December 19, 2012

It still remains to be seen whether readers will warm to the idea of paying for digital content… Read more »

Marco Rubio’s An American Son is a memoir, but is it also an ethics violation? — Mark Krotov
Uproar over publication of Haruki Murakami's high school library records — Liam O'Brien
FSG publishing anonymously authored Silicon Valley satire---all 18 pages of it — Ena Brdjanovic
Are financial scammers really turning to Neil Strauss' The Game for guidance? — Liam O'Brien

The Tory party speaks: Libraries are for ‘luvvies’

Ellie Robins

The British Tory MP and Communities Secretary (!) Eric Pickles has shown his party’s true colours by referring to those concerned about library closures as ‘luvvies’. During heated words in… Read more »

Hobbit fever

Sal Robinson

The avalanche of Hobbitania has rained down upon us, complete with weird beard-braiding, the Denny’s Hobbit menu, and no less than 6 tie-in editions, activity books, movie guides, and “visual… Read more »

Literati Bookstore plans to open in Ann Arbor

Claire Kelley

There’s a new bookstore coming to downtown Ann Arbor in early 2013. Hilary Lowe, a former account manager at Simon & Schuster and her novel-writing fiance Michael Gustafson have plans to open… Read more »

Patti Smith’s sequel to Just Kids

Nick Davies

Musician Patti Smith won the National Book Award for Nonfiction two years ago for her memoir Just Kids, which was primarily about her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. Now, she… Read more »

Melville House Books

Magazine and newspaper apps proliferate, but risks still loom

Kevin Murphy