Publishing Newsadapting characters / adolescence / Amazon / best of lists / Marvel Comics / snails8 Comments
The 10 best books of the year, according to Amazon – Not the bestselling books, but their “best of” list. It’s actually an interesting list, with Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad taking the number one spot, and Zadie Smith’s Swing Time rounding out the list at number ten. And it reminds me that I ... more >
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Dallas Buyers Club abandons piracy court case – So once an Australian judge blocked the Dallas Buyers Club from pursuing major bucks from alleged infringers, the DBC announced that “it has better things to do for now,” thereby ending the case. If you’ve been following this case, you know that there ... more >
Publishing NewsBlack Panther / children / digital books / diversity / History / Internet Archive / Libraries / marriage / Marvel Comics / metadata / print books / publishing / Ta-Nehisi Coates / Virginia Woolf12 Comments
Ta-Nehisi Coates To Write New Black Panther Comic Book Series For Marvel – So this is pretty exciting. It turns out that Ta-Nehisi Coates, “Marvel superfan,” is writing a new Black Panther series for the comics company. Although there is no release date in the article, Marvel has already produced a ... more >
Publishing NewsBaidu / crossword puzzle / Marvel Comics / reader feedback / Walter Isaacson2 Comments
Google doodles a crossword puzzle for 100th anniversary – So apparently the crossword puzzle made the century mark on December 20th, and Google created an interactive crossword puzzle to celebrate (there’s a link in the post). Publisher’s Weekly has a copy of the very first crossword puzzle, as well. There ... more >