Elsevier buys Mendeley, a million OA advocates groan
In a disturbing turn of events for the world of academic publishing, the announcement came yesterday that Mendeley, the British start-up that combined a research management system with a social… Read more »
A rare look at the handbook to the Harry Ransom archives.
News came out of Austin on Monday that the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas, among the world’s great storehouses of literary archives and ephemera, would be getting… Read more »
Confusion ensues after author wrongfully claims Apple banned his book
On Tuesday, award-winning comic book writer Brian K. Vaughan announced, via his publisher’s Tumblr page, that Apple had banned the latest installment of his brilliant Saga series “because of two postage stamp-sized… Read more »
Ode to IMPAC Dublin and Translations
Five out of ten of this year’s shortlist nominees for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, often billed as “the world’s richest literary award,” but more precisely the world’s richest… Read more »
Announcing Edward Jay Epstein’s Unsolved Crime Q&A
Starting next week, prize-winning investigative reporter Edward Jay Epstein will speak to true crime fans and conspiracy enthusiasts around the globe through a series of interactive online video chats discussing… Read more »
Hyperbole and a Half book coming this fall
A couple years ago, Allie Brosh’s blog Hyperbole and a Half was one of my favorite things on the internet. From her tale of the Alot, a mythical grammar monster,… Read more »
