Exploring Books, Life, and Writing
I continue my annual tradition of listing the books I’ve read in the past year, in the order I read them. Reading is part of my job, but I enjoy the busman’s holiday of reading on my own time. Some of the books I borrowed, some I bought, some were given to me and some I got from the library. Several I listened to while riding around town on errands and commuting to work. In those cases, I’ve linked to the audio version.
So here are the books of 2009:
Continue reading “What I Read in 2009”
Dan Reid pointed out to me a comment left on a sister IVP blog, Addenda & Errata.
The comment: Tell us what you think about a piece by Steven Piersanti, president of Berrett-Koehler Publishers, titled “The 10 Awful Truths About Book Publishing.”
The response: This brief piece with a provocative title is a reality check for everyone connected to book publishing.
Continue reading “Sic Transit?”
In a comment on my recent post, Mark Denning asked what I thought about Stephen “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” Covey moving electronic rights to some of his books exclusively to Amazon, as reported in this morning’s New York Times. So here are some first thoughts, Mark.
Continue reading “Proving a Publisher’s Worth”
Regular Andy Unedited reader Jadell alerted me to this item from Jeffrey Brown. Where is the book going? Where is reading going? That’s the question Brown wants to tackle in an occasional series for PBS.
Continue reading “The Next Chapter of Reading”
Want a handy summary of the Kindles, Nooks, Pockets and Cool-ers of the world? Danielle Belopotosky offers us a good overview of the variety of e-reader devices available in her recent piece in The New York Times.
Check it out here.
I am neither a lawyer nor the son of a lawyer (though I am the father of a lawyer). So I am legally unqualified to give you any advice about anything (enough for the disclaimer). But I get asked questions.
Continue reading “Who Will Own the Copyright?”