February 8, 2010 – 5:48 pm
Brilliant! Unbridled Books P.S.A. from Unbridled Books on Vimeo.
January 8, 2010 – 11:43 am
What the heck is a Vook you might ask? According to a recent Washington Post article on the subject, a Vook is – a video/book hybrid produced in part by Simon & Schuster’s Atria Books. Interspersed throughout the text are videos and links that supplement the narrative. It’s a dizzying experience, reading Vooks. But they [...]
December 29, 2009 – 3:02 pm
Jeremy Gutsche of Trendhunter.com and Wired Editor Nick Thompson sat down with CNN’s Campbell Brown to discuss the future of technology and how it will affect our lives over the next 20 years. One of the trends discussed was the way in which we will read books, newspapers and magazines in the not so distant future. See my post Read A Good [...]
December 26, 2009 – 6:29 pm
Yahoo! Seattle has once again topped the list of America’s most literate cities, but this year Washington, D.C., edged traditional literate city powerhouse Minneapolis as a surprise runner-up. The annual study by Jack Miller, president of Central Connecticut State University, “focuses on six indicators: newspaper circulation, number of bookstores, library resources, periodical publishing resources, educational [...]
September 28, 2009 – 5:30 pm
In celebration of Banned Book Week…here is the link to 50 Banned Books That Everyone Should Read. A lot of my favorite books are on the list.
August 24, 2009 – 1:28 pm
I’m taking off to spend some time in central Oregon with the family. Golf, bike rides, dips in the pool, long walks through the ranch…plus some book reading time in the old hammock are a few of the activities I am looking forward to. Before I leave, some follow ups to a few of my [...]
I grew up working in my dad’s grocery store so I love this newsy, back story Book Beast tidbit from best selling British thriller writer Lee Child (whose real name is Jim Grant by the way). On his promo tour for the book Gone Tomorrow, Child reveals how he came up with the name Jack [...]
Random House is celebrating the trade paperback release of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by sponsoring a Take Your Book Club To Guernsey contest. The deadline is July 31st. According to contest details, one lucky winner will travel to Guernsey with five friends from Friday October 2nd through Monday October 5th, 2009. [...]
The online magazine Trendhunter lists 69 prank ideas to help you get your jollies this April Fools Day. Most deal with gross body parts, poop art, or taking your pants off …but for you more literary minded, #56 suggests faking a memoir. I think this is a brilliant idea. Besides spoofing your friends and loved [...]
March 26, 2009 – 10:32 am
Basketball has nothing on the literary crowd. Online magazine the Morning News sponsored by Portland’s own Powell’s Books is holding its fifth annual Tournament of Books. Sixteen of last year’s top novels are pitted against each other in a head to head competition. LA Times’ Jacket Copy blog explains: In each daily round, two books [...]
