Apt Reading
We use Instapaper to remember to read good stuff on the web. We thought you might find some of it interesting too, so here’s what we’ve been reading lately:
Starred picks:
Killing Orson Welles at Midnight by Zadie Smith | The New York Review of Books
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/apr/28/killing-orson-welles-midnight/?pagination=false
Google's Collateral Damage: SEO Cat & Mouse Game
http://www.seobook.com/learn-seo/collateral-damage.php
Jonathan Safran Foer’s “Eating Animals” and vegetarianism review : The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2009/11/09/091109crbo_books_kolbert?printable=true
Is Publishing Doomed? JOHN B. THOMPSON with Williams Cole - The Brooklyn Rail
of world is exploding. And there’s lots of experiments and innovation and so on, you know, like the Open Road Integrated Media and companies where people are experimenting with new models and new id. […]
http://www.brooklynrail.org/2010/11/express/is-publishing-doomed-john-b-thompson-with-williams-cole
Reading in the Digital Age, or, Reading How We’ve Always Read
http://booksquare.com/reading-in-the-digital-age-or-reading-how-weve-always-read/
LRB · John Lanchester · Let Us Pay
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v32/n24/john-lanchester/let-us-pay
A Look at the Reading Habits of E-Reader Owners - WSJ.com
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703846604575448093175758872.html
Designing from one end to the other | Mark Boulton
http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/designing-from-one-end-to-the-other
The Ideal 21st Century Publisher: A Remix | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
http://loudpoet.com/2010/10/05/the-ideal-21st-century-publisher-a-remix/
The Swimmer by John Cheever
http://shortstoryclassics.50megs.com/cheeverswimmer.html
To read:
Amazon should give self-publishers more data - Forbes
The Tim Ferriss Effect: Lessons From My Successful Book Launch - Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelellsberg/2012/01/11/the-tim-ferriss-effect/print/
It's Always Sunny in Silicon Valley - BusinessWeek
http://www.businessweek.com/printer/magazine/its-always-sunny-in-silicon-valley-12222011.html
Why Pilot Projects Fail - Business - The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/print/2011/12/why-pilot-projects-fail/250364/
State of the web: of apps, devices, and breakpoints – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report
http://www.zeldman.com/2011/12/29/state-of-the-web-of-apps-devices-and-breakpoints/
Tom Anderson - Google+ - Dear +MG Siegler, Are you seriously upset about your photoâ¦
https://plus.google.com/112063946124358686266/posts/SMhmTHjuRuu
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The iPad, the Kindle, and the future of books : The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/04/26/100426fa_fact_auletta
The Truth About Amazon Publishing | paidContent
Hollywood and home entertainment: Unkind unwind | The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18386456
Archive:
Amazon's Hit Man - BusinessWeek
http://www.businessweek.com/printer/magazine/amazons-hit-man-01252012.html
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booktrade.info - Feature Items - Author-driven Marketing: What Is An Introvert Author To Do?
http://www.booktrade.info/index.php/showarticle/32866
booktrade.info - Feature Items - Enhanced E-book Balloon Losing Gas?
http://www.booktrade.info/index.php/showarticle/32864
Big Data for Less – Kate’s Talk from Oscon Data | SEOmoz Developer Blog
http://devblog.seomoz.org/2011/07/big-data-for-less-kates-talk-from-oscon-data/
Publishing eBooks to Amazon and iTunes iBookstore: Learning Curve Continues « Moving at the Speed of Creativity
The Long View | How Realtime Data is Reshaping the Fashion Business − BoF – The Business of Fashion
Amazon’s Cloud Reader Still Doesn’t Take The Web Seriously | Epicenter | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/08/amazons-cloud-reader/
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/business/13search.html?_r=1