- Brits! Write to your MP to stop sneaky copyright term extension NOW! [Boing Boing] – If only because it gives you an opportunity to use a lovely MySociety site. And for all the other reasons too…
- Psst! Want to read a Nobel winner for free? Or a Pulitzer or Newbery book? Here?s how [TeleRead] – “Notice? This isn?t just a list of books, but also, unwittingly, a policy statement?documenting the damage that copyright term extension has done to the study and enjoyment of literature in the United States.”
- borders self-publishing and the idea of vanity [if:book] – ‘You can even pay to have your own book tour and readings in actual Borders stores, bringing vanity publishing to a whole new level of fantasy role-playing. Writing and publishing, as the Borders site proclaims in its top banner, is now a “lifestyle.”‘
- Digital Life – Digital Life? Borders Lifestyles? Personal Publishing? All very confusing, but basically it’s a Borders-themed skin for Lulu.
- Data Feeds at BookMooch – More bookish APIs (Ta, Tom) – any more, much appreciated.
- Product Placement in Books [New York Times] – The book industry needs to look at ways to make money from content other than sales, but let’s hope this is not the route it takes.
Stop Press for February 21st through February 25th
February 26, 2008
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