June 22, 2012

Penguin is back in the e-book lending game again. Sort of. After removing its titles from Overdrive in November 2011, Penguin has just announced that it is partnering with the… Read more »

Libraries & librarians

University of Iowa president makes badly-timed joke, librarian calls him out — Chad Felix
Tolstoy’s great-great-granddaughter organizes four-day marathon reading of War and Peace — Ena Brdjanovic
French Booksellers Association releases reading list meant to shed light on Paris attacks — Kait Howard
Uproar over publication of Haruki Murakami's high school library records — Liam O'Brien

Burning books to save a library?

Christopher King

This week, the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival honors the most creative work in the ad industry, and one of the biggest winners is a campaign to save a small… 1 / Read more »

The New York Times reported this week that while digital books are reshaping the publishing industry and accounting for an ever-greater percentage of book sales in the US and UK, physical… Read more »

Croydon: A literary town?

Ellie Robins

What do Kate Moss and Lord Byron have in common? The Evening Standard can sensationally reveal: nothing. Croydon, the suburb of south London famed for its hairstyle, recently applied for… Read more »

FRIDAY SOMETHING-OR-OTHER-TO-DO-WITH-BOOKS MUSIC VIDEO: The Velvet Underground

Kevin Murphy

Just in case you need a reason to love the Velvet Underground, here’s one more. This week, for our musicaliterary inspired video, we’ve got the song “Venus in Furs”, the… Read more »

Day in Review

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Brooklyn’s literary lights Just for sun: Summer solstice photos Rudolph Valentino was indeed a sainted devil James Joyce: good writer, sonofabitch Behind the scenes of Plimpton! Interview with Jimmy McGovern… Read more »

Melville House Books

Penguin’s lending e-books, again

Sal Robinson