This Week In Publishing

Links to various news and events in the world of books:

• For their children, many e-book fans insist on paper– The New York Times
• The many futures of books– Guardian Book Blogs
• So you want to work in publishing?– The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Occupy for the word– The Bookseller
• How writers keep their books– The New Yorker

 

This Week in Publishing

Links to various news and events in the world of books:

• The digitization of the music industry vs. the book world: the ultimate overview (parts II-IV)– Timo Bozeman’s Blog on FutureBook
• Books Association/Publishing Association unveils shadowing scheme– The Bookseller
• Penguin moves into self-publishing– The Guardian
• Amazon’s Kindle lending library is contract breach, says US authors– The Guardian
• Somerset and Gloucestershire library closures “unlawful”– Fight for Libraries campaign
• Classic novels’ first covers– Flavorwire