links for 2009-01-30

Carmen Balcells, the agent supporting Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Camilo Jose Cela, has bypassed publishers and struck a deal to publish both Nobel laureates directly through the Spanish digital book company, leer-e.

Given the discussion around the web about Authonomy, I decided to invite Alexander McNabb to guest blog about his experiences and the ideal sluhpile online! I was impressed by how forcefully he put his view across, I might not always agree, but I think you will find his views interesting at the very least.