A better kind of discoverability: An interview with the creators of Backlist
In publishing, you often hear about “discoverability,” a rather long word that refers to a book’s opportunity to be discovered by readers. There is, of course, no better machine for… Read more »
Egyptian government launches the world’s largest digital library
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 »
The inverse of Amazon: more useful, just as many photoshopped abs
Never let it be said we’re unwilling to take minor things far too seriously. Case in point: look at this fun bit of code put together by Hilary Mason of… Read more »
A newly discovered cache of letters discovered in an Israeli archive describe the loneliness and despair of German author Hans Fallada during the Nazi era. During this time, Fallada’s writings were censored,… 4 / Read more »