Search Results by tag: Libraries

Bookmarks: William Gibson fact or fiction, Ray Bradbury in love, the book tour blues, and more

Some book-related links: William Gibson's fiction comes true!!! (The Industry Standard) Ray Bradbury on literature and love (Truthdig) Ann Patchett on the dreaded book tour (The Atlantic) Ban on book critical of Egyptian president lifted ... Read More »

July 30, 2008 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

Bookmarks: Forgery memoir was true, libraries need money, and past editors protest LATBR folding

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: A true memoir about a fraudulent life (The New York Times) Alberta libraries push for cash (Calgary Herald) Past editors of the Los Angeles Times Book Review protest folding (Editor & Publisher) ... Read More »

July 24, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news, Libraries

Stuart Little vs. The New York Public Library

By Sara Forsyth

This week's New Yorker features an article by Jill Lepore about a long and public spat between E.B White and Anne Carroll Moore, the Superintendent of Work with Children at the New York Public Library. ... Read More »

July 15, 2008 | Filed under: Authors, Libraries

Bookmarks: Shakespeare, Waugh, Sedaris, Seinfeld, Bush

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Stolen Shakespeare folio recovered in U.S. (Dallas Morning News) The battle over Brideshead Revisited (Times Online) David Sedaris in Ottawa (The Ottawa Citizen) Latest round in the Seinfeld cookbook fight (The New ... Read More »

July 14, 2008 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

Books reborn!

By Sara Forsyth

Nicholas Jones is an artist and "book sculptor" working in Melbourne, Australia. According to the personal testimonial on his website, Jones claims his art is an extension of the book's life cycle, from wood pulp ... Read More »

July 8, 2008 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Return of the Sputnik library

By Nathan Whitlock

From Torontoist.com After more than twenty months of renovations that saw the building completely gutted, the S. Walter Stewart branch of the Toronto Public Library is finally reopening tomorrow. If you grew up in East ... Read More »

May 29, 2008 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Bookmarks: Amazon sued, writers stewed, library employee accused

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Maine owner of POD company sues Amazon (Bangor News) Writers and booze “ like peanut butter and jam? (Amherst Bulletin) Library employee accused of embezzling (Chicago Tribune) Methodist ministers attempt to block ... Read More »

May 26, 2008 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

Attack of the robo-authors

By Jacob Sheen

Philip M. Parker is the (computer-aided) author of more than 200,000 books. And, thanks to the wonders of print-on-demand, he has yet to lose money on a single one. His work represents the tip of ... Read More »

April 15, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news, Libraries

Bookmarks (negation editon): the book collector who couldn’t read, the bestselling author who doesn’t exist, and the book prize judge who quit

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: 79-year-old book collector finally learns to read (Houston Chronicle) A bestselling novel by a soap opera character (The New York Times) Lily Allen drops out of Orange Prize jury (BBC) The (Stephen) ... Read More »

April 7, 2008 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

I see dead people(‘s libraries)

By Jacob Sheen

Library Thing, a social networking website for booklovers, is offering, for your browsing pleasure, the libraries of such luminaries as James Joyce, Sylvia Plath, and Adam Smith, mostly compiled from collections held by museums and ... Read More »

April 1, 2008 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

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Search Results by tag: Libraries

Bookmarks: William Gibson fact or fiction, Ray Bradbury in love, the book tour blues, and more

Bookmarks: Forgery memoir was true, libraries need money, and past editors protest LATBR folding

Stuart Little vs. The New York Public Library

Bookmarks: Shakespeare, Waugh, Sedaris, Seinfeld, Bush

Books reborn!

Return of the Sputnik library

Bookmarks: Amazon sued, writers stewed, library employee accused

Attack of the robo-authors

Bookmarks (negation editon): the book collector who couldn’t read, the bestselling author who doesn’t exist, and the book prize judge who quit

I see dead people(‘s libraries)

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