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Odds & Ends On The Web: May 26th Edition

5/26/2012

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Odds & Ends on the web
The big news this week in publishing was Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's filing for Bankruptcy protection. Could this be one of the many signs that there will soon be major changes in the ways that books are published?  We found this graph, comparing self-publishing/print on demand to traditional publishing, to be pretty convincing.

Eschewing traditional publishing routes, Jennifer Egan posted the first installment of her sci-fi book Black Box in a series of twitter posts.  Further installments will be released over a period of ten days.

Someone we don't really care to bring more attention to conducted a study of YA literature in a move to put a ratings system (like movies) in place for books.  Her focus, ridiculously enough, was on the use of curse words. Gayle Forman wrote a thoughtful and inspiring comeback - Who's Scared of the Big Bad F-Bomb?

Stacia Kane got nice and ranty again this week with a fabulously angry post titled "Customer Service" - a very nice defense of reviewers and our right to post our opinions without being hassled.

And a third thought-provoking opinion piece from an author: Lev Grossman writes about the differences between "genre fiction" and "literary fiction."  (What are they, anyway?)

Serial killers...scavenging...and Game of Thrones?  YALSA blog The Hub had a list of upcoming trends that they see in YA.

Kirkus also had an interesting article on the increasing presence of oral sex in young adult novels (although they failed to mention The Piper's Son which really is a travesty).

Just in case you all missed it, here are the gorgeous covers for Days of Blood and Starlight, which we are over-the-top excited for and the U.K. edition of Throne of Glass.  Aren't they pretty?

And for all of you Kate Daniels fans, husband and wife writing team Ilona Andrews released the beginning of the sixth book!

Happy Memorial Day weekend to all of our U.S. readers!
Days of Blood and Starlight cover
Throne of Glass cover
9 Comments
Tatiana (The Readventurer) link
5/26/2012 01:04:21 am

Don't forget Froi and his wicked tongue:)

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Sam link
5/26/2012 01:59:30 am

I love the UK cover for Throne of Glass. It looks amazing! And Days of Blood & Starlight are one of those books I would buy for the cover alone. ;)

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Alyssa @ Books Take You Places link
5/26/2012 04:59:09 am

First, I want you to know that I LOVE these posts and I read them every week and make my students read them too. Second, Stacie Kane and Gayle Forman are both pretty amazing. Third, the upcoming YA trends are pretty freakin' interesting! FINALLY, did you LOVE the cover to Days of Blood and Starlight? I died a little!

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VeganYANerds link
5/26/2012 07:24:46 pm

I really love this feature each week, I clicked on almost every link and as soon as you mentioned the oral sex link I thought "Raw Blue!" ha.

I was really impressed by Stacia Kane and Gayle Forman's post, right on ladies!

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Tatiana (The Readventurer) link
5/27/2012 11:39:31 am

Clearly, Australian authors are pioneers in writing oral into YA. Why am I not surprised?:)

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Nicola link
5/26/2012 08:44:26 pm

Thanks for the handy round up!

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Jasprit link
5/26/2012 10:47:20 pm

Gorgeous covers are usually my bigest downfall, I've bought so many books down to the pretty covers alone, so I'm glad that Days of Blood and Starlight and Thrones of Glas are actually books I'm excited about! Thanks for the weekly recap! I would totally be out of the loop otherwise! :)

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Lucy link
5/28/2012 01:29:16 am

Great round up as always. I'm in love with the cover of Days of Blood and Starlight. And the UK Throne of Glass is gorgeous too.
I like what you're thinking about the HMH filing, and I was over here a couple days ago and got distracted studying that self publishing graph. Convincing indeed.
Gayle Forman is so awesome- love her post. Cool links -thanks for sharing!

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Heidi link
5/28/2012 10:47:03 am

Ah!! Isn't the UK cover for Throne of Glass like 10x better than the US?! I was so disappointed when I saw the US one, but THIS makes me want to read this book.

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