February 2012
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How We Will Read: Laura Miller and Maud Newton
fndgs:
Welcome to the second installment of “How We Will Read,” a series exploring the future of reading from the perspectives of publishers, writers, and intellectuals. This week, we talked to Laura Miller and Maud Newton, founders of The Chimerist, a new blog dedicated to exploring the imaginative potential of the iPad.
Laura Miller is a writer and critic. She was a co-founder of Salon and...
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The Other Elizabeth Taylor →
Gah, posted this to the wrong tumblr!
thingsthatmakemecry:
Whenever I venture into a seemingly well-stocked bookstore, I judge its worth by its stock of books by W. Somerset Maugham, Penelope Fitzgerald, Muriel Spark and Elizabeth Taylor. Which is why few American indies, never mind Borders or Barnes & Noble, ever measured up to the Kinokuniya stores in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Sydney....
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Pico Iyer: The point of a long and winding... →
January 2012
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hey ereading-type-folks, will you take a 6... →
mar-see-ah:
jennirl:
it’ll take you, like, 5 seconds. promise.
quick, anon eReader survey. It seriously took me less than 20 seconds.
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WHAT WOULD LISBETH SALANDER WEAR?
SPOT. ON.
textbook:
Happy new year to you guys. Over my long, actually, very long break, I went and saw The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. It was certainly worth my $9.50 and if you’ve seen it you’ll understand what I mean when I say it affected me long after I left the theater. Sheesh. For those unfamiliar, the story is all about a journalist and a hacker/investigator who uncover a grizzly...
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Most Anticipated: The Great 2012 Book Preview →
paperbackgirl:
Comprehensive preview of notable 2012 releases from The Millions.
December 2011
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Blog – Readmill: Open house! →
readmill:
This is a special day for us. We’ve been hard at work during the fall, trying to get all pieces together. Today we’re extremely excited to announce that Readmill is now open for everyone.
This means that anyone using an iPad, Kindle or Android phone can sign up and start sharing…
November 2011
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National Geographic's Top Ten Literary Cities →
oliveryeh:
National Geographic Traveler, Sept. 2011:
Edinburgh, Scotland
Dublin, Ireland
London, England
Paris, France
St. Petersburg, Russia
Stockholm, Sweden
Portland, Oregon
Washington, D.C.
Melbourne, Australia
Santiago, Chile
Yes, that’s right. No NYC.
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Penguin moves into self-publishing →
oliveryeh:
On the face of this, I rather like the idea of self-publishing through a Big Six’r and what it would have to offer in regards to quality and reach.
However, there will be an issue of conflict of interests. Production and distribution are the only places I see safe comingling. Services performed before production have to be separate and delineated.
Wonder what literary agents will...
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More Penguin news! Their backlist will be... →
Yaye technology!
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Penguin Launches 'Penguin Shorts' E-Singles Series →
paperbackgirl:
The program is launching in the UK first, with nine titles being released on December 1. All are priced at £0.99 ($1.58) or £1.99. ($3.17) In the U.S., Penguin has been publishing short-form “Penguin eSpecials” since 2008, and those will be rebranded as Penguin Shorts next year.
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Jane Austen 'died from arsenic poisoning' →
oliveryeh:
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Author Lindsay Ashford moved to Austen’s village of Chawton three years ago, and began writing her new crime novel in the library of the novelist’s brother Edward’s former home, Chawton House. She soon became engrossed in old volumes of Austen’s letters, and one morning spotted a sentence Austen wrote just a few months before she died: “I am considerably better now and am...
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October 2011
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WSJ will publish e-book bestseller lists using... →
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies movie very likely... →
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“A lot of people think that if they start writing their first novel and no...”
– Tim Pratt went straight to Kickstarter instead of his publisher for his fifth novel, but cautions new writers about going it alone nonetheless.
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E-reader owners are stuffing their devices with... →
I think it’s a lazy media trend piece, but funny nonetheless.
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NYT: When an e-reader is loaded to capacity, it... →
SCIENCE!
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Bloomsbury just dumped a bunch of digitized... →
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September 2011
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“He stiffened for a moment but then she felt his muscles loosen as he shitted on...”
– Killer typo indeed, Susan Andersen!
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“Some people have a way with words. Other people… not have way.”
– Steve Martin (via warmgun)
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Author dumps HarperCollins for giving her novels... →
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