Showing posts with label Future of Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Future of Books. Show all posts

Friday, October 19, 2012

What's Happening in Books: Week Oct 19th!

 
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Listening to: Dog Days are Over Florence + the Machines

Happy Friday Hallelujah it's the end of the week! And we finally ordered a couch and bought a kitchen table so we're not living off the floor! Yay! Because I love link roundups, here are a few articles I've noticed myself around the websphere lately..


YALSA Teens Top Ten Winners have been announced! I'm sure you can guess half of the list but if you're looking for a new read, try a Top Ten!

Author Natalie Whipple talks about other people having your story ideas (that idea terrifies me!) Read HERE.

 Nathan Bransford follows up with his post "Ideas Aren't Sacred" (but it sure feels like it when you're drafting, doesn't it!?) Read HERE

Should teen novels have ratings? Imho we should rate author photos bc this one seems a bit come hither-like..The Telegraph HERE

NYTimes interview with the author everyone's been crapping on lately, J.K Rowling on favorite books and authors(my thoughts on that next week..) HERE

Bookshelves Anonymous Talks about the best places to visit in books HERE.  Oh that they were real places....

The Most Dysfunctional Families in Literature but Publishers Weekly. The Godfather..got it.. Pand P, the Bennets?

Q and A with Lemony Snicket (best name EVER.) HERE

Johnny Depp's production company Infinitum Nihil, starting Publishing Imprint. (Johnny + books= major swoon-age!)

This poster to carry you into the weekend:


 
 Or creep you out forever if you saw the last movie..Gaah!
(Thanks Wandering Librarians for movie poster! HERE)


  Happy Friday!

Monday, October 1, 2012

Bookstores only for Elite?




                                                           Wikicommons photo: by Phillip Capper here



    Read THIS article. It's about Marc Jacobs opening new bookstores in Europe. On the heels of bookstores closing all around us, I can't help but wonder if the future of bookstores lies in the pocketbooks of the ubber wealthy. The rest of us will be downloading our books for 99 cents-$3.99 per copy.


 Your thoughts? Please comment below! More on this later, the afternoon sunshine is calling my name!