Children's book market ready to embrace a digital world
http://ping.fm/DmOB4

Top 10 Most Literate U.S. Cities http://ping.fm/vpIq8

Like to read? Head to Minneapolis and Seattle http://ping.fm/G3BKI

Are books doomed? http://ping.fm/wOlLD

Bookseller asks residents to help save bookstores http://ping.fm/FO4si

Top 10 trends in publishing http://ping.fm/vThVQ

Death of a Bookstore http://ping.fm/KpYuZ

Interesting article on book publishing http://ping.fm/s7qjU

The secret literary life of George W. Bush http://ping.fm/avoIn

Read it and weep, The economic news couldn't be worse for the book industry. Now insiders are asking how literature will survive. http://ping.fm/Kx5i5

In publishing, the writing was on the wall http://ping.fm/79dHG

App Developer Strikes E-Book Deals With Major Publishers http://ping.fm/5vbj9

Time For Publishers And Booksellers To Get Back To Basics http://ping.fm/k5vWQ

Borders Closes Santa Monica Chapter http://ping.fm/IYeVY

End of the book?
Publishing houses are struggling with tough times and changing technology. http://ping.fm/5FTg9

Making Books
A veteran editor offers a year-end report on the mood in the book publishing industry. http://ping.fm/6dcrL

Dream of publishing your book? http://ping.fm/FHYp4

Dudes Don't Read: The Book Biz's Self-Fulfilling Prophecy? http://ping.fm/2wG95

Journal Communications November revenue falls http://ping.fm/BXjSs

E-Books Are on the Rise, But Slowly
Google's move to digitize books has helped advance a cause that has seen several false starts http://ping.fm/LpBs8

Top 5 Self-Publishing Authors Earn $60,000 in 3rd Quarter Royalties from Outskirts Press http://ping.fm/RQirL

Publish Your Book Yourself
New online services mean “you no longer have to get permission to publish your book.” http://ping.fm/F3aUC

Scholastic Corp. F2Q09 (Qtr End 11/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript http://ping.fm/DEqKN

Random House CEO Markus Dohle to Staff: "Our Future Has Begun" as "Evolutionary" 2008 Ends http://ping.fm/e8eGE

Scholastic 2Q profit dips on severance costs http://ping.fm/3Y7lG

Save The Books! Famous People (and Others) Tell You What Books To Buy http://ping.fm/muIPl

Powell's Staff Asked to Cut Hours Due to Weak Saleshttp://ping.fm/ZtVlY

Powell's Books Expands Used Book Efforts http://ping.fm/v6BYW

Book awards for quality literature http://ping.fm/jCWAy

Your Personal Book Shopping Assistant Is Here, Courtesy Joni Evans http://ping.fm/smuS4

Self-publishing a book: 25 things you need to know http://ping.fm/8zLpg

Ministry Oriented Company Begins Publishing Books http://ping.fm/MmeIk

ON THE WRITER'S BLOCK: This book is rated R http://ping.fm/STYNQ

Welcome to The Death of Publishing, Take Forty http://ping.fm/pVLqP

CORRECTED - Borders to drop "sale or return" for HarperStudio books-WSJ http://ping.fm/itgM0

Bargain Hunting for Books, and Feeling Sheepish About It http://ping.fm/s1Uy1

Borders Will Take HarperStudio Books on No-Return Basis http://ping.fm/g2AmA

2008's Best Books on Innovation http://ping.fm/NDfYd

Shakedown shakes publishing houses to the core http://ping.fm/yh5TY

What Do Books and Roses Say About Discounting? http://ping.fm/4oxc3

Editor-in-Chief of Publishers Weekly: 'We Are All the Walking Wounded,' Even Those Hachette Jerks With Their Bonuses http://ping.fm/aeNq8

Pat (Holt) Is Back http://ping.fm/JIXgf

Discovered! More Self-Publishers Hit the Big Time http://ping.fm/JQPG6

Final chapter for book reviews? http://ping.fm/2vu84

Teacher creates student publishing company http://ping.fm/pfoSS

Dozens of publishers have united in a drive to put New Zealand at the forefront of adopting electronic books. http://ping.fm/d77H8

Prices Are Crashing in Cyberspace http://ping.fm/kTnlZ

THE MAN WHO OWNS THE NEWS: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch http://ping.fm/5biEQ

Economic downturn may affect book availability http://ping.fm/H3Fvc

The smell of ink and paper of a new book is one of life’s pleasures. Is that to be replaced by the smell electronics? Do we want it to be? http://ping.fm/br3zH

OPRAH WINFREY'S NEXT BOOK PICK? http://ping.fm/hpUGp

Uncertain days like these tend to encourage a degree of nostalgia for an era when things were simpler. But those years were not so golden http://ping.fm/1l2WY

