By now most of us have heard of the Great Amazon GLBT caper of 09. A herculean act of censorship that exploded in the Twittersphere and was subsequently blamed on a mere technical malfunction.Above are the top 5 trending topics on Twitter as they appeared at one point on Easter evening.Here's the anticipated Amazon PR spin:amazonfailsJesus summonedAmazon rebornMasters once againWhat a great EasterThis one is just getting started.More:Edward Champion Amazonfail : A Call to Boycot AmazonPeter Kafka Did Amazon Really Fail this Weekend?Jeff Rutherford Using Twitter to Respond to a PR Crisis - Amazon.com Failed To ActKate Harding at Salon.com's...
Is the Glass Really Half Full at the Book Store
Is it to much of leap to assume that Amazon believes the Kindle will do to books what Amazon has done to the bookstore?Irene Sege piece in the Boston Globe Unchained Success Independent bookstores holding up vs. big rivalsScott Esposito's response at Conversational Reading Indie Bookstores Holding Up?"the continued parroting of this tired "corporate vs indy" storyline prevents deeper thinking about how exactly both models can coexist"similar to the "buy local" mantra
The Ultimate Twitter Book Challenge
Ulysses has been Twittered. Moby Dick is being Twittered. Numerous other writers have taken to Twitter to try their hand. Picador recently launched a Twitter book club and James Bridle just published a book of his Tweets.Where does that leave us?Might it be time for The Ultimate Twitter Book Challenge?Here are the rules:140 characters2 x a day, submitted at 1:40must be completed in 140 daysWinning entry will be published in an edition of 140 signed and numbered hardback copies and 1400 paperbacks. There will be a 140 second book trailer and the author will undertake a 14 city book tour....
Amazon to Overhaul Marketplace for Collectible Books
Piece at AuctionbytesComment from the AuctionBytes blog on the news:You haven't lived until you've had the value of a book nosedive from $50.00 to a penny in weeks, even days while two to three repricers duke it out for lowest price and completely destroy the value of a book. This happens REPEATEDLY on Amazon day after day after day. I've had 25% of my inventory reduced to price rubble in this manner several times. It only takes one newbie at a time to set off this chain of price catastrophe and it is utterly RAMPANT!
Bookshelves to Die In
William Warren's Shelves For Life :a self-initiated project by the designer to further explore ideas of built-in sentimentality within our possessions. The aim is to make stronger emotional relationships with our belongings and encourage life-long use.The shelves are CNC cut in oak veneered plywood to the customer's measurements. They are intended to be used throughout life as storage for personal belongings. On death, the shelves are dismantled and rebuilt as a coffin. Shelves for Life was launched at the British Library during the Travelling Apothecary Show and simultaneously at Liberties as part of Design UK, during London Design Week, September...