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Today’s links of interest:

• Publishers put a lot of thought into designing the covers of books sold at airports
  More on the great cover discussion of May 2008.
• One man’s plan to rescue book reviewing
  Involves reviewing books, just in case you’re wondering.
• How do you get a debut novel published? It helps if your surname is Depp
  Henceforth, we will be known as Booksquare Depp.
• HarperCollins? social networking site Authonomy in beta for aspiring authors
  And we await the results of this project.
• Online library gets FBI to back off
  The Internet Archive pushes back against a National Security Letter and prevails. Characteristically, Brewster Kahle had a muted reaction to his success.
• Magic triumphs over realism for Garcia Márquez
  See, when an author "quits" writing, it means "at this moment, in the next, who knows?’
• Which Author Remains Obscure Because of All the Ink Wasted on Barbara Walters?
  Ron Hogan digs into a critical (get it, critical?) question raised by Seth Godin about media saturation of certain topics at the expense of others. Special to MediaBistro: fix your page titles!
• Punctuation Has Never Looked So Sexy
  Funny.

Today’s links of interest:

• Online library gets FBI to back off
  The Internet Archive pushes back against a National Security Letter and prevails. Characteristically, Brewster Kahle had a muted reaction to his success.
• Magic triumphs over realism for Garcia Márquez
  See, when an author "quits" writing, it means "at this moment, in the next, who knows?’
• Which Author Remains Obscure Because of All the Ink Wasted on Barbara Walters?
  Ron Hogan digs into a critical (get it, critical?) question raised by Seth Godin about media saturation of certain topics at the expense of others. Special to MediaBistro: fix your page titles!

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As English increasingly becomes the language of business, native speakers feel, quite understandably, that they are at an advantage. But discussion often goes more smoothly when the native speakers leave the room – proceedings are not muddied by idioms and intuitive, unthinking use of slang. Conversation among non-native speakers may be more direct and pragmatic – correct, probably, yet stripped down and functional. The people who see themselves as facilitators are, in reality, obstacles.

• One language fits all - Henry Hitchings

• In Defense Of Women’s Fiction Book Covers
  May 5th, 2008 · 8 Comments

  As a long-time romance novel reader — yes, Mom, I know, but I never warmed to the serial killers — I know that many of the books will never qualify as “great”. Still, there are a lot of talented writers telling incredible stories with amazing voice and creativity in the genre. This is so for […]

• On Publishing with A Small Press
  April 30th, 2008 · 4 Comments

  [BS: Yes, kids, another guest post. Must be the Internets way of celebrating Spring. This week, we are delighted to bring you Lucia Nevai, an award-winning author whose novel Salvation is due out from Tin House Books within weeks. Lucia, who delighted us with her line “when we all agreed that Salvation was the book […]

• Piracy, Uh, What Is It Good For?
  April 28th, 2008 · 7 Comments

  What do you fear more: obscurity or piracy? Seems to me most people fear the latter because we’re told that piracy is bad and must be stopped. 400,000 books were published/distributed in the United States in 2007, according to Rachel Donadio’s recent New York Times article (”You’re an Author? Me Too!”). If you’re trying to […]

• Mentoring: The Writer You Guide Might Be The Future
  April 23rd, 2008 · 3 Comments

  [BS: Yay! Another guest post. We’re really excited to feature Tara Yellen, author of After Hours at the Almost Home, a look at community and family and what happens when one person disappears from the mix. Tara, however, is looking at community of another kind: the importance of mentoring relationships for writers. Just loved […]

• JK Rowling Is Wrong
  April 21st, 2008 · 72 Comments

  Last week’s JK Rowling/Warner Brothers versus RDR Books trial made me very uncomfortable. On one hand, I completely support an author’s right to protect copyright. It’s time this nation (world, really) learned serious lessons about copyright — what it is, how it’s applied, fair use (yes, kids, fair use is part of copyright). But there’s […]

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