Book Biz Alabama Prisoner Sues Over Book Censorship By Dianna Dilworth on Sep. 27, 2011 - 3:07 PM Alabama prisoner Mark Melvin has filed a lawsuit against prison officials and the state commissioner of corrections, claiming that they have unfairly kept him from reading a book. In the suit, Melvin alleges prison officials preve ...
Bookselling | Digital TechCrunch Predicts Bookstores Will Disappear by 2018 By Jason Boog on Sep. 27, 2011 - 2:23 PM In a gloomy post, TechCrunch predicted that bookstores will be virtually extinct by 2018. The Future Of Books: A Dystopian Timeline also imagined a “great culling of publishers” in 2019. What do you think? Extrapolat ...
Videos 5 Things You Need to Know This Week: Amazon’s iPad, Putin’s Pecs, and Romney’s E. Coli Problem By Andrew Gauthier on Sep. 27, 2011 - 2:07 PM In this week’s episode of “5 Things You Need to Know This Week,” we unveil our new tablet device (which many of my roommates are calling an “iPad killer”) and discuss the future presidents of Russia a ...
Digital How To Find Free eBooks for Your iPhone By Dianna Dilworth on Sep. 27, 2011 - 12:00 PM If you are looking for free books to read on your iPhone, Inkstone Software has a new app called eBook Search. The app is a tool that lets you search free eBook libraries across the Internet to find new reads. This includes books ...
Authors | Book Biz Why Did Wilco Write a Song for Jane Smiley’s Boyfriend? By Jason Boog on Sep. 27, 2011 - 11:00 AM The indie rock band Wilco just released their complex and inspiring new album, The Whole Love. The record concludes with a song, “One Sunday Morning (Song For Jane Smiley’s Boyfriend).” We caught up with novelist ...
Resources | Videos New Tool Converts Text Into Video By Jason Boog on Sep. 27, 2011 - 10:05 AM The start-up Wibbitz has unveiled a new tool that converts online text into short videos–allowing web surfers to watch video instead of reading a longer piece of writing. Wibbitz CEO Zohar Dayan in the video interview embedd ...
Digital | Social Media How to Control Your Facebook Apps By Jason Boog on Sep. 27, 2011 - 1:16 AM Last week Facebook unveiled partnerships with different apps like Netflix, Spotify and other services. Along with these changes, Spotify suddenly started revealing your musical tastes in automated Facebook updates. We love sharing ...
Authors | Awards Stephen King Reads from Sequel to The Shining By Jason Boog on Sep. 26, 2011 - 5:47 PM While accepting the Mason Prize at George Mason University this weekend, novelist Stephen King gave fans a peek at a sequel to his classic novel, The Shining. Above, we’ve embedded a short video clip from the event. Follow t ...
Events Seamus Heaney, John Warner & Julie Otsuka Get Booked By Maryann Yin on Sep. 26, 2011 - 5:00 PM Here are some literary events to jump start your week. To get your event posted on our calendar, visit our Facebook Your Literary Event page. Author John Warner reads from his new novel The Funny Man. Hear him on Monday, Septemb ...
Book Biz | Digital Trident Media Group Launches eBook Division By Jason Boog on Sep. 26, 2011 - 3:47 PM Trident Media Group, the literary agency representing Deepak Chopra, Paris Hilton, Jon Stewart, Tori Spelling and a long list of other authors, has launched Trident E-Book Operations. The new division will “create, manage an ...