A Baby and a Book, and a New Definition of Success http://ping.fm/h5Q7G

Licence to deal http://ping.fm/O811T

YEARENDER: E-books close to market break-through http://ping.fm/2IDvd

Fresh Ink http://ping.fm/52JoN

Murdoch's Journal bigger, flashier; critics warm http://ping.fm/CFf59

Censorship expert shocked at New Ro book tear http://ping.fm/WtZm6

Last Gasp of a Dying Entertainment Industry http://ping.fm/2o2QF

Business books go sky high in India http://ping.fm/3jbfo

Independent Bookstores Struggle With Economic Downturn http://ping.fm/8EKhr

A Writer And Reader On Why Book Publishers Fail http://ping.fm/HPs4k

Exclusive Interview: Smashwords Founder on the Publishing Crisis http://ping.fm/C8CsZ

A Bookstore Stimulus Package? http://ping.fm/HbjTx

We all live in tremulous times, and for publishers home and away it is no exception, with staff cuts, pay freezes and scrapped projects. http://ping.fm/PRBUF

Harry Potter exhibit coming to Museum of Science and Industry http://ping.fm/7Pd7P

Carol Houck Smith; Book Editor Worked With Award Winners http://ping.fm/vdGbu

The Book Search has gone softcover- Google Book Search has begun to include magazines alongside more traditional print forms http://ping.fm/64zKj

Ready steady click . . . http://ping.fm/xST1d

Harry Potter lovers: Chicago museum opens Potter exhibit in April http://ping.fm/tW7v1

'Sleeper' hits brighten dire year in publishing http://ping.fm/DegNK

Reading, writing and real estate http://ping.fm/FBOYr

Enjoy The City's Artistic Holiday Displays http://ping.fm/uok52

Seattle's museum stores raise holiday gift giving to an art form http://ping.fm/qQ8mb

WaPo's Graham Joins Facebook's Board http://ping.fm/MBwbT

Reed to woo publishers, booksellers in January http://ping.fm/mACGx

NOT BY BOOKSHOPS ALONE http://ping.fm/3I629

Powell's sales weak, asks staff to scale back http://ping.fm/2PP0B

NOT BY BOOKSHOPS ALONE http://ping.fm/3I629

Jon Stewart sez: Buy a book, kill some time http://ping.fm/q2tWT

Book Sales Drop at Beginning of Holiday Season http://ping.fm/ZPFxh

Media Companies Have Only Themselves to Blame http://ping.fm/6bRPS

BISG Unveils BookDROP Standard for Digital Book Repositories http://ping.fm/UWQ74

BISG Unveils BookDROP Standard for Digital Book Repositories http://ping.fm/UKUYW

Belt-Tightening in Canada http://ping.fm/hPBkb

'Unforgettable Amnesiac' Sparks Film Deal, Book Proposal http://ping.fm/LLS65

Good Authoring Series – Becoming a Recognized Authority http://ping.fm/dzUIU

Show customers you appreciate them by maintaining quality relationships. http://ping.fm/Zl3Fs

Branding As a Simple Science http://ping.fm/K5HUX

Retailers asked to 'keep the faith' in R&J http://ping.fm/4NDHa

Update on Dallas Christian Book Expo http://ping.fm/eaW7Z

Tyndale Signs Another Football Legend http://ping.fm/CDxOP

Free Gifts from Bleak House http://ping.fm/KLaLh

Chronicle Books Makes Cuts http://ping.fm/c4yaS

Ten Speed Press Sale Close http://ping.fm/vJL6n

HMV the UKs leading retailer of music DVD games and books announced its financial results for the 26 weeks ended 25 October 2008 http://ping.fm/cDF6O

No Raises Next Year at Macmillan... and Merry Christmas! http://ping.fm/1ruEC

Regan Accord With News Corp. Unit Was $10.75 Million http://ping.fm/OESfD

Inside Publishing http://ping.fm/iZv69

Reed Elsevier PLC - REED ELSEVIER ANNOUNCES TERMINATION OF DISCUSSIONS http://ping.fm/yPDQX

Indies hit out at WHS over Beedle http://ping.fm/dwpaZ

Print is Dead. Long Live Print. http://ping.fm/g4kDQ

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos as 2008 ‘Person of the Year’ http://ping.fm/gemvW

Bail Out the Writers! http://ping.fm/7BeRE

J.K. Rowling's 'Beedle' bumps Stephenie Meyer on books list http://ping.fm/JgjUX

Apple should add books to the iTunes Store http://ping.fm/JmZ0D

Should Apple add books to iTunes Store? http://ping.fm/5Buod

Page through old magazines on Google Book Search http://ping.fm/EzmaO

For news industry, troubles only accelerate http://ping.fm/k41D5

Next generation will have every right to throw the book at us http://ping.fm/S6ySH

