I tend to collect links to articles on writing, reading, publishing and related topics throughout the week. Instead of putting up a post every time I find one, I’m collecting them for Fridays for a field trip on the Internets to other sites. Hope you find something you missed in the list below, feel free to come back and discuss here.
- Cookbook Manga (yes, you read that right mangA, not mangO).
An article by former Television Without Pity recapper about her work translating Japanese cooking-related manga into English. - The Great Chick-lit Coverup, an article on the way books by women writers are being made to look like chick-lit no matter what the book is actually about.
- Publisher’s Weekly notice that Abebooks is being bought by Amazon. My note: This is not a done deal as it has to go through “regulatory approval” in Canada which may or may not be a sticking point depending on whether Abebooks is classified as a bookseller (we have foreign ownership regulations about that sort of thing).
- Huffington Post article about Will Blogs Save Books. I think they miss the point in comparing paid blogs (by media outlets) to the average book blog. I say if you want to complain about how we review things, then you should work out a model that involves better payment than a free book. Also, I don’t read newspaper book or movie reviews because most reviewers are too enamored with their own knowledge on the topic instead of whether something is worth spending time reading/seeing or not.
- U.S. customs can confiscate your laptop for no reason other than “Oooh, shiny!” according to this Washington Post article.
- Meyers ebook release delayed for 24 hours because someone might get to read it before the print edition goes on sale in their time zone. Not. Kidding.
Don’t forget to come back and discuss (or trackback) if something gets you fired up (or you don’t see why others are fired up).
Hi – I’m here thanks to J. Kaye’s spotlight feature – and this is a great site you have here. I’m going to visit awhile and then add you to my google reader.
Welcome Mrs S! Thanks for stopping by and for letting me know J. Kaye was kind enough to put me in her spotlight. For anyone who hasn’t been to J. Kaye’s Book Blog, take a moment to check it out.