Tag: William Shakespeare

News & Notes – 4/26/14

News & Notes – 4/26/14

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: Poe statue to be unveiled in Boston in October (Boston Magazine) Apple trial remains… Read more »

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News & Notes – 4/05/14

News & Notes – 4/05/14

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: Liberty Media sells of most of its Barnes & Noble stocks, reducing its ownership… Read more »

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News & Notes – 8/14/13

News & Notes – 8/14/13

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: Man Booker 2013 shortlist titles The Man Booker 2013 shortlist was announced on Sept…. Read more »

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News & Notes – 6/29/13

News & Notes – 6/29/13

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: Barnes & Noble is getting out of the tablet business.  The company hopes to… Read more »

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News & Notes — 4/27/13

News & Notes — 4/27/13

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: Giuseppe Leto Barone. Used under Creative Commons licence (CC BY-ND 2.0) “Why Amazon Supports… Read more »

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News & Notes — 4/06/13

News & Notes — 4/06/13

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. Worth Reading:  “Decrying the evil empire of publishing while piloting one of its battle cruisers?” Traditional & indie author Bob… Read more »

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Birthdays: William Shakespeare and Ngaio Marsh

Birthdays: William Shakespeare and Ngaio Marsh

Today is the 448th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth.  Even if you’ve never read his plays or sonnets, you owe Shakespeare quite a lot.  According to scholars, he may have contributed as many as 1700 new words to the English language — words like abstemious, lackluster, and zany.  He invented phrases… Read more »

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