'Sleeper' hits brighten dire year in publishing http://ping.fm/3bEgR

Canadian book industry feeling economic pressure, but not as bad as U.S. http://ping.fm/y4R2k

Harry Potter: The Tales of Beedle the Bard becomes fastest-selling book of 2008 http://ping.fm/naR9L

Clueless book publishers miss huge opportunity http://ping.fm/dSyJU

What's Ahead for Random House?
Agents are hoping restructuring will result in a healthier company http://ping.fm/rOvSA

Wiley Posts Second Quarter Gains http://ping.fm/b9UlM

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Announces Revenue & Earnings Growth for the Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2009 http://ping.fm/YEhJH

How to Save Books from Extinction http://ping.fm/a0Lyv

More book publishers launch iPhone apps http://ping.fm/GvMAv

Thomas Allen postpones spring 2009 releases http://ping.fm/x3SFK

Waterstone's trials personal shoppers http://ping.fm/xTUK8

From the Stacks http://ping.fm/e0iaq

Tulsa publisher adds Calif. company http://ping.fm/VOhCt

No change is good news
Two-thirds of firms plan no change in hiring plans for first quarter: Manpower http://ping.fm/enEia{3B752528-F229-49E8-BEEF-8A5A4EEAD4AA}&dist=msr_2

HarperCollins will bring scores of classic works of literature to the screens of Nintendo's portable platform http://ping.fm/iuyOm

Nolo To Stay In Berkeley, Reports Strong Sales Despite Publishing Woes http://ping.fm/mmlCh

Major book publishers announce their mobile phone plans, including free books http://ping.fm/xWnf3

"The Shack" is the publishing phenomenon of the year http://ping.fm/SDIdg

Publishers Weekly Web Exclusive Reviews: Week of 12/08/2008

Little, Brown Plans Wallace Book for Spring http://ping.fm/9PpmZ

Penguin Launches Penguin 2.0, iPhone App; Stanza Deal with Random House http://ping.fm/Ndcbx

Joint Venture Takes Control of NetGalley http://ping.fm/LrfVI

New Web Site for R.J. Julia http://ping.fm/5YUp5

NEWS IS BROKE: NYT MORTGAGES HQ IN CASH CRUNCH http://ping.fm/IRjJj

Two book publishers announce mobile phone plans http://ping.fm/URduj

Salon Book Awards 2008 http://ping.fm/cwvMR

New York Magazine The Year in Books http://ping.fm/cK68M

Washington Post's top 10 Best Books of the Year http://ping.fm/XKV2o

Bain close to clinching $1bn 'Variety' deal http://ping.fm/cEhvT

PW’s Person of the Year: Jeff Bezos http://ping.fm/lkJB2

The Most Dangerous Man in Publishing http://ping.fm/pl6Dx

In the forest of paradoxes http://ping.fm/3yOgc

Penguin goes 2.0 (or so they think...) http://ping.fm/BQrXq

Detour To the Hospital http://ping.fm/MqWzO

The tyranny of the to-read pile http://ping.fm/ym4sl

Textbook-publishing company sees end of outsourcing http://ping.fm/OdDzg

Typing Without a Clue http://ping.fm/TnXVg

Lincoln, giver of economic certainty
Publishing books about the Great Emancipator is a recession-proof business: http://ping.fm/5UZAQ

Top book publishers laying off big names http://ping.fm/OKZKk

Fretful booksellers count on name authors for holiday sales http://ping.fm/Qkzjd

Fretful booksellers count on name authors for holiday sales http://ping.fm/Qkzjd

Typing Without a Clue http://ping.fm/OaZDZ

The Most Dangerous Man in Publishing http://ping.fm/pl6Dx

The Decline and Fall of an Ultra Rich Online Gaming Empire http://ping.fm/n1bOV

Books of Faith http://ping.fm/KJFoC

Who Will Bail Out the Publishers?
How Random House is like General Motors: http://ping.fm/jictY

Book biz faces the fire
Recession takes its toll on publishing industry http://ping.fm/n7d9M

Tulsa publisher adds Calif. company
"This is a big step for us," says the area business' CEO: http://ping.fm/zHk7H

New York Times Hardcover Fiction best-sellers list http://ping.fm/4ifWg

New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction best-sellers list http://ping.fm/zbuuP

