Publishing Newsbookstores / Comic books / dictionaries / History / mental illness / murder / OED / piracy / publishing / streaming media13 Comments
Book World to close, leaving void for many small Wisconsin communities – This U.S. midwestern chain, inclusive of 45 stores and more than 300 employees, is closing all of its stores and has commenced a liquidation sale. There is a lot of blame being directed Amazon’s way, not only for ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / Apple / bookstores / customer service / gender bias / OED / security / sleep11 Comments
Amazon’s customer service backdoor – A very frightening account of how customer service can give someone trying to get your personal information, including a credit card number, a “backdoor,” as long as they have enough details (name, email address) to provide to the customer service agent. One commenter notes that he ... more >
Publishing Newsauthors / Books / Columbia / dictionary / learning / Libraries / OED / reading / science of reading2 Comments
From mic drops to manspreading: an Oxford Dictionaries update -Well, it’s that time again – new words have been added to the Oxford Dictionaries, including the OED. There are some pretty good ones this year, depending on your definition of good. Manspreading might be my favorite, although butt-dial is pretty ... more >
Publishing NewsComics / dictionaries / digital journalism / Libraries / news / OED / Shakespeare3 Comments
Oxford University Press Gives You Free Access to Books, Dictionaries & More During National Library Week – So while you can’t access Oxford academic journals, in honor of National Library Week, Oxford University Press is offering free access to a number of its texts, including its dictionaries. So if you’ve ... more >
Publishing NewsBEA / Comics / eBay / intellectual property / Libraries / OED / Paypal9 Comments
BEA Rebrands Consumer Day BookCon – Possibly recognizing the wincing awfulness of anything book-related being called “Consumer Day,” BEA is elevating the profile of that particular day and calling it “BookCon,” which will allow exhibitors to relocate their booths to the BookCon hall or purchase a “satellite booth” there for ... more >