Naomi Grant has built her life around going against the grain. After the sex-positive start-up she cofounded becomes an international sensation, she wants to extend her educational platform to live lecturing. Unfortunately, despite her long list of qualifications, higher ed won’t hire her. Ethan Cohen has recently received two honors: ... more >
Print Units Rose 3% in the First Quarter – Despite the plethora of ebooks available at Amazon and other online retailers, print continues to hold on to the lead, although not every genre and type of book is trending the same way. It’s also interesting to see, for example, that ... more >
“SO MANY (TOO MANY?) ISSUES”: PERCEPTIONS OF DIVERSITY IN BOOK REVIEWS, PART 2 – A very interesting and compelling post on the portrayal of minority identities in YA, specifically in terms of diverse YA novels being tagged as “issue” or “problem” books, especially in a reviewing environment where many or ... more >
Apple sued for shrinking storage space on 16GB devices thanks to iOS 8 – Two Florida residents have filed suit in California against Apple, alleging that they have misrepresented the amount of storage space available on their 16GB iPhones and iPads, which is further limited in the upgrade from iOS7 ... more >
DA has some January ad space. Email [email protected] Thanks! Zone 2: 25 SOV space Zone 3: 25 SOV space Leaderboard: 50 SOV space Project Maelstrom: The Internet We Build Next – So BitTorrent is in the process of trying to revolutionize the internet by basically creating a shadow world wide ... more >
B&N Ends Desktop Downloading – In a stealth move and without notifying its existing customer base, BN has removed the ability for readers to download Nook purchases to their desktops. Readers who complained were told that they could download the book to via a Nook App or a Nook Device ... more >