Authors Guild Archive

  • Back-to-School: Who are our new college freshman?

    Back-to-School: Who are our new college freshman?

    We're running a Back to School extravaganza right now, but one thing that I don't know if we really addressed is: Who exactly is going back to school? Or, more accurately, who is going to college for the first time in a few weeks? (That's who these Back to School things are usually for, freshman. If you're going back odds are you know exactly what you need and what to expect.) What have today's 18-year-olds experienced in the world, what are they about, and what do they expect from technology?

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  • Book publishers’ latest hobby? Complaining about the Amazon Kindle’s success

    Book publishers’ latest hobby? Complaining about the Amazon Kindle’s success

    We're starting to see more and more “hate” being thrown Amazon's way. That's because, of course, the Kindle is something of a success, and publishers, who already operate a pretty wonky business (more on that in a bit), are becoming concerned that Amazon will soon be able to wield the same kind of power that Apple did over the music industry. Basically, book publishers don't want Amazon to “own” the digital book market.

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  • New Book Smell: The Smell of Books, In a Spray-Can

    New Book Smell: The Smell of Books, In a Spray-Can

    There’s a certain something missing from the e-book, and it’s not just the paper. We tried to add some of the romance back when we disguised the iPod Touch as a Moleskine notebook, but it just didn’t work. The folks at Smell of Books, though, think they have the answer: a spray-can loaded with, that’s [...]

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