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Publishing NewsComic books / digital books / digital reading / digital rights / sales data / sex in space3 Comments
What If We Could Upload Books to Our Brains? – This article, along with this piece about “mentally owning books,” basically represent two versions of having books bond with the human brain. One article promotes “mentally owning” a book via manual rituals like taking notes while reading and putting the book down for ... more >
Publishing News19th C history / African American activists / autism / Google Book Search / History / literary prizes / muppets / Pulitzer-Prize / Sesame StreetComments Off on Wednesday News: 2017 Pulitzer Prize, Google Book Search, 19th C African American activism on record, and autism on Sesame Street
Here Are The Winners Of The 2017 Pulitzer Prizes – The 101st Pulitzer Prize winning works and artists were announced on Monday, in a process somewhat different from other literary prizes, in that the finalists are not announced until the final Prizes are. Although the journalism prizes have gotten particular attention ... more >
Publishing NewsBrexit / domestic violence / HEAs / Kobo / Passover / Shelfie / the Haggadah / UK publishing5 Comments
Rakuten Kobo Acquires Shelfie Technology – Kobo continues to plug on, with a decent amount of side-loading from other sources. This time it’s Shelfie, the app that allowed readers get digital copies of their own print books, which shut down in January. Shelfie will ultimately be integrated into the Kobo app, where ... more >
Publishing Newscultural representation / History / odors / old books / puppies / sensitivity readers / wardrobe / weddings2 Comments
The Odor ‘Wheel’ Decoding the Smell of Old Books – The scientists who have been collecting scents at historic locations and libraries have now created an “odor wheel” to classify, distinguish, and identify the variety of aromas they have thus far collected. Because people often describe scents in personal terms (e.g. ... more >
Publishing Newsbook buying habits / Comic books / donating books / Google / Native American superheroes / research / YouTube TV2 Comments
How to judge a book by its network – A group of researchers from Cornell (representing Sociology, Information Science, and Computer Science) have published an analysis claiming that consumers tend to buy books along partisan lines, even when the books are not overtly political. Moreover, they have allegedly discerned certain patterns among book ... more >
Publishing NewsBig Little Lies / book adaptation / Comic books / diversity / Islamophobia / kid lit / Marvel / North Korea / The Accusation7 Comments
A Dissident Book Smuggled From North Korea Finds a Global Audience – Fascinating chronicle of how Bandi’s The Accusation has managed to get published around the world, while the anonymous author remains in North Korea, as yet undiscovered by government authorities. The 743-page, handwritten manuscript was smuggled out of North Korea by ... more >
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