Todd Rutherford has set up a business supplying reviews on demand.
Links of the week September 10 2012 (37)
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:
17 September 2012
Suddenly it hit him. Instead of trying to cajole others to review a client%u2019s work, why not cut out the middleman and write the review himself? Then it would say exactly what the client wanted %u2014 that it was a terrific book. A shattering novel. A classic memoir. Will change your life. Lyrical and gripping, Stunning and compelling. Or words to that effect.
Web abuse by writers.
More and more books are bought, sold, and recommended online, and the health of this exciting ecosystem depends on free and honest conversation among readers. But some writers are misusing these channels in ways that are fraudulent and damaging to publishing at large.More and more books are bought, sold, and recommended online, and the health of this exciting ecosystem depends on free and honest conversation among readers. But some writers are misusing these channels in ways that are fraudulent and damaging to publishing at large.
Fewer children are reading in their spare time because of the %u201Cembarrassment%u201D of carrying books in front of friends, according research.
10 September 2012
"The perceived speed of digital developments might have made us all lose perspective about the publishing business."
"The perceived speed of digital developments might have made us all lose perspective about the publishing business."
Two young London publishing execs are about to launch a social media networking platform for people in the publishing industry that they believe will match-up needs with skills in a vibrant, dynamic way that doesn%u2019t yet exist. BookMachine.me, which will go live in November, will allow users to put up examples of their work or projects, thus making the site more visual and exciting than services like LinkedIn, according to founders Laura Austin and Gavin Summers.