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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

http://www.forbes.com/sites/suwcharmananderson/2012/01/11/amazon-should-give-self-publishers-more-data/

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 photo…

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

http://paidcontent.org/article/419-the-truth-about-amazon-publishing/P1?imm_mid=079dea&cmp=em-orm-toc-newsletter-120611-direct

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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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/business/barnes-noble-taking-on-amazon-in-the-fight-of-its-life.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/17/business/at-amazon-jeff-bezos-talks-long-term-and-means-it.html?_r=1&seid=auto&smid=tw-nytimestech&pagewanted=all

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

http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2011/07/29/publishing-ebooks-to-amazon-and-itunes-ibookstore-learning-curve-continues/

The Long View | How Realtime Data is Reshaping the Fashion Business − BoF – The Business of Fashion

http://www.businessoffashion.com/2011/08/the-long-view-how-realtime-data-is-reshaping-the-fashion-business.html

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