More Great Stuff from the Internet

Here’s what I’m interested on the Internet today. Everything else is boring:

Listen to this interview with Carol Grossmeyer, formerly of Harry W. Schwartz Books, and Lanora Hurley, who is opening Next Chapter Bookshop. It’s an engaging interview, equal parts entertaining and, I think, inspiring. Check out the Next Chapter website, too. (You may remember my post about the closing of the Schwartz stores.)

Attention Kindle owners: Your books belong to Amazon, not you. In the comments to that post, Ank sums it up quite nicely: “You do not own your Kindle books, neither do have any automatic right to access them. Imagine Amazon in the future charging for use of its network. It’ll happen, you can be sure. So, Imagine this, there’s a beautiful library full of great books and writings, well-kept and nicely indexed, tailored just for you. Only it’s not yours. You have to pay someone at the door to enter the reading room, and the books are brought to you but you cannot take them away with you. They are not your property and you cannot pass them on to your children. Is this the answer to digital reading?”

Oprah is going to start tweeting tomorrow. Hey, Oprah, follow me (@vromans)! I have a few things I’d like to talk with you about.

I don’t know who this girl is (Is she famous?) or who took this photograph, but I’m loving this whole look. Trench coat? Glasses? Yes and yes. (Via You Might Find Yourself, one of the best Tumblr blogs I follow. Lots of people are talking about how Tumblr is about to take off. Have you tried it yet? I like to mess around on there from time to time, but I haven’t quite found the secret to it. What do people think?)