Bookselling Old Spice Guy Defended Libraries: Top Stories of Summer By Jason Boog on Sep. 24, 2010 - 4:33 PM In the happiest video of the summer (embedded above), Old Spice spokesmodel Isaiah Mustafa defended libraries in a surreal speech. Mustafa stole the hearts of millions of Americans with his ads that mix stream-of-consciousness nar ...
Publishing | Reviews Tracks, Lakes, & Skin: Coming Attractions By Maryann Yin on Sep. 24, 2010 - 3:53 PM Three cheers for the weekend. Here are some great reads from our New Books section for you to pass the weekend time with. Chapel Hill in Plain Sight: Notes from the Other Side of the Tracks by Daphne Athas: Writer Daphne Athas rev ...
Bookselling Worst Sentence of 2010: Top Stories of Summer By Jason Boog on Sep. 24, 2010 - 3:23 PM At the end of June, author Molly Ringle (pictured, via) won the 2010 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, writing the world’s worst opening sentence to an imaginary novel. The contest was named after Victorian novelist Edward Geor ...
People Does Literary Matchmaking Work? By Maryann Yin on Sep. 24, 2010 - 2:23 PM Does matchmaking on the basis of literary tastes actually work? “Yes and no” would be the most accurate answer available. Alikewise.com user China Ma went on two dates with women he met through the site. The first one ...
Bookselling Kindle Gets A Scrabble App By Dianna Dilworth on Sep. 24, 2010 - 1:43 PM While Jeff Bezos likes to say that Kindles are more for reading and iPads are more for gaming, the Kindle just got more fun for gaming. Electronic Arts has released Scrabble app for Kindle. The new app is available for $4.99 in th ...
Bookselling Alibris Holdings Changes its Name to Monsoon Commerce Solutions By Maryann Yin on Sep. 24, 2010 - 12:33 PM Used bookseller Alibris Holdings will change its name to Monsoon Commerce Solutions. With the recent acquisition of Monsoon Inc., the company will re-organize its online business by creating three divisions for the three types of ...
Adaptation | Publishing Steven Spielberg Eying the Director’s Seat for ’39 Clues’ Film By Maryann Yin on Sep. 24, 2010 - 12:03 PM The movie rights for 39 Clues has been sold to DreamWorks Studios and Steven Spielberg is said to be eying the director’s job. Deborah Forte of Scholastic Media will act as producer. Jeff Nathanson holds the screenwriter pos ...
Publishing Threadless T-Shirts Book Tells History By Dianna Dilworth on Sep. 24, 2010 - 11:23 AM Community driven t-shirt website Threadless –a website where users can vote on for their favorite designs to be put on a t-shirt– is celebrating its ten year anniversary with a new design book from Abrams Books. Co-fou ...
Authors Mark Twain Cultural Activities By Maryann Yin on Sep. 23, 2010 - 5:23 PM Mark Twain’s close ties with the New England area makes it an appropriate location to feature two new museum exhibitions. At 17-years-old, the man who was then Samuel Clemens left the Midwest for New York to become a journey ...
Authors Danielle Steel Denies Being a Romance Author By Maryann Yin on Sep. 23, 2010 - 5:20 PM During an interview with CBS News, Danielle Steel refused to label her books as “romance novels.” Her interviewer pointed out several “romance novel” characteristics found in many of her titles; she still i ...