New York Times Paperback Trade Fiction best-sellers list http://ping.fm/BCoVF

New York Times Paperback Mass-Market Fiction best-sellers http://ping.fm/6i7HR

New York Times Paperback Nonfiction best-seller list http://ping.fm/AAsFS

New York Times Hardcover Advice best-sellers http://ping.fm/dZrf8

New York Times Paperback Advice http://ping.fm/IdjuH

New York Times Children's Books best-sellers http://ping.fm/AV7Xt

New York Times Paperback Business Best Sellers http://ping.fm/8JdqG

New York Times Hardcover Business Best Sellers http://ping.fm/PXhrZ

The Wall Street Journal Book Index http://ping.fm/hGZQj

USA TODAY Money best sellers http://ping.fm/rlEBK

Indie & Small Press Book Fair http://ping.fm/HkYJX

News and notes from the publishing world: http://ping.fm/E4Byr

Oakland author holding funeral for her book and dream http://ping.fm/CmytZ

A Digital Power Is Born in Book Publishing http://ping.fm/X3Xp9

Book review: 'Remix' calls for a truce in the copyright wars http://ping.fm/061Il

First Christian Book Expo Confirms Over 150 Authors http://ping.fm/pDVnq

Retail industry loses 91,300 jobs in November http://ping.fm/M2kpN

Publishing suffers its first casualties of the recession http://ping.fm/JozLA

First Look: Why Facebook Connect Is Bound For Success http://ping.fm/7M8ak

How Facebook Could Help Publishers and Booksellers http://ping.fm/uDXm3

The Tao of publishing http://ping.fm/Syc68

EDC Buys Kane/Miller http://ping.fm/y7Z78

Houghton Mifflin to Cut Jobs And Overhaul Textbook Unit http://ping.fm/UxwQP

Media Job Losses Mount With Viacom, NBC Slashing Jobs http://ping.fm/Io24F

Bertrams gains more trade support http://ping.fm/RhLPF

Oce Helps Aspiring Authors Get into Print
Students Release Third Oce Future Authors Book http://ping.fm/fcLf7{ED513138-A642-4DF6-BEBA-93CD999A4DF4}

Drifting, Surfing, Drowning, and Sailing in Puddles, Swamps, Wells, and Oceans http://ping.fm/Pqejy

HMH Lays Off More Staff http://ping.fm/6rmEz

Random Waits for Pending Integration http://ping.fm/1bJ8F

Penguin Freezes Raises for Those Above $50,000 http://ping.fm/ObxrE

Holiday gift guide: Beauty and bounty between two covers http://ping.fm/qRdei

The 10 Best Books of 2008 http://ping.fm/LyULf

Bertram's Books up for sale http://ping.fm/kM033

Harper Freezes Pay; Random House, Simon & Schuster Cut Jobs http://ping.fm/cN1zD

Good Authoring Series – Performing Live and In Person http://ping.fm/GkGhF

Save cash: Download your textbooks
An online startup plans to disrupt the staid world of textbook publishing. http://ping.fm/DFShh

Booksellers hope for Rowlings magic http://ping.fm/00KCU

Random House Eliminates Groups in Restructuring Centrello, Mehta, Frost to Take On New Imprints as Publisher Cuts Two Divisions http://ping.fm/pfbHg

Publishers Announce Staff Cuts http://ping.fm/KxGWy

Book bits: a dark publishing day and some cheer http://ping.fm/2S5VY

Agents Opine on Saletan's Departure http://ping.fm/Z3qRr

Hachette Rushing to Meet Meyer Demand
http://ping.fm/kxdpN

Thomas Nelson Cuts 54 Positions http://ping.fm/d6IRa

Richter, Pfeffer to Leave S&S Kids http://ping.fm/TSFi0

Historians Brown and Thapar Will Share $1 Million Kluge Prize http://ping.fm/fTIKX

The Recession Hits Home http://ping.fm/sxP9k

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Breakdown: Ann Patty, Others Cut http://ping.fm/mYOrM

Economy, Internet put bookseller on life support http://ping.fm/uU8Gi

‘Black Wednesday’ for NY book publishers http://ping.fm/t5c6Z

Cultivating the relationships you have is more effective than planting yourself at more events http://ping.fm/rPI9T

Bad News for Books. And Newspapers. And Magazines. And Websites. http://ping.fm/2hyHJ

'Da Vinci Code' publisher leaves Random House http://ping.fm/hJf1S

Indie Publishers Storm Manhattan http://ping.fm/0jgFR

Renewing the Printing Industry... In Print!
http://ping.fm/bLtcb

Rowling's Beedle the Bard revives Harry Potter midnight magic http://ping.fm/l5E3m

Massive Reorganization at Random House: http://ping.fm/GJCZp

Scholastic Unveils Original Copy of "The Tales Of Beedle The Bard," Handwritten and Illustrated by J.K. Rowling http://ping.fm/aNZid{01E90568-5F17-48EF-8A89-9DF99DA91CF0}

Amazon's Kindle, Sony's 'Reader' gain ground as devices for word lovers http://ping.fm/od2pp

