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Thursday 2nd September |
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Opinion
Only Unenjoyable Books Win Literary Prizes Martin Amis has claimed that only 'unenjoyable' books win awards because judges do not appreciate fun literature
Looks Aren't Everything - We Also Need Substance We come so far for beauty - and only so far
Why The Digital Economy Act Simply Won't Work Disconnecting downloaders will alienate the entertainment industry's most loyal customers
Apple Ipad: Will It Lead A Reading Revolution? The Apple iPad has finally hit the UK – but will it transform the way we read and write books, and will publishers be able to keep up?
Goodbye New Labour – And Farewell Tedious Ministers' Memoirs Blair and co had 13 years in power – and didn't produce a decent book between them
Judge A Cover By Its Book The conservative tastes of over-mighty retailers have resulted in generic jackets that say nothing about their contents
What Can Google's Tablet Deliver? With the world and his dog also developing copycat iPads, it's hard to see what Google in particular can bring to the market
'Google Editions' Could Transform Publishing What Google is doing may well have profound ramifications on when and how we acquire books
Some Literary Lessons For Today's Outcast Members Today you have more pressing matters on your mind than the plight of a columnist who must write on the day before a general election for publication the day after
Can You Survive A Benevolent Dictatorship? The press loves the iPad, but beware Apple's attempt to shackle your readers to its hardware
The End Of History (books) Either we change the way we deal with copyrights — or works of nonfiction in a multimedia world will become ever more dull and disappointing
Heroes? The New Men Of Modern Romantic Fiction Are About As Sexy As Socks Something's gone wrong with romance writing.
Amazon: You Need To Change Your Idiotic Customer Reviews Policy Right Now the idea that one star reviews will provide 'an excellent lesson for the author' to release their ebooks earlier is bullshit of the lowest order
Why Austen Would Never Win The Booker The ambitious novel with a regard for humour is not dead, but is beleaguered
Orange Prize: Women Authors Can Lighten Up And Still Be Taken Seriously When Daisy Goodwin complained of too much 'grimness' in this year's list, she was lambasted. She should have been applauded
Asian Prize Changes Seem Puzzling, But Perhaps For The Better Seems to be more that can be gained for Asian literature than is lost
Authors Need To Help Themselves but can best do so when they are part of a collaboration of equals
It's Time For Canada To Open Its Doors To Amazon Protectionism does not enrich culture, merely certain businesses
When Did You Last Buy A New Book? Over the last couple of years new book sales, like the sales of many other things, have slumped
Fallen Stars Can't Atone By Writing For Children But a reformed sinner is always a popular figure
So Many Book Conferences, So Little Time How it is that people can take so much time away from their regular job
Is Copyright Getting In The Way Of Us Preserving Our History? The issue of copyright is a global nightmare for anyone interested in digital preservation
Kobo E-book Store Makes Amazon Look Good Reviewing Kobo has left me unimpressed with the newcomer but I've reconsidered my opinion of Amazon
Why The MLA Has Failed So Badly (in Respect Of Public Libraries Over The Past 10 Years Or So)? But when you come to think of it, it isn't just the The Museums, Libraries and Archives Commission . . .
Could The Google Books Case Go To The Supreme Court? At the end of the day, it seems unlikely that no matter what Judge Chin rules, the matter won't be settled |
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