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Thursday, September 16, 2004
The Blog, The Press, The Media: On Selling (What Else?) Books
Nicki Leone, manager of Bristol Books in Wilmington, North Carolina, was recently invited by author M.J. Rose (The Halo Effect, Mira) to be a "guest blogger" on Rose's Weblog. Leone's assignment: To "write about anything related to getting books read." Thanks to Nicki Leone and M.J. Rose for allowing BTW to share with our readers this lighthearted look at the extent to which a bookseller will go to sell a book.
• Oh, we booksellers are certainly defenders of free speech, but honey, that don't pay the light bill
• · But all fun aside, I think there are some important lessons for Big Media -- and for everyone else -- in the rise of the blogosphere. They stem from the fact that bloggers operate on the Internet, where arguments from authority are difficult since nobody knows whether you're a dog It's the difference between high-trust and low-trust environments
• · · Portals and KM Business Blog Links: Part Two - Jessica Baumgart
• · · · Bloggers have discredited CBS News Whoa! That's what Newsday says: Sept. 9, 2004, will be remembered as a paradigm-shifting day in media history...
• · · · · Pivia Launches First 'Distributed Workplace' Blog
• · · · · · Gurlie Bloggers Straight Talk About Blogs: Do You Really Need One?