Layoffs at Random House, Simon & Schuster http://ping.fm/HaOSL

European Booksellers Slam Google Book Settlement http://ping.fm/d4WpW

Amazon.com Completes AbeBooks Buy http://ping.fm/i8L6v

Thomas Nelson eliminates 55 jobs http://ping.fm/m6vZp

WBN has begun its annual pre-Christmas survey of booksellers to find out how the industry is faring during its peak selling period. http://ping.fm/G0sjT

How to Decrease Sales by 90 Percent http://ping.fm/82rtH

One of the Scariest People on the Planet—“I’m Roy Williams” http://ping.fm/cGT9V

What Makes Moguls Believe They Belong In the Book Business? http://ping.fm/mUkNQ

Top 5 books for pet lovers on your gift list http://ping.fm/ziOEA

Book Publisher Suspends New Acquisitions http://ping.fm/Pb0J6

Google revolution the end of the publishing world? http://ping.fm/t4fWV

Check out Rick Frishman's third installment on business books beneaththecover.com http://ping.fm/zDl42

New Chapter for Robin's Bookstore http://ping.fm/uTgKv

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Announces Global Publishing Deal with Meredith Corporation Including the Better Homes and Gardens Brand http://ping.fm/lFCdO

Thanksgiving Brings Some Hope to Indies http://ping.fm/19GHT

J.K. Rowling writing new Harry Potter book http://ping.fm/aZT0i

Publishers Weekly Daily News: http://ping.fm/5ftr2

Publisher of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt quits http://ping.fm/dt7Z9

EU to launch new prize for literature http://ping.fm/xjkpp

Reading Green On Demand http://ping.fm/rNgCs

LinkedIn's New Free Apps http://ping.fm/BZTOT

New Interview with Editor, Adriana Dominguez (Formerly with Harper Collins Childrens) http://ping.fm/QQRbJ

Xerox Gathers Book Publishers and Printers for Thought-Leadership Event http://ping.fm/CJ4j2

Book review: 'Remix' calls for a truce in the copyright wars http://ping.fm/QQqmZ

Rupert Murdoch tale, 'The Man Who Owns the News,' riveting http://ping.fm/st8lC

Amazon finalizes purchase of B.C.'s AbeBooks http://ping.fm/FKu3Q

Redstone Sells Control of Midway to Ease Debt http://ping.fm/zi3FF

Woolworths loses battle to avoid administration http://ping.fm/RTLw0

Local booksellers cautiously optimistic with arrival of chain bookstore Borders http://ping.fm/ZoFdD

New Machines Reproduce Custom Books on Demand http://ping.fm/CImLv

Rupert Murdoch's biographer Michael Wolff has a simple explanation for what makes Murdoch tick: http://ping.fm/OCv70{BAA9A961-D720-40C2-BD5D-57C0A62EA02C}

CNN Pitches a Cheaper Wire Service to Newspapers http://ping.fm/Uoeje

How to Publish Without Perishing http://ping.fm/ajJpb

Rowling's 'Tales of Beedle the Bard' figured into 'Potter' finale http://ping.fm/F9e1b

Barnes & Noble book fair for a 'Paws'-itive cause http://ping.fm/VChR0

What's up in business books, magazines, TV in December http://ping.fm/vA377

Northern People: 'Best job I ever had' http://ping.fm/4ikWT

Bookstores trying to get you in the holiday spirit http://ping.fm/CPEVI

Visiting Harvard Square this year? Indulge in fun and frippery, oddities, esoterica, and fine fare http://ping.fm/u9kzy

Great new article in the New York Times on How to Publish Without Perishing http://ping.fm/nESo0

The sexless vampire who’s so seductive http://ping.fm/f4A9d

Publishers bet big on 'Obama as hero' http://ping.fm/kohrz

Tis the season to read about a failing economy http://ping.fm/5xq2O

News and notes from the publishing world: http://ping.fm/WTPAG

News and notes from the publishing world: http://ping.fm/WTPAG

A new website analyzer identifies which myers-briggs temperament your web copy is written to. Try it out on your own web copy http://ping.fm/JlhLs

Booksellers expect shoppers to buy books. Purchases are likely to offer escapism. With gains in cooking, entertainment and fiction. http://ping.fm/25PBf

Journalists, who tend to be purists don't understand how amazon.com can make the right marketing decisions: http://ping.fm/FhvAl

Rights and wrongs of copyright, problems in OZ: http://ping.fm/HNlsH

Even Silicon Valley retailers are worried as holiday shopping season begins: http://ping.fm/NMkOp

Indies voice fears over wholesale disruption http://ping.fm/uNCet

High street battles for Christmas cheer http://ping.fm/LZx3L

Advertising in books used to be taboo apparently publishers are desperate. I think advertising in books is well overdue: http://ping.fm/31l4j

Advertising in books used to be taboo apparently publishers are desperate. I think advertising in books is well overdue: http://ping.fm/31l4j

Season's Readings: http://ping.fm/2EU0p

Words Worth a Thousand Paintings http://ping.fm/0imTb

Christmas books history: Dominic Sandbrook sifts the sensational scholars from the sensationalist duds http://ping.fm/Wu4cO

Author Outraged Over Google Settlement
http://ping.fm/h7L1R
Those authors are stuck in the past and need to adapt or they will be left behind.

