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: Alice Munro, © shapton 09 “Alice Munro wins Nobel Prize in Literature” (Publishers Weekly)… Read more »
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News & Notes — 10/05/13
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: Library of Congress main reading room. The Library of Congress is closed during the… Read more »
News & Notes — 8/10/13 (abbreviated)
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. This week’s News & Notes is abbreviated, because I’m on vacation. Books & Ebooks in the News: “Washington Post to… Read more »
News & Notes — 7/20/13
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 — 7/13/13
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 — 6/22/13
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 — 6/15/13
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 »
Children’s Book Lists
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 — 5/04/13
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: Books I Thought I’d Like MORE/LESS Than I Did
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 »