Lotsa links for today (actually yesterday). If you make it through all of them, congrats! If you wanna talk about one or several, I’m up to it. Comment away!
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All this Coraline stuff is making me giddy. Giddy, I tell you!
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“Zhang Yimou, the man behind the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, is suing the publisher and author of a juicy biography that he said damages his reputation, according to Chinese media.” (via @sarahw)
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“In what could be viewed as a symptom of tough times ahead, Random House of Canada will no longer allow its individual imprints – namely Random House Canada, Knopf Canada, and Doubleday Canada – to make offers on the same titles.” (via @sarahw)
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Vote for your favorite urban fantasy books and authors, then enter to win a $25 gift certificate to a major online bookseller. Huzzah!
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More lol. “Certainly, devotees of the Ugg have a trademark walk: a splayed-foot shuffle that, coupled with the almost ubiquitous takeout coffee cup, bears quite a resemblance to a tramp looking for a handout. Even the glossy posse of Sienna Miller and Cameron Diaz can’t carry them off with any conviction.” (via Jezebel)
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Jenny’s giving away copies of some John Bellairs books! Contest runs ’til the end of January, so if you want to enter then– do it! (If you haven’t read John Bellairs before, I’d recommend The House With a Clock in Its Walls especially.) (via Belliarsia)
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lol. (via @bookoven)
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“I found a scrap of paper in my purse and wrote down the titles of about eight books with plans to download them from Amazon when I got back to the hotel. The whole time, I kept wishing that there was a way that Powell’s could get credit for the sale. Why couldn’t I download them right there in the store with Powell’s getting some sort of commission for writing that charming review or having the good sense to feature them on a shelf with some of my other favorites?” (via Booksellers Blog)
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“E-books are real, and they are happening. I don’t think physical books will go away, but I think you need to start working on the e-book scenario today. It’s happening fast, and I don’t think any one store can figure it out alone.” (via @Booksquare)
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All you ladies who read ebooks, help Booksquare out and take this short survey!
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‘You’d think someone who wrote a book on self-examination would learn to avoid saying things like, “I had an easier life than [my sister] did because I had an easier personality and it was easier for people to be sweet to me,” and following that up with “I’m a physically lazy person. My sister was tougher and stronger and more disciplined. It was easier to do my chores for me than to get me to do them.”‘ (Note: I haven’t read this book, I just love Jezebel.)
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Oh my god. They’ve got an Agatha Christie mug, too!
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“A healthy marketplace for digital media requires a balance of rights between the copyright holder and the consumer. As it stands now, there are no consumer protections related to DRM.” (via @Booksquare)
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“By the time this current report was compiled, as a society, we were well-entrenched, halfway through our second decade, in an online reading culture; I’m not sure how to define it, but it’s obvious that we have spent well over a decade increasing our daily consumption of text-based online information.”
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I don’t think we even have Hardees/Carl’s Jr in Albuquerque! I’ll have to check on that.
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John at Super Punch tracked down 46 of the 50 Coraline boxes that were sent to bloggers over the last few months. Awesome! (via Neatorama)
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“Lexcycle recently revealed that their iPhone and iPod Touch e-book reader had been downloaded one million times in 2008–capping off strong first year where the digital reader application made Wired’s Best App list and the Best Free App from the 2008 Best App Ever Awards.”
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“According to the National Endowment for the Arts, reading rates among adults rose nearly four percent since 2002–50 percent of all adults are reading fiction. This was the first time since the 25-year-old survey was conducted that reading rates have actually risen.”
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Interesting idea, though I don’t think it’d work in the US simply because libraries aren’t given big enough budgets already. Can you imagine if they were forced to pay royalties on top of everything else?
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“Everyone points to how cars replaced horse-drawn carriages, but there are so many examples where a new technology did not replace previous methods. Yes, e-books will shift print books, publishing, and booksellers in new directions but that doesn’t mean the eradication of print.”
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January 13, 2009 at 1:49 PM
Louise
I AM IN LOVE WITH THOSE PENGUIN MUGS!!!
Yes, I write in capitals because I am screeching with joy
January 13, 2009 at 3:37 PM
Contest Chris
Thanks for the links!
January 13, 2009 at 5:48 PM
Anastasia
Louise: I know! As soon as I get $20 (and it’s available), I’m getting that Agatha Christie mug!
Chris: You’re welcome! Hope they weren’t too hard to read. Sometime when there’s a lot it kinda all flows together.