Borders Group Reports Q3 2008 Results; Debt Reduced by Over $273 Million, Improved by $110 Million Over 2007 http://ping.fm/JxGxf

Publishing Bigshots Told to Open Canned Tuna, Eat at Desk http://ping.fm/9nDlh

Publishing Displays Its Split Personality http://ping.fm/BWP4S

Redstone Weighs Sale of Theaters http://ping.fm/6YMpG

Woolworths in crisis rescue talks http://ping.fm/dsGZ8

Books-A-Million, Inc. Announces Third Quarter Results http://ping.fm/EAFEq

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS http://ping.fm/L55Ng

European Booksellers Foundation
Protests Google Settlement http://ping.fm/6MlV9

New book fills void for BYU football fans http://ping.fm/bIY0y

Speech! Speech! But Could You Please Cut the Price? http://ping.fm/qLgK4

Barnes & Noble Taking Pre-Orders for Exclusive “Barack Obama and the Triumph of Hope” Commenorative Issue of Rolling Stone http://ping.fm/AEtzH

Good Authoring Series – 10 Methods for Building a Platform Today http://ping.fm/Eo32g

Think cold-calling is the most effective way to snag customers? Try referral marketing and catch a new batch of clients: http://ping.fm/tmlrj

Are You Shouting at Your Audience? http://ping.fm/zuaK3

Note to self - write my book by 2009 http://ping.fm/KMh0R

Obama and book sales http://ping.fm/zhCXu

E-Books Have a Future in iTunes http://ping.fm/jPA0e

Does The Comic Book Press Needs a Watchman? http://ping.fm/JNrDz

Online community promotes indie bookstore http://ping.fm/WOqPs

Publishing Displays Its Split Personality http://ping.fm/ZzDKQ

The Book Babes Talk First-Time Authors, Joe the Plumber and Shameless Self Promotion http://ping.fm/PH6RR

Look to the bigger, nearby independents http://ping.fm/cVvCe

Yet Another Option for Writers Falters http://ping.fm/chfmg

UK book trade split on Google's publishing plans http://ping.fm/HosR7

The true cost of book discounting
A new report says it damages retailers, but the evidence is far from clear cut http://ping.fm/JTKBY

Writers' Block: Houghton Won't Acquire New Books http://ping.fm/yeP5X

Publishing industry downs and ups http://ping.fm/8Ukzz

Will celebrity books lose some glitter? http://ping.fm/gO1Jj

North Carolina-based Catholic publisher purchases assets out of bankruptcy http://ping.fm/6jtuP{EBD52560-A0CB-4524-A9E0-C96D9E446E09}

Booksellers expect a surge of escapism http://ping.fm/ZcUnI

Barnes & Noble reports a loss http://ping.fm/4oH6R$18.4_million

Joe plumbs a book deal, but needs help with the words http://ping.fm/wC5EK

A new deal for US publishers http://ping.fm/9rKvN

Random House to digitize thousands of books http://ping.fm/JhhcF

Printers and paper suppliers across the supply chain see challenges and opportunities http://ping.fm/dTKqn

Publishing giant, part of Bertelsmann, freezes its pension plan for current employees and eliminates it for new hires, while supporting its 401(k) http://ping.fm/KL1FI

Carving a niche in the literary world http://ping.fm/cteJM

Thanks to ‘The Kite Runner,’ a new school in Afghanistan http://ping.fm/HAG6h

Open/free educational materials are flooding the Net. NetSpeak takes yet another look at this vibrant side of the Net http://ping.fm/PIBps

Exploring independent bookstores http://ping.fm/GGjSc

Despite the global slowdown, publishing firm Hachette’s India plans are on track http://ping.fm/pzFIj

Consumers should make a budget and check it twice http://ping.fm/SwIod

Manga Publisher Broccoli Books To Close Shop in U.S. http://ping.fm/JYjdG

My partners at Sun Pop Studios/Promote A Book Studios have a great new video on You Tube: http://ping.fm/fjf6J

A new articles indicate that publishers are no longer interested in celebrity memoirs http://ping.fm/fjf6J I sure hope that is true...

