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Why Literary Criticism Still Matters
www.vqronline.org

Where does book reviewing end and book marketing begin

Book Covers: How Gender Is Not The Only Issue
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

Publishers make some terrible assumptions about what men and women like to read

Ten Best Spanish Novels Of The 21st Century
www.complete-review.com

and we are only just over twelve years into the 21st century

Has The School Library A Future In The Digital Age?
www.cambridge-news.co.uk

The concept of a school library in a digital age is challenging

Patchett Rallies Author Troops To Get Involved With Health Of The Publishing Industry
www.theindependentpublishingmagazine.com

Orange Prize-winner Ann Patchett is the latest author to share her wisdom on publishing and the use of self-publishing services by authors

Has Digital Publishing Overreached?
www.bookbrunch.co.uk

Should we listen to those who are sceptical about digital publishing?

One Tax Law For Us And Another For Amazon
www.guardian.co.uk

Nick Cohen is not happy . . .

Redefining The Author Appearance
matthewdicks.com

Authors do a disservice to readers by not making it clear what to expect when appearing at a bookstore

How Do You Organise Your Books?
www.guardian.co.uk

Tate Britain has rearranged its paintings in chronological order – can that teach those of us with chaotic bookshelves anything?

The Losing Game Of Writing Books To Win
www.theaustralian.com.au

The bizarre effects of prizes on people's idea of their own worth

When Can A Book Be Digital-only, And When Does It Need To Be Print Too?
paidcontent.org

Book publishers discussed digital-first and digital-only initiatives at the Making Information Pay conference

Is This The End Of Fiction's Genre Wars?
www.guardian.co.uk

Has the question of genre in fiction become 'a flimsy irrelevence' or will the mores of the book trade maintain the distinctions?

Amazon And Apple Fence Off Their E-book Markets
www.sciencenewsline.com

There are no technical or functional reasons for Amazon and Apple to fence off their e-book worlds using proprietary e-book formats

Print Publishing's Digital Challenge
www.china.org.cn

Traditional publishing should adapt and reinvent itself

Publishers Pigeonhole Books By Women
www.dailymail.co.uk

Female novelist sick of patronising covers on women's books asks fans to give classic literature a modern 'girly' makeover

Pottermore's Winning Digital Strategy
www.futurebook.net

Pottermore did four things incredibly well for which the words 'game changer' apply

Why Barnes & Noble Should Hold On To The Nook
www.fool.com

Nook is like a treasure chest, hidden deep in the world of Barnes & Noble

Are Women Writers Less Competitive Than Men?
bridgetwhelan.com

There does seem to be a lot of women writers out there who – for want of a better word – are just plain nice.

'Unbundling' In The Book Business: The Fourth Big Trend
www.idealog.com

It could be said that publishers themselves began the unbundling process

Reports Of The Bookstore's Death Are Greatly Exaggerated
www.teleread.com

Great deal of conjecture

Inferno By Dan Brown, Review
www.telegraph.co.uk

Dan Brown's take on Dante's Inferno is the thriller-writer's most ambitious novel yet — and his worst says the Telegraph

Judging A Book By The Cover
www.scotsman.com

Surely the whole point of a book's cover is to allow us to judge if it is, or is not, for us?

Don't Make Fun Of Renowned Dan Brown
www.telegraph.co.uk

The snobs and critics will have a field day with the US author's latest work

Why 24Symbols Partnered With Zed And What Our Future Holds
www.digitalbookworld.com

When anyone starts a business, some premises must be defined

Women Love Erotica. They Always Have And Always Will
www.telegraph.co.uk

What has the literary world learned from the blockbuster that was Fifty Shades of Grey?


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Borders Gift Card Holders To Get Nothing
www.npr.org

Judge: Unredeemed Borders Gift Cards Are Worthless

Libraries Must Remain Community Hubs
www.localgov.co.uk

Arts Council England: Public libraries will have to cope with technological advances yet remain the hubs of community life

Pearson Shakes Up Management Amid Restructure
www.foxbusiness.com

Will restructure its top management to focus on core educational categories and geographies

Stephen Brumwell Wins George Washington Book Prize
www.washingtonpost.com

The British are coming! And winning.

Orbit Head Revolves Back To London
www.shelf-awareness.com

Tim Holman, who moved to New York from London in 2006 to help set up Orbit in the U.S., is returning to London

Cashflow crisis hits MPG Printgroup
www.printweek.com

Trading status of book and journal printer MPG Printgroup is unclear

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