I hate paying for textbooks. I hate using course management systems even more. Yes it is old news to say the book is ‘at risk’ of going away but I truly hope the textbook does go away. Useless. And if publishers can’t improve their course management systems then they will go away too. This will [...]
We are all aware that Oprah sells books. Call her a lens, a filter, a booster, whatever but that is mostly for older women. I have often wondered if there was an opportunity for somebody to be a book booster for teenage girls in the same way Oprah is there for my mom on her [...]
When Publishers’ Lunch reported that Perseus president David Steinberger advocated turning markets into conversations at BEA, I railed against him on twitter for being 10 years behind the the publication of Perseus’ own The Clue Train Manifesto. Steinberger, it seemed, just boarded. Weeks later I am catching up with vidcast of the event at BookExpoCast.com [...]
Trouble by Kate Christensen is on Ben McNally’s Summer Reading list. Ann Kingman also recommends it on the latest Books On the Nightstand podcast. I went to buy it last night — sorry Ben your store hours suck — at Chapters. A few things got my attention. Hardcover prices have started to creep up again. [...]