Self Publishing a childrens book: http://ping.fm/fYR3P

Musicians page through their pasts for book deals: http://ping.fm/rikqf

Random House Walks from BEC 2009: http://ping.fm/w4KT4

As the Economy Plunges, These Books Soar http://ping.fm/vgosw

Rich Frishman's second part of his business book article is up on beneaththecover.com: http://ping.fm/HqPdf

Lannan Announces 2008 Literary Awards & Fellowships http://www.lannan.org/

Book Buzz: What's new on the list and in publishing http://ping.fm/eJVIM

Congrats to Tate Press... Small publishers get all the fun: http://ping.fm/qhAFz

Traditional publishers only understand traditional media platforms. Yes, a book will sell better if its turned into a movie: http://ping.fm/iZ84s

National Book Awards Tries to Glam Things Up; Who Invited All the Fancy People, Publishing Peons Wonder? http://ping.fm/vs7k7

Pensions frozen at Random House Inc.: http://ping.fm/3UPCa

Brad Dorfman asks "Who has time to read", I think that misses the point. People have time to read, just not read garbage: http://ping.fm/GIHrV

B&N Sales Sink; Sees Gloomy Holiday: http://ping.fm/uqr2R

Roy H. Williams discusses When Knowing Isn't Enough is a great new article on beneaththecover.com: http://ping.fm/ZOs2t

Why shouldn't Palin get a book deal? http://ping.fm/qF3TR She should, but I wonder if it shouldn't be published a graphic novel or by Playboy...

Scholastic is learning a new tactic in selling books http://ping.fm/11es3 when will they learn they need to change their strategy to survive?

Amazon.com Recognizes Independent Publishers Group, Macmillan and Random House as Amazon Books Distributors of the Year: http://ping.fm/IH2U1{571FDB68-0821-493F-97DA-25D9F2A87833}

Jeffrey Peter a University of Louisville student is the grand prize winner for the 2008 Capture Cincinnati online photo contest http://ping.fm/FLaj9

Matthiessen wins National Book Award fiction prize http://ping.fm/BfswY

Book Prizes Awarded With Nod to History http://ping.fm/AYPjl

What's the world coming to when "Joe the Plumber" gets a book publishing deal and its not for children's books: http://ping.fm/GGsEZ

Apparently my favorite site http://ping.fm/aac4Y and Simon and Schuster has been take to court: http://ping.fm/sFo4s

On beneaththecover.com I've been addressing the entire pendulum swing, this week I dig a little deeper http://ping.fm/sW8ur

The recession is certainly being felt in the book industry just ask Baker & Taylor: http://ping.fm/FQkmg

How did the book industry not make it into a report on the entertainment industry? http://ping.fm/7BBuK{8074AA56-22ED-4D7F-90D0-20E864BB453F}

On beneaththecover.com Ivan Misner reminds us that Salespeople Don’t Live Off Referrals Alone http://ping.fm/7kLyH

Winners of National Book Awards to be announced: http://ping.fm/BSLVs

Great new article by Chris Maddock at beneaththecover.com: You’re Probably Too Lazy to Be a Best Selling Author http://ping.fm/wTj7y

New Headline on Gawker:Publishers Foaming at the Mouth Over Celeb Books http://ping.fm/anW7v of course they are, because the only platform publishers really "get' are media platforms...

From the UK, a fun little way for Journalists to scoup their competition by writing about themselves: http://ping.fm/uUKnG

Great article by Rick Frishman on Business Books at beneaththecover.com: http://ping.fm/W4WOj

Interesting article about books being able to better storm a recession. What most scared me was the renewed interest in Karl Marx http://ping.fm/xKZFT

Have great content on your blog, but no visitors? A solution may be found at http://ping.fm/NkzeF

An article in todays New York Times says that their are no women with big ideas: http://ping.fm/45mdA I respectfully disagree with this times article, their are women authors like Michelle Miller http://ping.fm/HaR6P

Authors are always looking for good case studies for their work, here is a creative example of how one plans to "include" your case study in his book http://ping.fm/OwDbB

Indian Book Publishing seems to be growing despite the recession: http://ping.fm/v3d2Q

Publishers need to admit that making money from selling books (like selling CD's for the music industry) is a dying business model http://ping.fm/zSngn Google Book Search (and other forms of electronic media) are going to become the iTunes for the book industry.

Starving artists are starving for a reason http://ping.fm/T3J43 Most authors don't make money on their books, they make money from what their book does for them.

SIBA announces winners of this year's literature awards http://ping.fm/l9mnn

An article in Miami Herald says that e-book gives words more power. http://ping.fm/ht6FC More power or more access? You Decide.

Wannabe authors are rejected with no info or education as to why. Then find a no name publisher and think they succeeded: http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/1040838.html If they only new that writing the book only amounted to 5% of the actual work. Publishing a book is not marketing a book...

Are electronic books the wave of the future for book publishing?
http://ping.fm/af5LW

Imagine that, books not selling. http://ping.fm/Ew8g9 Let's blame the economy... No, lets blame publishers and retailers who don't know why books sale.

