Nov 22 2012
Black Friday / Cyber Monday Week – BN is offering the Nook Simple Touch at $59 in stores. Barnes & Noble Publisher cracks whip over ‘Fifty Shades’ spin-offs – This is rich. E.L. James and her French publishers are targeting spin offs. There may be a different copyright law in France but her editor calls(…)
Nov 21 2012
First Known Use of OMG? – From Jodi Ettenberg comes documentary proof of a 1917 use of OMG. By the way, we are all saying it wrong. I had been putting the emphasis after every word instead of after the My God. For the sight impaired, it reads as follows: Twitter Lord Fisher to the(…)
Nov 20 2012
Why the gaming industry needs to pay attention to girls – Pando Daily article cites statistics that suggest the gaming industry’s hardcore focus on the male population is to their detriment: “Women control more than 80 percent of spending. 60 percent of online gamers are women. 94 percent of girls under 18 report playing video(…)
Nov 19 2012
Amazon Stops Testing $7.99 Monthly Option for Prime – About two weeks ago, Amazon announced you could join Amazon Prime on a monthly basis for $7.99. As of November 16, 2012, Amazon has discontinued this service saying that it was just a test and the test is now done. There is something more afoot there(…)
Nov 15 2012
September Bookstore Sales Fell 8% – I guess by now anyone who has ever been interested in reading a 50 Shades book has bought it already. In September the spring and summer’s robust sales due to the trilogy have worn off leaving bookstore sales to droop 8% behind the previous year’s already lackluster numbers. Publishers(…)
Nov 14 2012
My Book, ‘Stranger To History’, Was Used To Defend My Father’s Killer – Aatish Taseer wrote a memoir and in it he described certain family events where his father ate pork, drank alcohol, and had fathered a half Indian child. When his father was assassinated, Taseer’s book was used to exonerate the killer. Taseer writes(…)
Nov 13 2012
Bookboard tries Netflix-like model for kids’ ebooks – Bookboard (not to be confused with Books on Board like I initially did upon reading this story) is a new digital retailer designed to deliver Netflix like access to children’s books. It is currently free during the public beta, but the commercial launch will occur somewhere in(…)
Nov 9 2012
‘Twilight’ Fanfiction Hit ‘The Office’ Gets Book Deal – Gallery has bought the Twilight fan fiction of Christina Hobbs (aka TBY789) and Lauren Billings (aka Lolashoes) called The Office. The story is Edward as the boss and Bella as his assistant. This will be published by Gallery in 2013 as “Beautiful Bastard” and “Beautiful Stranger”.(…)
Nov 8 2012
Man climbs Chicago skyscraper using bionic leg – Wow, so cool. NewsTimes “The leg is designed to respond to electrical impulses from muscles in his hamstring. When Vawter thought about climbing the stairs, the motors, belts and chains in his leg synchronized the movements of its ankle and knee. The computerized prosthetic limb, like something(…)
Nov 6 2012
Find Your F–ing Polling Place – Today is the very last day to vote in the US of A’s Federal election for 2012. Please go and vote today if you haven’t already. The site I’ve linked to gives you not only your polling place but also the people on your ballot. It appears, despite the(…)
Nov 5 2012
It was a wedding full of books, paper flowers, and Legos. Take a gander at the gallery of the wedding of Cindy & Sam by RubinWeddings.com Amazon profits: They don’t exist, but the company keeps on keeping on. – Matthew Yglesias argues that the unrealistically optimistic view of Amazon’s business plan by the investor class(…)
Nov 2 2012
Watch the Stunt Double for Roger Moore almost get eaten alive by crocodiles! Hardcover Children’s & YA Revenues Up Nearly 30% – Mass market books have plummeted yet another 20.4% in the month of July per the report of the Association of American Publishers. If you recall, the Fifty Shades books and their ilk are(…)
Nov 1 2012
The Durham County Library is hosting a romance reader festival. If you live in the Triangle area of North Carolina, check it out. Male Contraceptive Pill One Step Closer – New Method to Stop Sperm from Reaching The Ovule Discovered – Honestly I can’t wait for the male pill. Not because I would trust a(…)
Oct 31 2012
Disaster Relief, CPR Certification, Donate Blood – Hurricane Sandy has devastated communities from Haiti (that had not yet recovered from the earthquake) to Canada, but much of its devastation was on the eastern seaboard. The RedCross is asking for monetary donations and has indicated that its blood bank is low. You can text the word(…)
Oct 30 2012
The Curse of the Sympathetic Character – LitLove talks about the sympathetic character and how problematic it can be when it is directed primarily toward women. It reminds me of a piece I wanted to write and will for next Tuesday about exactly why women are hard on other women. I don’t necessarily agree with(…)
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