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FernReiss

  1. Thanks @ChrisHenry_TNW for the FF! Have a great weekend!
  2. .@Poynter on @DenverPost axing copy desk and, uh, grammar and spelling? bit.ly/copydesk
  3. Kol hakavode to @SSDSBoston for the full-page article in @PWreviews on their new children's siddur: bit.ly/Halleli
  4. Jewish liturgical books go mainstream: Solomon Schecter's new children's prayerbook featured in @PWreviews bit.ly/Halleli
  5. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in bankruptcy: bit.ly/HMifflin
  6. Reviewers: Let me know if you'd like a review copy of the Solomon Schecter (Boston) children's siddur, "Halleli Nafshi." Beautiful book.
  7. #BookExpo next week, but I make it a point to only attend funerals once. :*)
  8. 1/2 of Brits now e-reading, bit.ly/Britseread
  9. Still recovering from #ASJA Conference (and testing hashtags while we're at it :*)
  10. 40% off any @Pimsleur language course if you enter MOTHERS40 at checkout. (Gracias, @simonschuster for the tip!)
  11. Score! Got client book reviewed by @PublishersWkly, gonna be a good week!
  12. Unlike the local B&N, at least he was displaying books: Local NYC institution book sidewalk biz packed up by police. nyti.ms/bksidewalk
  13. Did Apple & the big publishers really collude in price-fixing? Who's the villain here? Great analysis. bit.ly/DoJvsApple
  14. @mickeygoodman You too! (& that was fun!)
  15. Congrats to former PW's @SaraNelson heading to @AmazonBooks. (Everyone else, duck, duck, goose, music's going to stop soon :*)
  16. Was it price-fixing? Great (lengthy) analysis of DoJ suit vs Apple and big publishers; who's really the villain here? bit.ly/DoJvsApple
  17. Bestsellers, watch out: Amazon knockoffs becoming big problem (and big business): bit.ly/AmazonKnockoffs
  18. Nice analysis of the death of big six publishing & recent BN/Microsoft machinations by @KristenLamb bit.ly/PubsDead
  19. Type your book title into the box at the top of yasiv.com and see the mindmap of books others bought in addition to yours. Fun!
  20. Wave of future? Chinese publishers now taking ads on book jackets: bit.ly/ChinaAds