Publishers should stop looking at raising more money and start looking inward at changing their business model: http://ping.fm/X8gC4

Don't you just love the censorship lobbist groups bring? I sure do (not): http://ping.fm/v7UMv

When will book publishers learn that their financial failures are due to a flawed business model: http://ping.fm/zITMC

Politics, Books, Society's Pendulum and more http://ping.fm/TVyKt

Internap Network Services is onto something: http://ping.fm/TybLw{99D664C6-2ADE-4FD6-A3D5-B2994F62276B} Blurb could be a game changer for POD and Self Publishing: http://www.blurb.com/

Enjoy reading books? Prefer to read books on the beach? Attend this year's Miami Book Festival: http://ping.fm/E03zQ

Some industry insiders dont think the recession will hurt book sales http://ping.fm/wMdvy I think they dont understand either the industry or economics

The book industry is changing (even if it has no rudder) and Book Expo will be changing as well: http://ping.fm/9K2HL The question is, will they "get it"?

Reed Elsevier remains “on track” to hit is financial targets: http://ping.fm/CaR21

Amazon and Penguin to Sponsor Second Breakthrough Novel Award.

Sign up today: http://ping.fm/Rikvp

In hard economic times look for new partnerships: http://ping.fm/6rESp

It's unfortunate that two "dying" medias think they can fix the problem.

Experts from successful Silicon Vally should do more then uniquely write a book:
http://ping.fm/AxrX9

You'd think they'd find a new publishing model

Ivan Misner has a great new article today on business networking posted on beneaththecover.com: http://ping.fm/Bbe12

Alex Linde states that my new found love for social media is "spam". Does anyone else agree? I'd love your feedback. If it is, I'll cut back

Does google's deal with publishers create a monopoly? A UK publisher says so: http://ping.fm/O2Xd9 I think they are missing the boat.

Doom and gloom in publishing? While not addressing the real problem at least some are looking for solutions: http://ping.fm/EDgQy

I just love promotions devised as articles like: http://ping.fm/2AyYB the article identifies the problem but gives no reasoning or solutions. Give me more meat less sizzle.

Now that the election is over, Palin and Laura Bush consider publishing opportunities: http://ping.fm/WEauM

According to Barb Stegemann everyone should write a book http://ping.fm/slRCG
What she doesn't tell you is how hard it is.

Remembering Kurt Reichert http://ping.fm/OQe9w

The Hispanic Heroes of Book Publishing: http://ping.fm/rm24Y

Rodale reports good news: http://ping.fm/Gbwhb{B2E5B2D9-E5A4-43DF-BE32-0971EDD9C0FD}

Publishers are concerned about the holiday season: http://ping.fm/UBNvB Concern shouldnt be the recession but their broken business model

Instead of worrying about being green:

http://ping.fm/hsGYT

If publishers really want to make a difference they should change their model.

Bryan Eisenberg has a great article on beneaththecover.com arguing the need for sweating the small stuff: http://ping.fm/jrE39

Publishing Industry insiders have a problem, they approach fixing the industry with tactics when strategy is their real problem: http://ping.fm/WXGuJ

Simon & Schuster president and CEO Carolyn Reidy: Worse Publishing Environment May Be On the Way

http://ping.fm/OWIwV

Doom and gloom in the book industry? Couldn't be because the model is broken?

Book Publishers are nervous about Christmas sales articles in the New York Times http://ping.fm/fCVgy

USA Today: http://ping.fm/oYzF0

And Publishers Weekly:http://ping.fm/SfGfx

Bare this out.

Interesting Book Industry news regarding Bertelsmann: http://ping.fm/4rJvB

It's been a long two weeks on the road. So I spent the morning in seclusion (in bed) catching up on emails. I'm heading to the airport soon.

Harper Collins and the Wall Street Journal combine forces: http://ping.fm/vPutx

More Ted Turner and his book in the news: http://ping.fm/FTbS4

Books in the News: http://ping.fm/VkGsu

Today on Beneaththecover.com Peter Neveland part II of Through the Performance door appears: http://ping.fm/pyvnK

Let me also suggest you follow today's rabbit hole, Roy delves deeply into his pendulum theory: http://ping.fm/X6sSR

Today's Monday Morning Memo is great I highly recommend that you read it: http://ping.fm/28Hge

Scott Karp at publishing 2.0 did a great job of summerizing and applying Seth Godin's artilce to media and publishing as a whole:
http://ping.fm/YD4fV

Seth Godin has been "calling out" the book publishing industry for years and I agree with his premise: http://ping.fm/TRT49

Google's plans for publishing http://ping.fm/8NJiS

I have enjoyed using ping.fm, and highly recommend it to everyone. Check it out for yourself I'm sure you'll agree. I'm going to bed now.