Book Reviewscoloring books / Comics / DC / food / Marvel / Pew Internet Research / reading habits7 Comments
Book Reading 2016 – As Sunita noted on Friday, the new Pew US reading survey results have been released, and one of the most interesting things about them may be their consistency over the past five years. Almost three-quarters of USians have read a book within the last twelve months. And ... more >
Publishing NewsBiblioTech Library / coloring books / digital lending / fat shaming / Hamilton / Race / SCOTUS / subverting stereotypes / US history5 Comments
Race-Conscious Casting and the Erasure of the Black Past in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton – A friend sent this article to me a while ago, and now that I’ve had a chance to read it, I’m really curious to hear from people who have seen the musical “Hamilton” about Lyra Monteiro’s argument ... more >
Publishing News1960s / Art / Burning Man / coloring books / E-books / leadership / maker culture / marketing / Publishers / social critique3 Comments
Daily E-Book Deals Are Gaining Traction – Services like BookBub are becoming more popular marketing tools for publishers like Kensington and Simon & Schuster. As traditional publishers continue to raise e-book prices, they are also hoping to sell more digital content through daily deals, even as they worry (sigh) about conditioning readers ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / bestsellers / children's literature / coloring books / Hugo Awards / Libraries / literary awards / Publishers / SFF / stereotypes14 Comments
A Note About the Hugo Nominations This Year – After a celebratory scoffing at the Sad Puppies last year (an inadvertent double dog dare, perhaps?), Scalzi was pretty reserved in his comments about this year’s Hugo Award nominations. An interesting post in which Scalzi tries not to challenge the legitimacy ... more >