Linktopia

The last Linktopia (with the help of Judge Page) for 2008 as you might expect is a mixture of what’s changed, what’s driving some of the change and a taste of what’s coming.

"We’ve come close to dancing this dance, but this might count as actually taking to the floor.
Our sponsorship program is designed to be a win-win-win initiative," said DailyLit co-founder and CEO Susan Danziger, in an e-mail. "Customers can read great books by renowned authors for free; publishers/authors receive incremental revenue; and a sponsor's brand is exposed to customers daily over a period of months or even years."

Continue reading here.

There has been no shortage of thoughts over the past months on what’s wrong with the publishing biz. 
Some people think what’s undermining the book industry is not the absence of casual readers but the changing habits of devoted readers.

BB&H is not convinced but this article is getting a lot of attention.

Finally, just what you wanted for Christmas, something new to distract people from books.

If you were impressed when manufacturers began putting home theaters in boxes, wait until you feast your eyes on NewTek's TriCaster, which packs an entire live television production studio into a comparable cube of space. With minimal training, anyone who can operate a computer can use it to broadcast professional-quality live video over the internet or on television.

See how it works here.

 

And a happy and healthy New Years to everyone!