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Interesting news items, links, videos and cool stuff related to book publishing.

American Lydia Davis Wins Man Booker International Prize

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The judges of the Man International Booker Prize have done what recent Nobel Prize committees have refused to do: honor an American for ‘achievement in fiction on the world stage.’

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PP Redux: Why Fanfics are Like Startups

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With today’s launch of Kindle Worlds, it’s worth remembering that fanfiction is rewriting the narrative of publishing and challenging convention, much like technology startups.

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Jeffrey Yamaguchi, Director of Digital Marketing at Abrams, Tweets about Advertising

Jeffrey Yamaguchi, Director of Digital Marketing, Abrams

From native advertising and creative content campaigns to banner and print ads, Abrams’ Jeffrey Yamaguchi tweets with @pubperspectives about the latest in book advertising.

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HuffPo’s Andrew Losowsky Tweets about Social Media for Book Marketers

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How can publishers optimize their social media outreach? HuffPo’s Andrew Losowsky chats with Ed Nawotka on Twitter about how book marketers can maximize social media networks and influencers.

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Happy 5th Anniversary Publishing Perspectives!

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On May 20th, 2009, we published our first article here at Publishing Perspectives, and five year’s later, we’ve published more than 4,000 articles in all.

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One Week Left to Register for Reaching Readers Conference

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Recharge your book marketing strategy, boost your outreach success and build lasting relationships with readers and customers at the Reaching Readers Conference on May 28.

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Follow Pete McCarthy’s Tweets about Vertical Marketing

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Can big publishers use vertical marketing without re-organizing their marketing departments? Publishing expert Pete McCarthy chats with us on Twitter about this topic.

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Ether for Authors: United We Divide

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The week’s web buzz: Ann Patchett encourages authors to work with traditional publishers and gets rebuffed, a map of the five paths to publishing, the true costs of author services, and more.

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Join PP’s Book Marketing Twitter Chats this Week

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Join us under #reachingreaders to discuss book marketing with our expert speakers, who will speak on May 28 at our Reaching Readers conference.

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Qantas Airline Publishes Short Books Tailored for a Flight

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Australian airline Qantas has custom published a series of books by bestselling authors to give to their elite milage passengers and that can be read in a single flight.

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