Thank you to everyone who entered my Solar give away.
The 3 Solar T-shirts go to: Jane Willis, Natalie Newham and Teresa Majury
Congratulations to the winners! I will get in touch by email soon.
Blogger discussions of the week
- Next Read had an interesting discussion about deciding which books to read and review.
- Regular Rumination wrote a great post about how negative book reviews can make the book more intriguing to the reader.
- Book Lust discussed falling for book hype.
Elsewhere on the Internet
As a book seller on Amazon I am quite annoyed by their new policy which forces sellers to ensure their books are not cheaper on other selling platforms. Luckily I don’t normally have the same stock for sale on different sites at the same time, but this will have a big impact on some people.
This is a lovely little video about the publishing industry – I thought it was very clever!
- Ian Rankin defends crime fiction
- Haruki Murakami has a website and is on twitter @haruki_murakami
- Get London Reading has launched an interactive map showing where books based in London are set.
- I love the idea of the suitcase library – wouldn’t it be great if every pub, coffee shop and restaurant you went in had its own little library?!
- Gok Wan, one of the TV Book Club presenters admits that he isn’t a big reader and didn’t actually make it to the end of a book in time for the show!
- Finally, this isn’t anything to do with books, but I was amused to discover that the worst cycle lane in the UK is quite close to where I live.
12 replies on “Links I’ve stumbled across this week and Solar winners”
I think that’s five Solar giveaways I’ve not won now, so yesterday I gave in and bought it anyway!
Great links – I love the Get London reading one – what a good idea.
The whole Amazon thing is a pain. I do sell a few books on Amazon for pocketmoney – but don’t see how they will police it. All will become clear!
Annabel, Sorry to hear you didn’t win any Solar give aways – I hope you enjoy it now you have splashed out!
I don’t think Amazon will be able to police small sellers – they will have no way of knowing if I decide to sell my stock on ebay under a different user name. I think their new policy is designed to stop people the big sellers from advertising that all their books are 10% cheaper on their own websites. It will be interesting to see how it changes things – I’m just glad I’m not trying to sell things through my own website.
I finally stopped linking to Amazon through my affiliate program. The money I earned (whether a little or a lot) wasn’t worth the notion that I approved of their policies.
Beth, I rely on Amazon for my living so I’m afraid I can’t do that, but I admire you for putting your morals over profit.
I love the Ian Rankin interview – thanks for the link. One has to feel for writers who have been put into a niche and separated from the lit fiction. And sometimes it’s hard to know where they should go. I noted with great amusement at a book sale once that “Special Topics in Calamity Physics” (lit fiction or even mystery) was put in the science section!
rhapsodyinbooks, LOL! Hopefully the misplacing of the book will lead to some new readers for him!
I’m curious how the T-shirts look. You know how some are flattering to the female figure while others seem to be made for spongebob squarepants.
sherry, I’m afraid I have no idea how the T-shirts look. I haven’t got one 🙁 so don’t know if they make you look like spongebob!
This was the best news EVER to wake up to this morning! Both my winning the contest and your link to my post. 😀 Thanks so much!
Lu, I’m pleased you are happy. I hope you enjoy the book!
I think it is wrong to not be a big reader (or finish the book!) and host a show on books! I’ll take the job instead.
Jenners, I would hate to be on TV, but I’d love to be the one picking the book!