A little more tab clearance: these are stories about the transformation of publishing that I've been meaning to say something about but haven't got around to.
- First, some actual news: rumors of the imminent death of publishing may be somewhat exaggerated, as more books were sold for more money in 2010 than in a while.
- Of course, that doesn't make Borders any less dead, so here are a couple of eulogies: from Dean Dad and Jeff Mariotte (the latter hosted by Borders so, you know, read it soon before it disappears).
- If you remain convinced that traditional publishing is going the way of the dinosaur and want to get a jump on evolving into an emu, Jim Macdonald gives you the lowdown on self-publishing in the modern age. Jim is an implacable foe of all manner of publishing scams, so you can trust his advice. And always remember: Money flows toward the writer.
That's what's struck me as interesting enough to keep a browser tab open, anyway. Feel free to leave your own links and discussion in the comments.
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Last week's Casual Fridays study was inspired by my (incorrect) observation that the latest beta version of Firefox always displays tabs. (Actually, while it defaults to that setting, it's possible to disable it.)
A few days ago after downloading the latest beta version of the FireFox web browser, I posted what I thought was an innocuous complaint on Twitter: The software assumes you will always have multiple web pages open.
... and Ars has a look at it.
I have two blogs from The Atlantic's small flotilla, Ross Douthat & M. Yglesias, in my RSS reader.