British broadband providers shut down access to ebook piracy sites
Piracy doesn’t pose an existential threat to book publishing in the way it does to the music industry. However, it’s still very much a problem, and one to which publishers… Read more »
Boring headlines on the internet are bad. Unlike boring book titles, which are good.
There are only so many ways to title an article, an essay, or a blog post, and most of those ways are very boring. Indeed, in 2015, titles are more… Read more »
Cairo’s safe haven for books
Egypt has a less than stellar reputation when it comes to freedom of speech and press; the independent watchdog organization Freedom House has classified the country as “not free” when… Read more »
“Dodgy” proof of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar to be auctioned off in London
A galley of Sylvia Plath’s only novel, The Bell Jar, is due to be auctioned off in London later this month. The proofs, which are from 1962, apparently include more… Read more »
Librarian Q&A: Anythink Library System
On a recent trip to Colorado, I stopped by a number of libraries, including the Perl Mack Library branch, which happens to be part of the Anythink system. I asked… Read more »
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