In the latest The Quarterly Conversation, William Patrick Wend’s “Intro to E-Lit: How Electronic Literature Makes Printed Literature Richer” discusses N. Katherine Hayles’ book Electronic Literature: New Horizons for the Literary and defends e-publishing.
Slate’s Farhad Manjoo loves the Kindle but fears it’s bad news for the current publishing industry.
Booksquare argues that the text-to-speech verdict, supposedly [...]

Can Twitter help publishers and stores sell books? Check out Ann Kingman’s findings on the Booksellers Blog.
David Pogue hearts the new Kindle and answers concerns about the end of print publishing with three words: “Don’t be silly.”
But Tim O’Reilly offers this “bold prediction”: “Unless Amazon embraces open e-book standards like epub, which allow readers to [...]

Amazon’s brand new Kindle 2 is here, and Brad Stone says it’s “lighter, brighter, and chattier.”
I admit it…I want one, and at the same time, I feel guilty for wanting one. It’s hard not to be sucked in by hyperbolic exclamations that this e-book reader is either the savior of publishing or the harbinger of [...]