29/07/07

Apt’s links for July 28th

• Seth’s Blog: The promiscuity paradox - Choose your work carefully. As valid for publishers, agents and editors as, um, web agencies.
• Thingology (LibraryThing’s ideas blog): My Library of Congress talk - Tim talks!
• SharedBook - On-Demand Reverse Publishing for Businesses and Consumers - Sharedbook now has an API.
• mediabistro.com: GalleyCat - Compile your own book. This looks interesting, although at first glance somewhat crippled. Reminds me of TailorMade books from the late 90s. But definitely worth keeping an eye on.
• Summer 2007 Relaunch of Vintage Classics (suite) « Première de couverture - Uhoh. Some almost entirely handsome, desirable jackets for the forthcoming Vintage classics. Watch out Penguin Essentials
• Caught by the buzz | Features | Guardian Unlimited Film - JJ Abrahms loves back story.
• Advertisements demolish the paywalls | Technology | The Guardian - “Traditional media companies face a very modern dilemma: should their websites be free or paid-for? The trend recently has been to plump for the free model and bring in revenue via advertising.”
• Charles Arthur: Downloads cast a spell on the unwary | Technology | The Guardian - The thing about the internet is that it tempts people to spend money in ways that make no sense if you stop and look at them. If you create a site that proves, for whatever reason, to be enormously popular but offers free access, then you’ll see your band

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