Novelist and blogger M.J. Rose thinks authors’ personal marketing efforts should be more substantially rewarded; Robert Miller, president and publisher of HarperStudio, responds with a proposal to restructure the author-publisher relationship into 50-50 profit-sharing, as HarperStudio has done.
Profit-Sharing for Authors and Publishers
Improbable
From The Guardian comes a fun look at the modern library and the "improbable" forms it can take, from camel-back to boat.
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Sedaris’s Story Comes to the Big Screen
After years of rebuffing film deals and movie rights offers, David Sedaris has finally allowed one of his stories to be made into a motion picture. This month, you’ll be able to check out University of Miami alum Kyle Alvarez’s adaptation of “C.O.G.” (Child of God). You can check out a trailer over here.
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“Cue the 8-bit music”
Recommended Reading: Two poems by S.P. MacIntyre.
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More Anticipated Books
The eagle-eyed Scott Esposito spots fall publication dates for volumes I and II of Murakami's IQ84...and for Helen DeWitt's new novel (!), Lightning Rods, due out from New Directions.
Celtic Tiger’s Collapse
Gabriel O'Malley's "Letter From Dublin" for n+1 is an interesting primer on the current state of Ireland following the collapse of the Celtic Tiger.
Putin’s Call for a Russian Canon
The process of "Russification" is almost as old as Russia itself, yet to see it take shape in the present day can be quite distressing. In particular, Vladimir Putin's recent proposal in Nezavisimaya Gazeta -- in which the prime minister called for a "Russian canon" of literary works -- has some people worried about its insidious potential for propaganda. Count Alexander Nazaryan among that group.