04/05/06
April Emit
Penguin is at it again. Working with Chris Ware on a new edition of Candide as well as a number of other graphic artists.
Phil Frost resurfaces, at long last. Looks like he’s still into the same kind of thing, but now in a gallery rather than on the streets. It’s a rightening long time since the days of Standpipe Siamese.
Naked conversations, Amazon and the Cluetrain. John Naughton continues to rail. Still, when the value of writing a business book is so big, it’s not surprising.
Ubiquitous design? Over at the Adobe ThinkTank. Adobe’s got loads of great content on their site, but I find it really hard to find out about it…
Wired’s web type tutorial and search engine optimisation.
The first of a few articles on the economics of publishing. Danuta Kean on it from the author’s perspective; the fascinating and involved breakdown of the economics of American paperback publishing; and blowing the lid off the publishing work-experience scam.
GOB on the long tail.
it occurs to me that the book trade as a whole, may, just conceivably, be under-estimating the extent and speed of changes which may shortly be upon us.
He goes on to discuss the vision shared by Vicky Barnsley at her LBS school address last year. Some lively comments on that post.
As well as JK Galbraith, Germano Facetti died. Responsible for commissioning some of the most wonderful jackets in the golden age of Penguin’s design, he maybe even got F/F/G on board for American Economics. Rick Poyner celebrates Facetti’s life.
Usability and information design blog.
Guardian readers on Wottakers.
POD-dy mouth. Not sure what that means (Word of Mouth? Potty Mouth?) Anyway, article on selling subrights for POD titles.
Boring profile of Don Delillo which doens’t say he has an awesome new book coming out – but a play.
Wonderful blog all about statistics and better ways of visualising information.
Librarything users weigh in.
Big bad book blog: giving advice about how to write better. Also covers some of the neologisms which are now taking over.
Publisher’s Lunch on Amazon {more in full}
Erratically compelling site about books and things.
Eye on the way images are used on different book jackets. Which reminds me: Lots of Bill Borroughs jackets. And lots of book covers. But not enough.
Don’t do web sites for books, or publishers – they don’t work.
Mark Thompson’s BBC 2.0. Very interesting. The BBC has been innovating massively in recent months and years; it’s remarkable that they are as open about strategy as they are.
The 25 most influential film directors of all time. And the 102 films you need to see before you die.
Tim OReilly on innovation. Includes the quote:
I’m an inventor. I became interested in long term trends because an invention has to make sense in the world in which it is finished, not the world in which it is started.
Ray Kurzweil.
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