October 31, 2012
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| New York Publishing Struggling to Get Back Online Post-Sandy The wind and rain may have died down in New York City, but the metropolis is far from recovered. In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, which has left thousands throughout the tri-state without power, many publishers are struggling to get their systems back online, and some are reporting issues at their warehouses, as well. more »  What we witnessed, to cite John Maxwell from Simon Fraser University, was a transcendence of contemporary publishing. BiB speakers were not trying to repair or modernize publishing. Rather, they were designing new solutions for a world in which story-telling takes advantage of networked tools for sharing insights and art. more » ADVERTISEMENT   Will Ferguson Takes Home Canada's Biggest Fiction Prize Will Ferguson's novel 419 wins Canada's biggest prize for fiction, the $50,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize. more »
 Tracking Amazon: The State of Preorders As of October 31, Amazon's top 100 saw nine preorder books place, including the #1 book, The Third Wheel (Wimpy Kid #7) by Jeff Kinney. more » » Superstorm Sandy has knocked out PW's email. Until service is restored send breaking news to millsx005@optonline.net. »
Amazon Gets No Warm Welcome: Bookstores aren't opening their doors to Amazon titles. Murdoch Calls It a 'Faux Merger': Rupert Murdoch has voiced his skepticism over Penguin's joint venture with Random House, describing the deal as a "faux merger disaster." Amazon Finds Inroad to Latin America?: All eyes are on Amazon as Brazil's Saraiva looks to sell its online unit. Lemony Snicket on Bookstores: "All the best bookstores have vomit contingency plans." 'Mini' Tablets Compared: Walt Mossberg, tech columnist for the WSJ, presents a useful chart comparing the iPad Mini, Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HD tablets.
 Authors on the Air October 31, 2012: Jon Ronson Jon Ronson, author of Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries (Riverhead, 978-1594631375), will be on The Daily Show. more » »
PWxyz Blog John A. Sellers PW Best Books 2012: Ask the Passengers by A.S. King For kids facing bullying, homophobia, or a loneliness they just don’t know how to find their way around, this book is a lifeline. more » Barbara Vey Liz Kreger: One Author’s Battle with Cancer Hi, my name is Liz Kreger and I’ve been actively participating in the GCB (Great Cancer Battle) for the past seventeen years. more » Josie Leavitt High Wind Shopping On Monday of this week, when hurricane Sandy was screaming towards the New York City area, we got a call in the morning from a woman asking about our website. Kelly, my co-worker, started talking to Cara about how to navigate the website and in the course of the conversation, Cara shared that she was [...] more » Rose Fox Here Comes Sandy Working from home as the storm rages. more » Adam Boretz Think You Know Your Presidents? Kenneth C. Davis and the POTUS quiz show. more »
 NJ Library Pitches In for Sandy ReliefOn Tuesday, the Little Free Library in Medford, NJ, contributed a table full of books to the Red Cross Center, to help locals ride out Hurricane Sandy. |   | |||||||||||||||||||||
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