by Alison Potstra

Bookmarks: E-books, Nooks, and poetry (or, one of these things is not like the others)

Sundry links from across the Web: Amazon: 1, Print publishers: 0. Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, has given Amazon exclusive e-book rights to two of his best-selling books The clandestine ... Read More »

December 15, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Publishers take stand against e-books

By Alison Potstra

Simon & Schuster is taking action against the cut-rate $9.99 pricing of digital bestsellers by delaying the e-book editions of approximately 35 titles coming out in 2010. Hachette Book Group plans to follow suit. According ... Read More »

December 9, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Forget Oprah, now it’s the Tiger Effect

By Alison Potstra

A formerly obscure title, Get a Grip on Physics by U.K. professor John Gribbin, has experienced an increase in sales after a photo of Tiger Woods' car accident revealed the book lying among the wreckage. According ... Read More »

December 9, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Jane Austen, Margaret Atwood, the BrontÃ« sisters, and more

By Alison Potstra

A few bookish links from across the Web: To help you with the holiday shopping season, The Inkwell Bookstore Blog compiles a selection of gifts for the Jane Austenite on your list, including the Pride and ... Read More »

December 8, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Britain’s phone booth library, Herta MÃ¼ller’s “psychosis,” and the Bad Sex in Fiction Award winner

By Alison Potstra

Some sundry links from across the Web: Resourceful idea of the week: British village transforms traditional red phone booth into local library Coming soon to a theatre near you: the book trailer for Quirk Classics' ... Read More »

December 1, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Literary evidence of Timbuktu’s written heritage

By Alison Potstra

BBC News reports the reopening of a library in the centre of Timbuktu, the Ahmed Baba Institute, which will house and preserve thousands of ancient manuscripts that would otherwise have been destroyed by termites, mice, ... Read More »

December 1, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

TweetBookz: The next level of TwitLit

By Alison Potstra

Yes, Virginia, you can now self-publish your banal tweets for everyone to enjoy. TweetBookz is a new company that will publish your Twitter feeds as a hardcover book (for $30) or a softcover (for $20). Works ... Read More »

November 23, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Coolio cooks, Anne of Green Gables tweets, and more

By Alison Potstra

A few sundry links from across the Web: "Living in a Gourmet's Paradise?" Rapper Coolio now has his own cookbook, Cookin' with Coolio A new audio-book version of the Bible is available, featuring Richard Dreyfuss ... Read More »

November 23, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Going Rogue mistakes, aliens and werewolves, Xbox Bibles, and more

By Alison Potstra

A few bookish links from around the Web: Sarah Palin's much-anticipated memoir hits shelves today. Palin tells Oprah in an unused clip from yesterday's interview that "logistically speaking, practically speaking, it wasn't a real difficult ... Read More »

November 17, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: a small town book tour, inappropriate books for kids, and Walt Whitman selling jeans

By Alison Potstra

Bookish links from across the Web: Test your celebrity poet knowledge over at Details and guess which verses have been written by Michael Jackson, Mr. Spock, Jewel, or William Butler Yeats Battle of the sexes, poetry ... Read More »

November 10, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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