Apparently Amazon.com pulled all books by Macmillan yesterday in order to threaten them over an ongoing spat about ebook pricing, as they work toward cornering the market in ebooks.
I think this is officially not-cool.
Entries from January 2010 ↓
amazon pulls all books by publisher in game of chicken
Benjamin Parzybok — January 30th, 2010 — writing
goodbyes to heroes.
Benjamin Parzybok — January 28th, 2010 — And so it is., authors
It seems like a generation of heroes are on the move this week. Howard Zinn and now JD Salinger. Ah – on the same, sad day – Jan 27. You’ll be missed.
I really enjoyed this letter from JD Salinger regarding the denial of movie rights for Catcher in the Rye. via Letters of Note. You cannot say the man did not care about his characters.
“Not to mention, God help us all, the immeasurably risky business of using actors.”
Reading with Portland Fiction Project at the Maiden
Benjamin Parzybok — January 27th, 2010 — reading
For some reason in this posting at the Portland Mercury I am talked about first, but I assure you I just happen to be a sidecar at the Portland Fiction Project’s reading at The Maiden.
The reading is themed:
Love is Not Punny, It’s Surrealist
So maybe I’ll read something along those lines that somehow is contained within this new mss I’m working on? It’ll be at The Maiden, Monday February 1st at 7pm. The Maiden is a great venue for reading and I hope to see you there.
Here are some links to the Portland Fiction Project:
Portland Fiction Project on Facebook
