Can libraries, bookstores, and Kindle peacefully coexist?
By Marjorie Kehe | 11.06.09
“Having fun isn’t hard when you have a library card.” Or so Peter Daining reminds us in his worthy post today on Tainted Green entitled “Libraries: The cheaper, greener alternative to book stores” in which he notes that, “it takes around 30 million trees to produce all the books in the US.” (more…)
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Gay characters make problems for Scholastic
By Marjorie Kehe | 11.05.09
Will they or won’t they? That had been the question. Would a book with a pair of gay characters appear at Scholastic’s book fairs? If not, there was angry talk of a boycott. And if so, well, there is also angry talk of a boycott. (more…)
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Guest blog: Social media and the cookbook
By Rebekah Denn | 11.04.09
We keep hearing that old-fashioned book tours are a thing of the past, but when I watch Jeff Hertzberg and Zoe Francois in action, I don’t feel quite as bad about that. (more…)
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In books, the rise of the overweight heroine
By Marjorie Kehe | 11.04.09
I’m sitting here on this side of the pond and I’ve got to admit that this is the first I’ve heard of it. But according to the Guardian, it’s the “latest publishing phenomenon to sweep America,” books starring a “new heroine: the young woman who is seriously overweight – and doesn’t care.” (more…)
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So exactly how many Sarah Palin books are there?
By Marjorie Kehe | 11.03.09
Readers can be forgiven for feeling a bit confused. Sarah Palin’s memoir “Going Rogue: An American Life” is being published on Nov. 17, right? Yes. So what are all these other Sarah Palin books garnering so much attention? (more…)
