Publishing NewsFacebook / fake news / Investigatory Powers Bill / Leonard Cohen / recommendations / surveillance / Yiddish1 Comments
This website recommends novels by making sure you can’t judge a book by its cover – This reminds me a little of DA’s First Page feature, except, of course, that recommendmeabook.com features already-published books. Click on the site and you will see the first page of the book without title or author, ... more >
Publishing NewsAmelia Earhart / Facebook / Patricia Cornwell / PTSD / recommendations / research9 Comments
Facebook users live longer, study finds – Despite the way this study is being described in headlines, it’s not so much that Facebook extends your life expectancy – it’s that using Facebook to enhance sociability extends life. In other words, it’s Robert Putnam’s Bowling Alone for the online world: A new study ... more >
Publishing Newsdigital media / Fiction / Internet / Margaret Atwood / rating apps / recommendations / SFF / television9 Comments
Now Is Not The Time For Realistic Fiction, Says Margaret Atwood – In The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood wrote one of the most terrifying dystopian novels I’ve ever read. Terrifying because it feels so real, especially as the backlash against women’s reproductive rights continues to grow. So in reading NPR’s piece ... more >
Book Reviewsreader-word-of-mouth / recommendations17 Comments
On Twitter I asked for people’s last best book read because I’m going on vacation and need to fill up my Kindle. I thought I’d share those recommendations here. Perhaps you have recommendations of your own or comments on the books that are listed. @dearauthor I recently reread @dragonflyautumn‘s Touchstone trilogy. ... more >
Publishing NewsAdobe / Apple / Hello Kitty / iPhone / iWatch / Libraries / Overdrive / recommendations / Sanrio / smart watch / Smartphone13 Comments
Will Apple unveil the iWatch at the same time as the iPhone 6? – Gigaom picks up on the Re/Code story that claims a September 9th release of the new iWatch, along with the new Apple iPhone models. Gigaom is not so convinced, but it’s an interesting rumor and one ... more >
Letters of Opinioncommercial speech / genre criticism / marketing / recommendations50 Comments
Last week I talked about the way the personal and the professional often overlap in the Romance community around authors reviewing and recommending books. At one end is the elevation of what seems essentially a concern about personal relationships among authors to an alleged professional value that discourages critical review. ... more >