News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. Books & Ebooks in the News: Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images It’s been hard to miss the biggest (indeed, almost the… Read more »
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. Books & Ebooks in the News: “Apple Loses: Judge Finds Price-Fixing in E-Book Case” on Wednesday. If you’ve followed this… Read more »
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. Books & Ebooks in the News: “Judge Hears Closing Arguments in Apple Trial” and Publishers Weekly‘s Andrew Albanese summarizes both… Read more »
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. Books & Ebooks in the News: Illustrated manuscript from Timbuktu Donate to help save priceless Timbuktu library collections. You may… Read more »
Here are some of the best lists of great children’s books that I’ve come across: 101 Best Chapter Books to Read (or Hear) Before You Grow Up (Tara Ziegmont, Feels Like Home blog) The Ultimate Guide to the Independent Princess (Mighty Girl) 100 Chapter Books You MUST Read to Your… Read more »
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. Books & Ebooks in the News: “One Year Later, the Results of Tor UK Going DRM Free” (Julie Crisp, Tor.com). … Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Books I Thought I Would Like MORE/LESS Than I Did. I limited the list to books I’ve read in the last few years, rather than over my entire lifetime. … Read more »
Worth Reading: “What If the Google Reader Readers Just Don’t Come Back?” (MC Siegler, TechCrunch) “A new candidate for “World’s Worst Index” — and some indexing advice” for self-publishers, from Michael N. Marcus. As an indexer, the indexes shown here make me both cringe and laugh hysterically. This is why… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Books I Recommend the Most. The list of books I recommend most is constantly changing, as I’m sure most people’s do, though there are some classics that stay on… Read more »
Worth Reading: “R E S P E C T”: Artist Lee Moyer answers author Jim Hines’ questions about sexism and objectification in his art and SF/fantasy art in general. It’s a thoughtful, well-articulated argument that recognizes the issue while pointing out that artists are, in general, responding to industry demands… Read more »
