Until now, customers have had
little reason to buy direct from publishers, but increased personalization
and customization may be the incentive that sways them.
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In 1973, Gore Vidal sardonically
critiqued the bestseller list of the age, and now Lauren Sarner echoes the
practice, mining cultural signifiers from our own current list.
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More News from PP:
Startup Nextread.me promises to
combine the best of social media book discovery and bargain book shopping.
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From the Archives:
Ohio publishers Two Dollar Radio
are interested in singular, bold writing, and if you tattoo their logo on
your body you get a lifetime of books for free.
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Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
Friday, August 30, 2013
What The Best Seller List Means: Then and Now
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