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.