Scout, Atticus & Boo – CSMonitor.com: Yvonne Zipp, in Christian Science Monitor, reviews a new book issued to honor the fiftieth anniversary–July 11–of the publication of Harper Lee’s iconic novel To Kill a Mockingbird: “‘Scout, Atticus & Boo’ is a lovely celebration of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’ And if, in the end, many of the […]
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At BookExpo America, Anxiety Amid the Chatter – NYTimes.com: As the book industry gathered for its annual convention in New York this week, it had plenty to be nervous about: the threat of piracy, the decline of brick-and-mortar stores and the perhaps-too-low price of e-books.
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The Guild of Book Workers – The National Organization For All The Book Arts: “A book worker is one engaged in the hand book arts, which includes “bookbinding, conservation, printing, papermaking, calligraphy, marbling and artist’s books.” The Guild of Book Workers is a century-plus-old American organization that sponsors workshops, lectures, and exhibitions. Their website is
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Looking Ahead – Hot Books for a Cold January – NYTimes.com: To get you started on some possibilities for next year’s best books list, “Here are some of the big books expected in January.”
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Nation’s Retailers Engage In Online Book Pricing War : NPR: Anyone who has ever cringed at the price of a new hardcover book will be interested in news of the current price war between some of the largest retailers: The price war took off last week when Walmart, in a bid to compete with Amazon
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Local News | Library use jumps in Seattle area; economy likely reason | Seattle Times Newspaper: A library card has become a hot property in the Seattle region — area public libraries are experiencing a surge in circulation. While busy libraries in one of the nation’s most literate cities are nothing new, some librarians credit
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In difficult economic times, libraries become even more popular with the general public Books fly off shelves as library use soars http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090108/NEWS0107/901080426/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01 The Santa Barbara Independent Libraries Busy in Faltering Economy http://www.independent.com/news/2009/jan/08/libraries-busy-faltering-economy/ The Public Library Renaissance http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/the-public-library-renaissance/ Judge orders libraries to stay open http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/20090106_Judge_orders_libraries_to_stay_open.html Andrew Carnegie and Carnegie Libraries http://andrewcarnegie.tripod.com/ Nancy Pearl’s Book Lust Wiki
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With ‘Angel at the Fence,’ Another Memoir Is Found to Be False – NYTimes.com: In media circles, there is a joke about facts that are too good to check. This week Oprah Winfrey and the New York publishing industry stumbled on yet another unverified account in the form of a Holocaust survivor who said his
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The Big Read is a national page-turner – Los Angeles Times: Developed by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Big Read funds projects nationwide in an effort, NEA literature director David Kipen explains, ‘to restore reading to the heart of American life.’ This newspaper article, which understandably focuses on Southern California, may pique your
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American Publishers and Foreign Languages at the Frankfurt Book Fair – NYTimes.com: As a follow-up to several previous posts about the recent announcement of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Motoko Rich, writing from the Frankfurt Book Fair, explains why most Americans had never heard of the winner: Although there are exceptions among the big publishing
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