The Roundup
Publishing news from across the Web
2012 May 18 10:05
The Millions: Could geeking out over a mutually beloved novel surpass even alcohol as the ultimate social ice-breaker?
2012 May 18 09:05
The Bookseller: Booksellers must address their "toxic" real estate and band together to compete in an "omni-channel marketplace" against some of the richest corporations the world has ever seen, former Borders U.K. chief executive Philip Downer has said. Bookshops, he advised, need to develop personalities because the day of the "general bookshop" was over.
2012 May 18 09:05
Salon: The maker of the documentary film "Inside Job" has a new book excoriating Wall Street and President Obama.
2012 May 17 10:05
Salon: "The news of recent research documenting how readers identify with the main characters in stories has mostly been taken as confirmation of the value of literary role models."
2012 May 17 10:05
People still live at the store today. Moments after closing time at 11 pm, the residents move piles of books aside and sleep on makeshift beds that double as book display platforms during the day. Under Sylvia Beach Whitman’s management, the tradition continues at the “Hotel Tumbleweed”, the nickname for the overnight operations.
2012 May 17 00:05
Flavorpill cites Gossip Girl, among others.
2012 May 17 00:05
A new musical based on Jewish-cooking-themed children's books, including Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosher and Beautiful Yetta.
2012 May 17 00:05
With the growing availability of tools to modify organisms, a creature like the Hunger Games's Mockingjay is not an impossible fantasy.
2012 May 17 00:05
J.K. Rowling's manuscript for the first Harry Potter novel will be exhibited at the British Library.
2012 May 17 00:05
Letters written between Theodor Geisel and a then-13-year-old aspiring illustrator named Howard Cruse.
2012 May 17 00:05
Ursula Nordstrom and Maurice Sendak: a creative and close relationship that revolutionized the world of children's literature.
2012 May 16 09:05
Read "An Open Letter to the DOJ from Someone Who Actually Cares About Writers (and Readers)"
2012 May 16 09:05
"The Social Network" writer will adapt Isaacson's biography.
2012 May 16 09:05
The Grand Rapids, Mich. bookstore will close after five years of business.
2012 May 16 09:05
A Spring Hill, Tenn. bookstore has upset blogger Nancy French.
2012 May 15 10:05
The Guardian: Modern authors are stylistically influenced by their contemporaries rather than writers from the 18th and 19th centuries, according to word-frequency study of classic literature.
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