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Showing posts with label Shelf Awareness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shelf Awareness. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

14 Writers Handwrite Their Writing Advice on Their Hands

Harold Lloyd - “Girl Shy” (1924)

According to Shelf Awareness:

Wofford College asked some fiction authors for a photo of their writing advice written on their hands, Between Letters reported, adding that "it's all pretty solid advice."-Self Awareness










What do you think is the best piece of advice?  I like Neil Gaiman's suggestions.  Let us know your favorite here at The Things You Can Read!

Happy reading to all! ☮

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Friday, June 14, 2013

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

Hard to Believe: Harper Lee Sues to 'Re-secure' Mockingbird Copyright





For someone who shuns publicity, here is an upsetting article connected to many reader's favorite classic, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee...read on...

Harper Lee filed a lawsuit Friday in federal court in Manhattan to re-secure the copyright for To Kill a Mockingbird, the Associated Press reported. The suit, which seeks unspecified damages from Samuel Pinkus, the son-in-law of Lee's former literary agent, and companies he allegedly created, claims that he "failed to properly protect the copyright of the book after his father-in-law, Eugene Winick--who had represented Lee as a literary agent since the book was published in 1960 through the firm McIntosh and Otis--became ill a decade ago."-Shelf Awareness

To read more about this developing story, check out the Washington Post Article entitled: To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper Lee’s new courtroom drama

Harper Lee Goes All Atticus Finch and Sues for Copyright of To Kill a Mockingbird

Additional Related Articles:
NPR
Slate
Word & Film

What are your thoughts on this story?  Let us know here at The Things You Can Read.

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

DNA-Books Could Revolutionize Publishing... Again


Truth is stanger than fiction, and here is an article to prove it:  Book Written in DNA Code.  In an article published in The Guardian some have been quoted as saying that,"DNA-Books Could Revolutionize Publishing... Again."  How you ask?  Well, read the article to find out.  You won't believe it
Less than a year after scientists found a way to use DNA to encode the contents of a 53,000-word book (while predicting that a practical application for humans was unlikely in the near future), a Chinese company is rumored to be on the verge of unveiling the first commercially viable DNA-Book serum, capable of injecting the contents of a nearly unlimited number of books directly into customers' brain cells, according to early reports from concerned upstream digital device parts suppliers.-Shelf Awareness
We are not science oriented, but this sounds more like something we'd read in an Orwellian story than in a newpaper.  Again, truth is most definately stranger than fiction.
Due in large part to an unexpected plummet in the cost of DNA coding, as well as radical tweaks that solved most of the complications and risks involved while working with living organisms, the DNA-Book may soon be a commercial reality. For an industry already struggling to come to grips with the e-book revolution, an accelerated DNA-Book program raises even greater concerns that it would effectively eliminate the entire publishing industry, placing the future of books in the hands of the scientific and medical communities.-Shelf Awareness
Check out the full article HERE. Let us know your thoughts!  

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Thursday, March 21, 2013

Graphic Novelist George O'Connor


At first, when we thought of graphic novels, we thought comic books, but graphic novels are so much more than simply comic books.  According to Merriam-Webster a graphic novel is defined as, "a fictional story that is presented in comic-strip format and published as a book."  Well, even that doesn't exactly capture all that is going on with this relatively new sub-genre.  Even classics novels can now be found in graphic novel format.  If you are new to the graphic novel world check out Gerorge O'Connor.  His work will give you a great persepective of what a graphic novel is all about:

Courtesy of Shelf Awareness:


George O'Connor is a graphic novelist, and according to Shelf Awarness:
"[He] is one the most balanced reader-writers we've ever encountered. The things on his nightstand, his favorite books and, in particular, the title he evangelizes (The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony) lead naturally to his fabulousOlympians series--the sixth title of which, Poseidon: Earth Shaker, will be published by Neal Porter/First Second on March 19.  O'Connor got his start working at New York City's Books of Wonder bookstore. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y."

Interested in the classics in graphic form?  Click Here!  Let us know what you think of graphic novels.

Note:
Nerdy Book Club has a new posting on Graphic Novels entitled Pay It Forward: Using Graphic Novels in the Classroom take a look: Nerdy Book Club.

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Monday, October 29, 2012

Update on Publishing World in Flux: Random House and Penguin to Merge!



Last week, we shared the Huffington Post article that illuminated some rather important information with regard to two of the world's largest publishing houses.  According to last weeks post on Huffington: 
"British publishing and education company Pearson PLC says it is in talks with German media group Bertelsmann SE over merging the firms' Penguin and Random House publishing operations."
However things have now changed, according to Shelf Awarness, which posted the following:
"Four days after officially confirming that Pearson and Bertelsmann were in discussions about combining their book publishing operations, the companies announced this morning that they are creating a joint venture named Penguin Random House. Bertelsmann will own 53% of the joint venture, and Pearson will own 47%."










Additional Resources:

NPR Report from Last Week

Again, what do you think about the news? For the full article checkout Huffington Post and Shelf Awareness. Let us know your thoughts about the publishing world. Do you expect big changes in the publishing world in the coming year?

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