The Audubon Society is really pissed at J-Franz
In this week’s New Yorker, Jonathan Franzen argues that the Minnesota Vikings stadium should include bird-safe glass walls, and that the Audubon Society, as well as Minneapolis Star-Tribune bird blogger… Read more »
Highlights from the Penguin Random House year-end report
Man, Penguin Random House is huge. Did you know it was huge? You might have missed that it controls over half of the publishing industry. Or if you read last… Read more »
To save 39 libraries in Birmingham, UK, city council votes for a co-op
Thirty-nine libraries in Birmingham, UK face closure this year. But after years of negotiation, city council bosses are close to finalizing a staff cooperative plan that could save the libraries.… Read more »
Scott Bonner, Ferguson Library Director, will receive the ALA Lemony Snicket Prize
Scott Bonner is not only the director of the Ferguson Municipal Public Library, but in December, he was the only full-time employee. He kept the library open during a tough… Read more »
Pat Conroy opens a gym
New York Times bestselling novelist Pat Conroy is embracing a healthier lifestyle, and he wants you to be there at his side. That’s why he’s opening a gym in Port… Read more »
Another American! Akhil Sharma wins Folio Prize
The second Folio Prize for Fiction is awarded to an American for his a second novel: Family Life by Akhil Sharma. Sharma’s rendering of an American family is deemed “lucid,… Read more »
Amazon Publishing dons a beret
Amazon Publishing has arrived in France, with Clément Monjou moving from their Kindle and AppStore to head the division. The first two books coming up from Amazon Publishing France are… Read more »
What’s going on in Chinese publishing: a “new Amazon”? 200K new ebooks published globally?
Internet giant Tencent Literature announced on Friday it is partnering with Trajectory, a publishing company based in Boston, to release 200,000 ebooks in North and South America. Trajectory’s titles will… Read more »
Bill Watterson, creator of “Calvin and Hobbes,” gives his biggest interview in new book
Exploring Calvin and Hobbes, an exhibition catalogue released yesterday, includes the longest published interview of Bill Watterson’s career. In 35 pages (including illustrations), Watterson reflects on the comic strip twenty… Read more »
Carrie Brownstein’s memoir moves to Riverhead, has a new pub date
Carrie Brownstein, best known as a part of Sleater-Kinney and the co-star of IFC’s Portlandia, announced a memoir with Ecco/HarperCollins… in 2009. At the time of the announcement, it was… Read more »