For those diehard readers who wonder if they can ever make the switch to e-readers, here’s one cool site that might make you think twice. It’s a collection of some wonderful book covers that have been created over the years (courtesy of Moby Lives). Some […]
I came across this story recently. Just last summer I had the chance to visit this man’s Harvard Square book stand. It seems that he has finally succumbed to the beuracracy who didn’t want him there.
At NPR, Dick Meyer weighs in on the ongoing demise of the newspaper book review section–responding to the news that the Washington Post will no longer publish its stand-alone Book World. Meyer calls the trend “a heavy symbolic blow to readers, writers and publishers. And […]
In recognition of Abraham Lincoln’s brithday, 200 years ago today, I thought I would mention some of my favorite Lincoln books. Two books published recently are very good. First, I would highly recommend Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer, by Fred Kaplan. It paints a […]
What will books, or the entire publishing industry for that matter, look like in the near future? Much is changing. Time magazine offers some insight in their recently published article, Books Unbound. An excerpt: “Not that Old Publishing will disappear–for now, at least, it’s certainly […]
I found this photo from a blog that I recently mentioned: Books on the Nightstand. If you haven’t subscribed to their podcast already, you should. It’s wonderful. Ann and Michael have a great rapport and while their tastes in genres may differ they share a […]
I found this link to some of the most beautiful bookstores in the world at the Web page for a favorite podcast of mine: Books on the Nightstand. Nearly all of these beautiful stores are located outside the United States. I think the feature I […]
As you know, the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded this week to French author Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio. Many readers and thinkers feel the list of writers the Nobel has passed over makes a much more impressive group. Writer Ted Gioia would give this […]
Is the book business over as we know it? I hope not. An article in New York magazine has some people talking about the subject. Here is their headline: “The book business as we know it will not be living happily ever after. With sales […]
“Fame is always a product of the present culture: topical and variable, hence ephemeral. Writers are made otherwise. What writers prize is simpler, quieter and more enduring than clamorous Fame: it is recognition. Fame, by and large, is an accountant’s category, tallied in Amazonian sales. […]