From Flavorwire, 10 Awesome Bookstores Repurposed from Unused Structures. My favorite is LibrerÃa El Ateneo Grand Splendid, a converted 1920s movie palace in Argentina:
Today Amazon released its new Kindle ereaders. Among the new models is the Kindle Paperwhite. I think this finally looks like an ereader that I might like. In particular the screen is brighter, the resolution of the type is better, and it comes with a […]
What kind of reader are you? A book abandoner? The bookophile? The Atlantic has a diagnostic guide. Blogger Jen Doll quotes New Yorker writer Mark O’Connell, who confesses to his own reading habits. “’ll be reading a novel and thoroughly enjoying it. Then I’ll be […]
In conjunction with its Celebration of the Book, the Library of Congress has opened an exhibit of the most influential books in American history. They aren’t the best, per se, but they are those that made a lasting impact on our culture. From their press […]
Bibliophiles will love this film: Epilogue: The Futue of Print. As part of an undergraduate thesis, Hanah Ryu Chung interviewed independent book sellers and print publishers and artists in the Toronto book community about the future of print. The end result was this delightful documentary. […]
At some levels this looks like one of those commercial parodies you might see on Saturday Night Live. But no, it looks to be true. It’s disappearing ink. In an urge to create a sense of urgency for readers to actually read the book they […]
An interesting book is out this week on the science of human altruism: A Cooperative Species by Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis. It sounds like it might be a good read with Edward O. Wilson’s latest: The Social Conquest of Earth. From the book description […]
Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel’s new book What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets asks us to consider the consequences of our society becoming so market driven. Decca Aitkenhead quotes Sandel in her review in the Guardian: “We live at a time when almost […]
From Weldon Owen, an infographic illustrating the process from idea to book.