There are exactly zero defensible reasons for authors to link to Amazon
A heated discussion about the lowly book link has burned its way out of The Bookseller this week. Keith Smith, owner of Warwick Books and Kenilworth Books, wrote a post… Read more »
Difficult women wanted: The LRB gender imbalance
Novelist Kathryn Heyman and her husband used to play a game called “Guess the Ladies” whenever the London Review of Books showed up in their mailbox. The object? To correctly estimate the… Read more »
Public hearing to shine a light on Central Library Plan
A public hearing in New York on Thursday called by State Assembly Member Micah Kellner, Chair of the Committee on Libraries and Education Technology, will put the focus on an… Read more »
Pediatricians prescribe books to kids in a new literacy program
When parents take their children to the doctor, they expect to hear the usual things: how the little tyke is progressing in terms of national percentiles for height, weight, shin-kicking,… Read more »
Books Beneath the Bridge returns to Brooklyn next month
The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy announced recently that its summer reading series will return for a second year, starting on Monday, July 8. For eight consecutive Mondays, Books Beneath the… Read more »
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