Publishing NewsColombia / Library / reading2 Comments
Biblioburro: The amazing donkey libraries of Colombia Travelling with his two loyal donkeys, Alfa and Beto, Luis Soriano has been spreading the joy of reading to children in rural Colombian communities for over 20 years. What got you started reading? We all love to read, right? I remember eagerly waiting ... more >
Publishing News18th C history / Amazon / Free Speech / lawsuit / Prime Day / reading / Simon & Schuster5 Comments
Milo Yiannopoulos Sues Simon & Schuster for $10M After Book Deal Gets Dropped – Just when you thought he was gone, professional troll Milo Yiannopoulos bolts back into view with a self-published book on Amazon and a lawsuit against S&S. Not that I feel one bit sorry for S&S; after ... more >
Publishing NewsBarnes and Noble / changing habits / Ebooks / Internet traffic / Libraries / Nook / reading11 Comments
Free eBooks Have Arrived at Nook Press – Nate Hoffelder reports that Barnes and Noble’s Nook Press has announced to publishers that they can now set the price of their ebooks to free on the B&N site. Does it matter at this point, though? Is anyone still reading on the Nook? ... more >
Publishing Newsbook clubs / gender bias / parenting / reading / Twitter6 Comments
Twitter app brings free NFL games to Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and the Xbox One – Twitter is branching out (and trying to cash in) by having a version of its app on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Microsoft’s Xbox One, where it’s all about live streaming (although you can ... more >
Publishing NewsBook Reviews / direct messaging / ellipsis / grammar / History / reading / story dogs / Twitter1 Comments
Criticism’s Sting: The Author Curtis Sittenfeld on Book Reviews – The title of this article makes the interview between Sittenfeld and Jennifer Senior sound much, much more dramatic (“Criticism’s Sting” and authoritative (“The Author Curtis Sittenfeld”) than it actually is. It’s actually a pretty level-headed approach to reading and responding to ... more >
Publishing Newsbook-sales / Harry-Potter / life expectancy / reading / research / Scandal / trolling4 Comments
Study: Trolls Are Even Worse When Using Real Names – A new study published in PLOS ONE claims a counterintuitive conclusion: trolls outside the cloak of anonymity can actually be more aggressive. According to the abstract, this “effect is reinforced if selective incentives are present and if aggressors are intrinsically motivated.” ... more >
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