With the new year comes new gadgets,and thanks to the excess of devices (many are quite workable) still floating around from past years, a reader has many choices for reading devices. Every...Continue reading
Category: Book Culture
Oyster Launches a Book Blog
So Oyster has launched an “online literary magazine” called The Oyster Review. From PW: Calling its new online publication a form of “book discovery,” Oyster, the e-book subscription service, is...Continue reading
You Don’t Have to (Finish That Book!)
If there’s one thing I hate about book culture it’s when someone gets up on their high horse and tells me that I am reading the wrong books, or reading...Continue reading
What Are You Reading On? October 2014
Given the many new mobile device launched each year and the excess of models still floating around from past years, a reader has many choices for reading devices. That’s why...Continue reading
At Long Last: Indie Bookseller Named Official Bookseller for National Book Festival
After 5 long years of national chains outbidding indies for the privilege, the 14th annual National Book Festival is finally going to feature a local indie bookstore as the official...Continue reading
LA Times Festival of Books to Add Buy Buttons for Indie Bookstore to Their Website
Last week’s controversy over the LA Times Festival of Books and its promotion of Amazon as a retailer has come to an abrupt end. When that book festival updated their...Continue reading
Booksellers, Publishers Shocked that the LA Times Festival of Books Could Value Money Over Book Culture
When the LA Times Festival of Books unveiled their new website last week, many local booksellers were dismayed to discover that the site listed the authors who were participating, and...Continue reading
Read an eBook Week Starts on Sunday
It’s that time of year again. Next week is the first week of March, and that means that it’s time for Read an eBook Week. This annual event was created...Continue reading