The NY Times has uncovered an unconventional, if not totally unheard of, buying habit among US booksellers who want to sell the latest Stieg Larsson and don’t want to wait 6 more months for the American edition to come: buy it from Amazon.co.uk and jack up the price to cover costs.
Whether you consider all self-publishing a dismissable legacy of offline vanity publishing, the future of the book business or something in between, it’s worth paying attention to tools like FastPencil.
Discuss: Google Wave is the Tickle-Me-Elmo of Fall 2009 for web denizens. Everyone wants to play with it but it’s not clear whether it will end up changing everything or just get crammed in the back of closets with an Alf doll and a some old Barbies who got innovative hair cuts thanks to scissor-happy pre-teens.
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