Book Publishers seem to have given up on negotiating with Google and are relying on the various court cases to stop the “Do not be evil” Bad Guys. There was an extended example of book-world whingeing in Charkinblog yesterday (reproducing in full (?) a piece by Nick Clee from the Times Literary Supplement — not available online). Here are some representative grumbles:
… Keep ReadingA victory for Google [in the various court actions] – or an extension of legal wranglings to a
Yesterday a publisher asked me why a user would prefer a digital edition to a comprehensive web site which reproduces all the magazine’s contents? It is a good question. There are at least three reasons why a publisher who cares about his subscribers and has a comprehensive web service will also want to offer access to a digital edition:
The British Press Awards 2007 took place on Monday night. The UK Press Gazette which organises and sponsors the event has a full double page spread with portraits of the delighted winners.
This is a new free trial issue of the UK Press Gazette (sporting our new largest format page size). You can probably tell that the earlier free issue’s largest format is a bit smaller than this new one, perhaps too small for comfort.
The article which most … Keep Reading
Did the caps give it away?
Time Inc. have announced that LIFE will cease. This news came to me via an interesting new blog MrMagazine.com. Why is Paris Match still roaring away when Picture Post and LIFE — arguably similar publications for the UK and the US markets — have bitten the dust (its the third time of dying for LIFE)?
Another new (for me) blog, magculture.com/blog/ takes me to Magazine Death Pool a register for last issues. … Keep Reading
Has just subscribed to 6 magazines. It seems probable, by his choice of magazines, that he (for it is a ‘he’) is a distinguished intellectual. Anyone who reads all these magazines regularly is going to be very well informed; the choice, in the order in which they were selected:
London Review of Books
Prospect Magazine
Rare Book Review
The Spectator
Le Monde Diplomatique
Literary Review
We said that we would mention in the blog when we first sold a ‘six … Keep Reading
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