December 12, 2013

Infographics are eminently mockable, but some are more mockable than others. Top of the pile this week is IT Strategies’ infographic illustrating the history of publishing from the 1700s to… Read more »

Publishing

Is it time for the Big Five to rethink conservative publishing? — Alyea Canada
Poet's prize prompts pettiness: rights plight cited — Mike Lindgren
Mega-press Penguin Random House Simon & Schuster is not great — Alyea Canada
Bye-Bye BEA: Big Book Bonanza Bails, No Replacement Seen — Mike Lindgren

Norway commits to digitizing every single book in their National Library

Sal Robinson

When the institutions that act as the repositories of record—the libraries that by law must receive one or multiple copies of every publication brought out in a certain country (a concept… Read more »

This week in 1913: Mona Lisa fever hits Italy, Ezra Pound and James Joyce have “a hate or two in common”

Melville House

Just before one of its darkest moments came the twentieth century’s most exciting year . . . It was the year Henry Ford first put a conveyer belt in his car factory, and the… Read more »

Melville House Books

New study contains silliest publishing infographic ever

Sal Robinson

Norway commits to digitizing every single book in their National Library

Sal Robinson

This week in 1913: Mona Lisa fever hits Italy, Ezra Pound and James Joyce have “a hate or two in common”

Melville House