18/03/09

Apt’s links for March 16th through March 17th

• Charlie’s Diary: Reminder: why there’s no tipjar on this blog – “Your typical book publisher is not like the music or movie industry; they run on thin margins, and they’re staffed by underpaid, overworked folk who do it because they love books, not because they’re trying to make themselves rich on the back of a thousand ruthlessly exploited artists. I think their effort deserves to be rewarded appropriately.”
• SEOmoz | Rewriting the Beginner’s Guide Part IX: Myths, Penalties and Spam – “Unfortunately, over the past 12 years, a great number of misconceptions have emerged about how the search engines operate and what’s required to perform effectively. In this section, we’ll cover the most common of these, and explain the “real story” behind the myth.” Free link juice.
• Crunch Time in U.K. – 3/16/2009 – Publishers Weekly – “Tim Hely Hutchinson, CEO of Hachette UK, Britain’s largest publishing group, believes he sees light at the end of the tunnel [...] But some of his colleagues fear the light may belong to an oncoming train, that the recession is not U-shaped, as Hely Hutchinson’s comment implies, but L-shaped?as Professor Nuriel Roubini, the ?Dr. Doom? who predicted the catastrophe, worries is likely?with no end in sight.” Happy Monday morning all.

Posted by Peter Collingridge in Links.

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