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Please Don’t Burn Our Digital “Books”
It’s internet black out day in protest of Senate Bill 968: the Protect IP Act that is coming before the U.S. Senate next week. This might be a good opportunity to take a Luddite day in general – crack...
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Morality Tales and “random bullshit” from Cyberlandia…
Here are a few goodies from our friends in book related cyberlandia - The following “Publishing Talk” introduces us to John Sundman, a free thinking visionary blogging at Wetmachine, a blog that...
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What Does Terminology Have To Do With It?
We like to watch for memes. Here’s a recent one (and a funny one!)… FUCK YOUR NOGUCHI COFFEE TABLE Also, a thoughtful piece on the term “e-book” (is it the “horseless carriage” of our times?)…...
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Things You Can Do With Books
…well, you know, besides reading them. 1. Make a bathtub out of them. Here. 2. Write another one and hope it too will earn you a Pulitzer. Here. 3. Print it on a shower curtain, like Dave Eggers has...
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Instant Gratification Station
In the 80′s, when I was little, I devoured the Choose Your Own Adventure books - “If you decide to approach the manor, turn to page 3. If you decide to go back, turn to page 2″… I would have been...
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What is World Book Night?…and some other things worth mentioning.
I’ve saved up so many links this week to share with you – I am not sure where to start. How about another list-y style post? Two Bookish Videos: 1. Come on All You Ghosts Matthew Zapruder reads...
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Orwell Comes To Life
If you know me, you know I love George Orwell. I even named my cat Orwell. So, I am biased, however, I think you may agree that this is one of the most brilliant “documentaries” on an author (or...
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Women’s history month is interesting this year with all the intense controversy regarding women’s reproductive rights. It’s clear, even in these modern times, that our rights are seriously in question....
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Do You Have A Lawn Library Yet?
Move over lawn gnomes. According to this article it’s now the season of the miniature lawn library. Little Free Libraries are taking root on lawns By Ben Jones, USA TODAY Photo by Andy Manis, for USA...
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What’s Bookish In The Pink Light Of Spring?
I found a few optimistic bookish goodies to share with you at the dawn of Springtime… …An eternal poem etched on the roads of a town, a novelist who took a 1,100-mile solo hike along the Pacific Crest...
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