Hope everyone had an a relaxing 4th of July Weekend full of fireworks, BBQ, pool parties, and ice-cold provisions! Ours also included listening to a LOT of Bruce in my hometown in New Jersey. Best ever.
News round-up for the week ending July 7, 2013:
E-book shorts, the longform-novella-magazine-feature-type hybrids (and generally around $3 a pop or less) are apparently hot pancakes in the e-pub biz. Pretty exciting stuff. (via The Wall Street Journal)
Yet again, more theories on what makes the New Adult Fiction genre successful… Galleycat wonders if “angst is the secret ingredient.” (via Galleycat, Bookish)
Amazon continues to control the publishing industry. What else is new. (via NYTimes)
In puppier news, here’s the new video for “Northline” brought to you by musician Julian Lynch and director Rich Law, also both NJ natives. We’ll leave you with this hypnotically meditative and breezy number!