Big Bad Book Blog Links 3-16-07
By Aaron HierholzerPeter Osnos, of the Century Foundation, has a remarkably welcome column about newspaper book review pages: how newspapers might get more ads in them, how they could make the pages more interesting in a world where Starbucks has suddenly become a major player on the bestseller lists and how publishers could actually help in all this even with their tiny publicity budgets.
The first open competition in a decade for lucrative news and gift shop concessions at O’Hare Airport ended Wednesday — with a seven-year extension for the incumbent.
“In my world this is especially true of Amazon.com. Reader reviews can often make or break a book, so it’s important to pay attention to your book’s page and the activity there.”
WOMEN AND BOOKS 2007 NATIONAL STUDY LAUNCHED at BookCatcher.com The post at their site says: Over the past 52 weeks, fewer than 15 percent of the books on the New York Times non-fiction bestseller list were authored by women.
