Book News, In Brief

While hyping the 'digital age of literature,' TIME Magazine attempts to answer, What's the Matter with Publishing?


According to publicist Sloane Crosley, “People now latch on to a Web presence the way they once did with the book tour.” But do book sites really help sell books? BlueRidgeNow.com investigates.

Brick & mortar bookstores in North Carolina: Have you heard the news? A legislative commission is studying whether the state should apply a sales tax to digital downloads. While this sucks for your iTunes purchases, there's still a snowball's chance that this might lure some of your prodigal customers back from Amazon.com.