2012 Stamp Preview: A Stamp a Day The United States Postal Service will be issuing some new literature-related stamps in 2012. Click on the numbers to see more information about these: #2 Edgar Rice Burroughs #11 O. Henry #31 Twentieth-Century Poets: Elizabeth Bishop, Joseph Brodsky, Gwendolyn Brooks, E. E. Cummings, Robert Hayden, Denise Levertov, Sylvia […]
Ikea is changing its long-lived Billy bookshelf. Is print dead? Ikea will make changes to its low-cost, high-volume Billy bookshelf this fall. And to some, that means books are dying. Ten Crime Books You Have to Read Before You Die This title is way misleading, since there are two lists of 10 plus numerous alternates.
Sick Of Young Adult Lit? 3 Books For The Whiz Kid In this issue of NPR’s “three books” series, Adam Mansbach reflects on which books he read in childhood have stuck with him: The ones I continue to love now, a quarter-century after first mauling their spines, tend to confront complex social issues bravely, convey
Great Authors To Follow On Twitter These eight writers are sometimes hysterical, sometimes insightful, and are sure to give you words for thought in 140 characters or less. Of interest to both readers and writers. Overrated Authors, critics, and editors on “great books” that aren’t all that great. Some of these may surprise you. Or
Survey Shows Publishing Expanded Since 2008 – NYTimes.com The publishing industry has expanded in the past three years as Americans increasingly turned to e-books and juvenile and adult fiction, according to a new survey of thousands of publishers, retailers and distributors that challenges the doom and gloom that tends to dominate discussions of the industry’s
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Stephen King’s ‘Bag of Bones’ to be A&E Miniseries, Starring Pierce Brosnan Pierce Brosnan is set to star in the miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s 1998 bestseller, Bag of Bones. The James Bond actor will return to television for the four-hour, two-night Sony Pictures Television event on A&E. Kelly Rowland and Annabeth Gish (as Jo)
How we read now Amanda Katz writes in the Boston Globe about the quickly advancing trend of digital reading, or ebooks. And this is the hitch. For the last 1,500 years or so, the idea of the book and the book as object have been indivisible. We readers respect and adore long-form writing, whether it
Publishers Weekly is reporting that publisher Random House doubled its profits in the first half of 2010 because of two main factors: Stieg Larsson’s massively successful trilogy (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest): “Random has sold a combined 6.5 copies in the
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Another Weak Quarter from Borders; Expands Non-book Offerings: Watch for changes as Borders scrambles to reposition itself in the consumer world: Capital expenditures in the quarter increased to $7.7 million from $1.2 million as the company invested in digital programs and Borders said its ‘Area-e’ digital section will be opened in all stores by
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Kindle Cost Cut to $139 as Price War Begins – NYTimes.com: Amazon is hoping to convince even casual readers that they need a digital reading device. By firing another shot in an e-reader price war leading up to the year-end holiday shopping season, the e-commerce giant turned consumer electronics manufacturer is also signaling it intends
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