Kindles and laptops replace books at this school library
By Marjorie Kehe | 10.27.09
Somebody had to go first. In this case, it was Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, Mass. Library observers say it might be the first school – public or private – to trade its paper-and-ink library collection for electronic devices. (more…)
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Guest blog: Nerd-like author as matinee idol?
By Rebekah Denn | 10.26.09
Minutes before interviewing author Michael Chabon for a Monitor podcast, I asked on Twitter whether there were any burning questions I would forget to bring up. “How about, ‘What’s your phone number?’ ‘Are you free Saturday night?’ OR ‘How do you feel about chunky blondes?’ ” came one friend’s reply.
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Can you love a book, yet revile its author?
By Marjorie Kehe | 10.26.09
The answer must be yes. In an interesting piece in yesterday’s Los Angeles Times, book critic Matt Shaer remembers the case of Knut Hamsun, 1920 Nobel laureate in literature. On the strength of Hamsun’s novel “Hunger,” he was considered a “leading humanist.” (more…)
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Is Rebecca James the next J.K. Rowling?
By Marjorie Kehe | 10.23.09
Hmm, let’s see – how many times over the last couple of years has an author been proclaimed “the next J.K. Rowling”? Try Googling the phrase and you may find that your eyes start to glaze over before you can even get past Catherine Banner, Leo North, Maggie Stiefvater, G.P. Taylor, Heather Mills, and Michelle Paver. (more…)
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Stephen King wants “Under the Dome” to help bookstores
By Marjorie Kehe | 10.22.09
Hoping to prevent the creation of a retail landscape in which bookstores start going down like dominos, super-author Stephen King will hold back the release of the electronic version of his latest novel, “Under the Dome,” scheduled to appear in hardback on Nov. 10. According to Scribner, King’s publisher, the e-book version will not become available till 12:01 am on Dec. 24. (more…)
