This Week in Publishing: Bits and Bites for July 1010 July 2010, 6:12 amWhat’s better than an anniversary? In the publishing world, the classic bestseller
To Kill a Mockingbird turns 50. While author Harper Lee may be a bit of a recluse, that hasn’t stopped fans of the book and author from celebrating – there are events all around the country. Interestingly enough, all this buzz about
To Kill A Mockingbird has put the book back on the bestseller list!
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Wikipedia We’d be remiss not to mention the latest development with digital books. Borders is now a player in the market, having opened its e-bookstore this past week. Apple, Amazon, B&N and Borders are currently vying for dominance, but by next month another rival enters the fray: Google, with Google Editions. Things are getting very interesting indeed!
Now it’s a question of whether Google can really help indie bookstores, see
http://nyti.ms/a2Ldec.
Google Editions will launch later this summer, selling digital books that will be readable online and on any e-reader – not locked into a particular format or device.
In addition, there are reports that Google is completing a deal with the American Booksellers Association, the trade group for independent bookstores, to make Google Editions the primary source of e-books for hundreds of indie booksellers in the U.S. Clearly, summer is no longer the slow time in publishing!
And now for the roundup of the rest of the news:
* Books-A-Million launches an e-bookstore,
http://bit.ly/buXOkP.
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soundfromwayout via Flickr * ‘In Defense of Privacy: The 20th Century’s Most Reclusive Authors,’
http://bit.ly/9Obcvo.
* The Top 10 rare books,
http://is.gd/dbCUU.
* The top 10 high school summer reading books (have you read all these? We haven’t!)
http://bit.ly/cE1Dcq.
* James Patterson sells more than 1 million e-books – a record!
http://bit.ly/ciUx11.
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Wikipedia * Bookstores plan events for ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’s 50th anniversary,
http://bit.ly/aSvuNQ; and, ‘Mockingbird’ runs up the bestseller charts for a second time,
http://bit.ly/bGAJZV.
* Amazon Kindle dual-screen e-reader patent granted,
http://bit.ly/bdIzhe.
* What does the digital book mean for book covers (in our opinion, covers still matter, even if they’re a thumbnail on a page – compelling graphics/design and clear headlines stand out!)
http://bit.ly/cQXBN6.
* Denver library increases e-book titles,
http://tinyurl.com/2ero86b.
* A novel book club idea: Books and Bars,
http://bit.ly/bCNo7n.
* Borders opens its e-bookstore and takes on Amazon, Apple and B&N,
http://bit.ly/9KuYym.
* Amazon.com announces ‘best books of year’ (so far):
http://bit.ly/aoAGtL.
* Will reviewers want digital galleys? HarperCollins hopes so,
http://bit.ly/c062Uh.
* Top 10 pubs in literature,
http://bit.ly/b3BGY4.
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