- Penguin Random House launches new book discovery app in U.K. (GalleyCat)
- Researchers create machine to judge books by their covers. (MIT Technology Review)
- Newly discovered Anne Frank poem goes to auction. (Entertainment Weekly)
- Adobe creates technology to put words in people’s mouths. (The Verge)
- How the National Book Awards are failing us. (The Daily Beast)
- George R.R. Martin avidly campaigns for Hillary Clinton. (Huffington Post)
- A case for checking your closet for overdue library books. (The Guardian)
- How anonymity protects female writers. (The Conversation)
- The best bookish accounts to follow on Instagram. (BookRiot)
- Why do authors use passive voice and ambiguous grammar? (McSweeney’s)
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