January 15, 2016

The Romanian government is considering closing a loophole that allows prisoners who publish academic papers or books while behind bars to reduce their sentences, an Associated Press article reports. Citing evidence that… Read more »

Marginalia

Very old snack found in even older book — Tom Clayton
Tome-ward bound: museum shopper reunited with childhood book — Tom Clayton
Not a shred of evidence: Herne Bay gripped by "book ripper" mystery — Tom Clayton
Gone fishing: the Hemingway edition — Erica Huang

What could 10,000 character tweets mean for publishing?

Simon Reichley

Last week, Kurt Wagner at Re/Code reported that Twitter was “considering” an overhaul of a most identifiable feature: the 140 character per tweet limit. Predictably, responses have ranged from over the moon to outraged. But the… Read more »

Egyptian government launches the world’s largest digital library

Chad Felix

Last November the Egyptian government announced that it would soon launch the world’s largest digital library, the Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB), and according to Good e-Reader’s Michael Kozlowski, on January… Read more »

Bare Lit Festival launches in UK to celebrate BAME writers

Zeljka Marosevic

The advocacy group Media Diversified is launching the “first ever literature festival for writers of color” in the UK next month. The Bare Lit Festival will take place the 27th… Read more »

Philip Pullman quits UK literary festival over its refusal to pay authors

Julia Fleischaker

Claiming that he’s “had enough” of authors being asked to work for free, Philip Pullman has stepped down as patron of the Oxford Literary Festival. The bestselling author of the His… Read more »

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Romania to close loophole that allows prisoners to publish their way out of jail

Kait Howard