http://www.crikey.com.au now with extra source Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:25:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/24/the-international-agreement-to-gouge-e-book-customers/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/24/the-international-agreement-to-gouge-e-book-customers/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:12:06 +0000 Bernard Keane http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=270548 http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/24/the-international-agreement-to-gouge-e-book-customers/feed/ 24 http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/14/controversy-aside-snaps-to-australian-poets/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/14/controversy-aside-snaps-to-australian-poets/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:02:11 +0000 Ben Eltham http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=252765 http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/14/controversy-aside-snaps-to-australian-poets/feed/ 1 http://realbusiness.co.uk/news/how-i-got-a-blank-book-to-the-top-of-the-amazon-charts/page:1 http://realbusiness.co.uk/news/how-i-got-a-blank-book-to-the-top-of-the-amazon-charts/page:1#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 01:05:01 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=218361 Shed Simove desperately wanted a bestseller, but even he was surprised when his self-published blank book -- titled What Every Man Thinks About Apart From Sex -- sailed up the Amazon charts.]]> http://realbusiness.co.uk/news/how-i-got-a-blank-book-to-the-top-of-the-amazon-charts/page:1/feed/ 0 http://www.themillions.com/2011/02/to-blurb-or-not-to-blurb.html http://www.themillions.com/2011/02/to-blurb-or-not-to-blurb.html#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:28:33 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=206989 Bill Morris explains the delicate business of 'blurbing', where writers indulge in mutual pats-on-the-back and help aspiring writers get their books onto shelves.]]> http://www.themillions.com/2011/02/to-blurb-or-not-to-blurb.html/feed/ 0 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-pinter/why-men-dont-read-how-pub_b_549491.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-pinter/why-men-dont-read-how-pub_b_549491.html#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 01:08:10 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=136489 Jason Pinter. Men love reading -- female-dominated publishing houses just aren't printing anything they like.]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-pinter/why-men-dont-read-how-pub_b_549491.html/feed/ 0 http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/04/26/100426fa_fact_auletta?currentPage=all http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/04/26/100426fa_fact_auletta?currentPage=all#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:19:22 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=132428 http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/04/26/100426fa_fact_auletta?currentPage=all/feed/ 0 http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/11/dear-authors-your-next-book-should-be-an-app-not-an-ibook/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/11/dear-authors-your-next-book-should-be-an-app-not-an-ibook/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:00:04 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=129968 Cody Brown: they should see it as an opportunity to communicate their stories and messages in new, "mind-blowing" ways.]]> http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/11/dear-authors-your-next-book-should-be-an-app-not-an-ibook/feed/ 0 http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/11/who-needs-catch-22-when-you-have-flight-control/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/11/who-needs-catch-22-when-you-have-flight-control/#comments Sun, 11 Apr 2010 23:59:08 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=129655 will replace real books, says Paul Carr, but it's a shame, because everyone will be too distracted with Flight Control and Twitter to actually read them.]]> http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/11/who-needs-catch-22-when-you-have-flight-control/feed/ 0 http://nymag.com/arts/books/features/65210/ http://nymag.com/arts/books/features/65210/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 02:31:14 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=129077 Roger Lathbury recounts the fascinating story of how he wrote to famously reclusive author JD Salinger, met with him, was to publish his final book and then... the story hit the news and Salinger walked away.]]> http://nymag.com/arts/books/features/65210/feed/ 0 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/books/31covers.html?hp http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/books/31covers.html?hp#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:48:18 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=127797 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/books/31covers.html?hp/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/18/publishing/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/18/publishing/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:10:56 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=124170 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/18/publishing/feed/ 5 http://atlassociety.org/ct-2272-Instant_Books_and_Instapundits.aspx http://atlassociety.org/ct-2272-Instant_Books_and_Instapundits.aspx#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:27:51 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=122437 Roger Donway.]]> http://atlassociety.org/ct-2272-Instant_Books_and_Instapundits.aspx/feed/ 0 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/02/AR2010020203910.