Friday, April 05, 2013

Johannesburg’s Fourthwall: Publishing Experiments on the Periphery



Bronwyn Law-Viljoen, editor of Johannesburg’s inventive art books publisher Fourthwall, discusses how publishing on the periphery of the world can give you an edge.  More
Discussion:
The response of people to the sad news concerning Iain Banks, who announced he has terminal cancer, makes us realize how the book trade is like a huge, extended family.
More News from PP:
Random House has recently updated its BookScout app that allow it to sync up with Facebook’s improved timeline. Can it capitalize on Goodreads-Amazon discontent?
The Atlantic's Jordan Weissmann speculates that Amazon bought Goodreads to access the site's "super fans," readers who buy a lot of books and influence purchases.
From the Archives:
South Africa’s Cover2Cover Books has founded the FunDza Literary Trust, with the goal of improving literacy in the teen and young adult market.

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