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Ingrid Betancourt, the Colombian presidential candidate who was kidnapped by FARC rebels and held hostage for over six years until she was rescued in a dramatic military sting operation, has… Read more »

Remember Google Editions? It was/is the open source e-book platform by Google that was to be launched sometime during the summer. It was touted as a potential savior for independent… 2 / Read more »

The smart, visually-oriented publishing blog The Casual Optimist shares this video from the multidisciplinary design firm IDEO, presenting three concepts for interactive reading experiences. So do these ideas represent the… 2 / Read more »

What’s to be made? What should be saved? When’s all said and done, these are the only questions that define a culture. As was reported earlier this year, The Library… Read more »

Jill Johnston, whose book Lesbian Nation: The Feminist Solution “spearheaded the lesbian separatist movement of the early 1970s,” has died at the age of 81 after suffering a stroke. Johnston… Read more »

As reported in a comment to the previous MobyLives report (by Portland resident Alan Cordle, of Foetry fame), and in this Oregonian story, the City of Portland has fired the… Read more »