Publishing Newsbook recommendations / Facebook / fake news / Investigatory Powers Bill / Leonard Cohen / surveillance / Yiddish1 Comments
This website recommends novels by making sure you can’t judge a book by its cover – This reminds me a little of DA’s First Page feature, except, of course, that recommendmeabook.com features already-published books. Click on the site and you will see the first page of the book without title or author, ... more >
Publishing Newsbook recommendations / copyright / Dr. Seuss / election / Fair Use / History / infringement / Leonard Cohen / political propaganda / Star Trek1 Comments
Post-Election Reading: Bookseller Picks – For those of us who are still reeling from/traumatized by/unable to logically process/terrified by the implications of last week’s US presidential election, reading may be a challenge. Time for comfort reading, escapism, political commentary, happy endings only? This post from Publishers Weekly consults booksellers for recommendations ... more >
Publishing NewsAmelia Earhart / book recommendations / Facebook / Patricia Cornwell / PTSD / research9 Comments
Facebook users live longer, study finds – Despite the way this study is being described in headlines, it’s not so much that Facebook extends your life expectancy – it’s that using Facebook to enhance sociability extends life. In other words, it’s Robert Putnam’s Bowling Alone for the online world: A new study ... more >
Publishing Newsamusement parks / authors of color / book recommendations / bookstores / censorship / Film / used books4 Comments
New York’s Used Book Stores Are Having a Moment – Used bookstores in New York City are having a lot of success right now, surprising even those who own them. The costs to establish a store can be relatively low (especially if owners offer store credit rather than outright buying books ... more >
Publishing NewsALA / Artists / Banned-Books / book blurbs / book recommendations / genre / Libraries / visual arts1 Comments
Celebrating the Freedom to Read: Sept. 27- Oct. 3, 2015 – A piece of clickbait from Slate reminded me yesterday that this week is Banned Books Week. After the few seconds during which I lamented the deterioration of Slate (and Salon – what the ever loving hell happened there?!), I found ... more >
Publishing Newsbook recommendations / Harper Lee / Internet / Kenya / privacy / Race / Satire1 Comments
Writers to Watch: Fall 2015: Anticipated Debuts -Publishers Weekly has posted a list of debut novels for fall, and frankly some of the stories of how these books got published sound as interesting as the books themselves. Ruth Galm’s Into the Valley, for example, was published from Soho Press’ slush ... more >