat dogs and cats, courtesy of the Arizona Republic.
As Don King would say: “Only in America!”
This guy REALLY lives off the grid
Cadillac Man, a homeless Queens resident, just got a book deal. Given the following I’m just happy the guy lived long enough to actually write something:
“I have lived homeless in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Queens, all the boroughs of New York City save Staten Island,” Cadillac wrote. “I have been urinated on because [...]
Book TV starts new reality show: Growing Up Bronte
A new reality show on Book TV will feature aspiring writers vying for the Bronte house in a Big Brother-meets-1800’s-House elimination tournament. Each week, two teams — the Published vs. the Unpublished — will compete in various literary challenges while simultaneously living in an authentic 1850’s environment. Some examples of planned challenges include:
A [...]
Review of Forbes review
So Forbes posted a review of maudnewton.com. Pretty cool, actually; however, there are just a couple of minor mistakes I’d like to correct — with Maud being gone and all, someone’s got to do it.
Since 2002, New Yorker Maud Newton has been blogging about books, and her site possesses a well-honed individual style others [...]
Thursday funnies
Maud here. I’m away for a week or two, and Andy is stepping in. I’ve pre-posted some items, including these quick links, to appear while I’m gone. Hope all’s well, chickadees.
“Abort, Retry, Ignore?”: what if Poe had used a computer?
Had that affirmational “Desiderata” poem forwarded in email one too many times? [...]
See ya tomorrow
I will be continuing my tour of great American cities with a four-day sojurn to New York City to visit my lovely sort-of-interning-for-two-weeks wife and to drink at my all-time-favorite-cheesy-theme-bar, Pravda.
I will try to fulfill my posting requirements while simultaneously attempting to verify that Maud (and by implication, this whole site) is not a clever [...]
Bret Easton Ellis recognizes the marketing savvy of the amazing John Twelve Hawks*
This kind of marketing is all the rage these days, apparently.
An “official” website and a “fan” site devoted to the career of an actress called Jayne Dennis are not what they seem. Jayne Dennis is not a real person: she is a character in Bret Easton Ellis’s novel Lunar Park, due out next month, which [...]
Last but not least: Harry Potter = a new polynesian island for Jeff Bezos
Or whatever else Bezos fees like buying . . . . Thanks in part to Potter, Amazon is up 26%. Word. At $43 per share, that means Bezos is worth about — a zillion dollars?
Makes my January prediction that Amazon was about to go under look pretty fucking stupid, eh? It’s your [...]
More Harry Potter, for those with less spare time than the approx 100 billion people who bought The Half-Blood Prince
The Guardian Unlimited has condensed it down for you: The Half-Blood Prince Digested Read
You know, Emma Watson IS almost legal . . . .
Good thing, given that Harry Potter is getting racier
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