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 >
Publishing Newsanimals / Comics / illustrations / philanthropy / prince / public libraries / reading / Shrewsbury2 Comments
Prince made secret donation to support Louisville’s historic Western Branch Library in 2001 – Prince had an extensive history of philanthropy, especially toward African American communities, most of which he carried out anonymously. Among his good deeds was a library-saving donation to the Western Branch Library in Louisville, Kentucky, which was ... more >
Publishing NewsBook Awards / diversity / free books / graphic novels / John Grisham / medicine / reading / World Book Day6 Comments
John Grisham thinks his new book is so important he’s giving it away for free – Grisham, who was invited by his University of Virginian neurosurgeon friend, Neal Kassell, to join the board of Kassel’s Focused Ultrasound Foundation, believed so strongly in the potential for the technology to extend lives that ... more >
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