From the monthly archives:
The Tournament of Books picked its winner today: A Mercy, by Toni Morrison. After all that talk of YA novels and underdogs, it’s one of the heavy-hitters who takes it home. As for our little pool, who won this thing, anyway? Well, after I made the mistake of bragging, my pool went in roughly the [...]
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Here’s a themed link collection: weird stories from the internet that involve books (kinda sorta): Twilight cupcakes. (via Rachel Kramer Bussel’s Twitter feed) Paul Giamatti isn’t pleased with the Japanese remake of Sideways (Hey, it was a book, too you know). (via the excellent Tumblr blog You Might Find Yourself) Okay, Harper Studio, I demand [...]
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T.G.I.F. It’s a horrible cliche, the kind of thing that some marketing jackass invented and then injected into society like a virus. For awhile, it was used to push family friendly programming on ABC. For many of us, the phrase conjures horrifying images of Dave Coulier or that guy in the office who sends chain [...]
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Today is a bastard of a day. Wednesday’s nearly always are. Thankfully, there are links to distract us: Am I the only one who doesn’t follow any famous people on Twitter? Now, if Shaquile O’Neal talked about bookselling and book covers all day long, then maybe he’d be worth a follow. Anwyay, here’s the LA [...]
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First of all, if you haven’t watched yesterday’s video, do so now. It will make you want some coffee. Now that that’s out of the way, on to the links: Sana Krasikov has won the $100,000 Sami Rohr Prize for her debut story collection One More Year. Congratulations to her. I love to see short [...]
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We asked, and you voted. And voted. And voted. And of all the categories and all the local business, Jones Coffee got the most votes of any of them. We took a trip over to Jones Coffee last week to see what makes them so special. Check it out: Thanks again to Jones Coffee and [...]
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I know you’re all fiending for a blog post after a rare silent day yesterday. I can see you shaking and shivering like a wet dog, counting the change in your pockets, and…I think that’s as far as I can stretch this particular metaphor. Here are some links for you to enjoy. The Tournament of [...]
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There are a lot of interesting things happening in this world. Thankfully, the internet knows about all of them. Here are a selected few of the very best: Vroman’s Bookstore has international profile this week, as the manager of our Children’s Department, Kris Vreeland, is quoted in both the New York Times and the International [...]
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The term “unfilmable” gets thrown around a lot with regards to novels. In fact, I’d say most people don’t want their favorite novels made into films. I’ve never been one of those people. If they make a crappy movie out of The Epicure’s Lament then that might change, but I’ve never really seen the point [...]
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The Best Comments on the Internet
by Patrick on March 13, 2009
Yesterday I provided a short reading list for anyone interested in learning more about how the internet is helping people spread their work and what that might mean for those of us who like to read, create and/or sell that work. A co-worker of mine noted that she liked that I encouraged people to read [...]
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