Recorded live and uncensored, LITOPIA AFTER DARK is a wide-ranging look at what’s new, hot or not in the worlds of writing, publishing, media and culture. Last week, we gave Amazon’s Kindle a good going-over - and we’re not finished with the subject yet - well take another look at it quite soon, when we can assess what kind of initial impact it’s made.
This week, it’s the turn of another “saviour of the publishing industry” to get the high-octane attention of our panel of writers - the rise of the social network. Are you on FaceBook? Would you even admit to being on MySpace? And how can publishers use sites like these to sell books?
All this plus Harry Potter in the dock and Philip Pullman goes to hell! Plus our picks of the week, and sleepers of the week.
This episode’s guests are Donna Ballman, Dave Bartram, Brian Clegg, Beverly Gray and Richard Howse.
