Links to this month's top stories
Our new feature links to interesting blogs or articles posted online, which will help keep you up to date with what's going on in the book world:
Tech gives strugglers the confidence to read more | Books | The Observer
The Apartheid of Children's Literature - NYTimes.com
Hugh Howey Gives Toxic Advice for Self-Publishers
Kureishi slams creative writing courses | The Bookseller
Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society The Price Ain't Right
Why Huge Publishing Advances can be Huge Steps Backwards | FutureBook
Do book awards bring out our inner hipsters? » MobyLives
BookBrunch - A calculated risk led to success for A Calculated Life
Lynda La Plante forms own rights company | The Bookseller
Cornerstone buys four from self-published Tracy Bloom | The Bookseller
The fall of the house of books | FutureBook
The 7k Report - Author Earnings
Hugh Howey and the Indie Author Revolt
Publishers Want to Bring Binge Consumption to Books - The Wire
Amazon: Game Changer or Whipping Boy?
Muchamore criticises 'negative' children's sector | The Bookseller
Your Brain On Audio Books: Distracted, Forgetful, And Bored | Co.Design | business + design
India's Buoyant Book Market Attracts More Foreign Deals | Publishing Perspectives
Sensory Fiction: Books That Let You Feel What The Characters Do | WUWF
Adobe has Killed e-Readers | Good E-Reader - eBook and Digital Publishing News
First self-publishing MA offers DIY education | Books | theguardian.com.
India's Buoyant Book Market Attracts More Foreign Deals | Publishing Perspectives
Sensory Fiction: Books That Let You Feel What The Characters Do | WUWF
Quill & Quire » Twitter trend declares 2014 the year of reading women
Is the mid-list, "publishing's experimental laboratory," disappearing? » MobyLives
On Becoming a (Self) Publisher | Publishing Perspectives
The future of bookstores is the key to understanding the future of publishing - The Shatzkin Files
BiblioTech: The 21st Century All-Digital Library | Publishing Perspectives
Counter to Cliche, French Translations Sell Better Than Ever | Publishing Perspectives
Are Print Books Becoming Objets d'art? | Publishing Perspectives
Online publications see a future in print - latimes.com
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