Links to this month's top stories
Our new feature links to interesting blogs or articles posted online, which will help keep you up to date with what's going on in the book world:
Shatzkin: Why Competing With Amazon Is So Difficult | Digital Book World
Jane Austen 'airbrushed' on new £10 note, claims biographer | Money | theguardian.com
How Amazon and Goodreads could lose their best readers - Salon.com
Neil Gaiman delivers our second annual lecture | Reading Agency
BookBrunch - When print publishers are not necessary
Wylie tells publishers: 'withdraw from Amazon' | The Bookseller
Does Reading Literary Fiction Makes You a Better Person? | Publishing Perspectives
Philip Hensher stirs debate among authors after refusing to write for free
BookBrunch - Creative writing - or creative accounting?
BookBrunch - 'More of the same please'Tracking Publisher-Amazon Relations in 'The Everything Store'
In the Digital Publishing Era, Content Trumps Platform | Publishing Perspectives
What would Allen Lane make of Amazon? | Books | The Guardian
10 Counterintuitive Tips for Self-Publishers | Publishing Perspectives
Classic books in 140 characters - Telegraph
Can I Publish Myself? An Interview With Author-Speaker-Publisher Phil Simon - Forbes
Reports of Barnes & Noble's Death Are Greatly Exaggerated | Publishing Perspectives
Seth Godin on Why Vilifying Amazon Makes No Sense | Publishing Perspectives
Ether for Authors: How Clear a View of Publishing Do We Have? | Publishing Perspectives
Don't tell me the truth about Amazon | FutureBook
How Do Literary Agents Fit Into The New Book Publishing Ecosystem? - Forbes
Amazon vs. your public library - Fortune Tech
The Head of FSG Reflects on Hothouse -- Vulture
Two Experiments Running: Agent-Publishing in London | Publishing Perspectives
Agent-Assisted Publishing: An Interrupted Debate | Publishing Perspectives
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