The Big Bad Book Blog's Link Love

In true book nerd fashion, we’ve rounded up our favorite publishing-related links of the week for you! Read on to uncover the best in books this week. If you want to know about these links sooner than Friday afternoon, follow us on Twitter—@GreenleafBookGr.

• Upon the sad news of Steve Jobs’ death this week, many great tributes were shared. Mashable collected 10 video clips that highlight Jobs’ genius and Media Bistro’s PRNewser posted significant reactions. Simon & Schuster also moved up its pub date for an upcoming biography of Jobs.

• NPR ran an interesting story this week about thriller writer Barry Eisler’s decision to publish his newest book with Amazon; he even refers to traditional publishing as “legacy” publishing.Yay for alternative publishing models!

• Do you still refer to yourself as a “marketing ninja”? If so, it’s time to stop. Forbes listed business buzzwords to cut from your vocabulary ASAP.

• Amazon is all about the drama lately. First a relatively inexpensive tablet and now they’re inviting all their fired California associates back on board? Sheesh!

• No one likes a boring magician, right? Fast Company interviews “Millionaire Magician” Steve Cohen on his secrets of spellbinding pitches. (Read: His tips are not just for aspiring magicians).

• The beloved Peter Rabbit is coming back! According to The Daily Beast, Beatrix Potter’s estate has approved a new story to commemorate the 110th anniversary of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Actress Emma Thompson will be penning the tale.

• Dovetailing nicely with our platform development series, Entrepreneur magazine outlined how business owners can move from entrepreneurs to icons in five steps.

• Attention people who still use @yahoo and @aol email addresses: Your email’s days might be numbered, says CBS’s BNET. The two former giants were featured in their “10 Big Brands in Big Trouble” article this week.

• In case you hadn’t noticed, Facebook continues to make changes to the site almost daily. Harvard Business Review discussed how companies and brands can ride the wave of change smoothly.

• Happy Friday everyone! In honor of the last day of the workweek, Publishers Weekly collected some fun word games. They also have a picture of a cat using a computer. Go.