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/02/AR2010020203910.html#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:18:03 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=114292 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/02/AR2010020203910.html/feed/ 0 http://www.andrewmcdonald.net.au/dont-judge-a-book-by-its-cover-quotes/ http://www.andrewmcdonald.net.au/dont-judge-a-book-by-its-cover-quotes/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:08:52 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=113596 Andrew McDonald rolls his eyes at some of the horribly cliched reviewer testimonials that repeatedly pop up on book covers.]]> http://www.andrewmcdonald.net.au/dont-judge-a-book-by-its-cover-quotes/feed/ 0 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/technology/companies/01amazonweb.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/technology/companies/01amazonweb.html#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:47:34 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=113369 Amazon last week pulled all the Macmillan published books from its online shelves following a dispute over pricing of e-books, Amazon has caved and raised the prices as per Macmillan's wishes. Is this the first defeat in the Kindle vs. iPad war?]]> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/technology/companies/01amazonweb.html/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/28/e-day-looms-for-book-publishers/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/28/e-day-looms-for-book-publishers/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:43:04 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=112099 Michael R. James. ]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/28/e-day-looms-for-book-publishers/feed/ 2 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/25/e-books-publishers-need-to-get-with-the-program/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/25/e-books-publishers-need-to-get-with-the-program/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:34:51 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=111857 Mark Davis.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/25/e-books-publishers-need-to-get-with-the-program/feed/ 12 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/23/books/23kindle.html?hp http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/23/books/23kindle.html?hp#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:25:47 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=111787 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/23/books/23kindle.html?hp/feed/ 0 http://mashable.com/2009/12/17/blog-to-book/ http://mashable.com/2009/12/17/blog-to-book/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:30:26 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=107138 http://mashable.com/2009/12/17/blog-to-book/feed/ 0 http://blog.bookcoverarchive.com/2009/11/1504/ http://blog.bookcoverarchive.com/2009/11/1504/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:55:18 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=102539 The Book Cover Archive names its top 10 book cover designs for each year of the noughties, from the sweet to the stylish to the downright strange.]]> http://blog.bookcoverarchive.com/2009/11/1504/feed/ 0 http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/read-my-lips-book-decision-a-bad-ending-20091117-ik8x.html http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/read-my-lips-book-decision-a-bad-ending-20091117-ik8x.html#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:44:42 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99387 Peter Costello, and the local public industry could survive just as well without protectionism. ]]> http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/read-my-lips-book-decision-a-bad-ending-20091117-ik8x.html/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/13/wheres-the-book-buyers-voice-in-this-pir-debate/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/13/wheres-the-book-buyers-voice-in-this-pir-debate/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/13/wheres-the-book-buyers-voice-in-this-pir-debate/ Michael R. James weighs in. ]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/13/wheres-the-book-buyers-voice-in-this-pir-debate/feed/ 62 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/12/pir-decision-australian-writers-need-to-be-left-the-f-ck-alone-to-write/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/12/pir-decision-australian-writers-need-to-be-left-the-f-ck-alone-to-write/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/12/pir-decision-australian-writers-need-to-be-left-the-f-ck-alone-to-write/ Jack Robertson.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/12/pir-decision-australian-writers-need-to-be-left-the-f-ck-alone-to-write/feed/ 24 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/publishers-win-the-day-in-a-thriller/story-e6frgczf-1225796729101 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/publishers-win-the-day-in-a-thriller/story-e6frgczf-1225796729101#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=98541 Tom Dusevic lauds the Australian publishing industry's "spirited, clever, nationalistic, broad-based and expensive" lobbying campaign to retain parallel import restrictions on books.]]> http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/publishers-win-the-day-in-a-thriller/story-e6frgczf-1225796729101/feed/ 0 http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/houserules/index.php/theaustralian/comments/labor_panders_to_the_luvvies/ http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/houserules/index.php/theaustralian/comments/labor_panders_to_the_luvvies/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:46:52 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=98534 Christian Kerr. His ALP forebears would not be impressed.]]> http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/houserules/index.php/theaustralian/comments/labor_panders_to_the_luvvies/feed/ 0