Details and some congressional crowing here. (Note to Rep. Cohen’s office: Proofread the website headlines a little more closely.) Publishers and authors cheer. I did a long analysis for the Chronicle back in June on the subject of libel tourism, and it’s good to see some legislative attention being paid to the issue. Now, back… Continue reading »
Archives for September 2008
Monthly archives for September, 2008
An American Studies Tagline
Cloud tagging with a purpose: “a visual historiography of an evolving discipline.” Fun to play with, and maybe even illuminating, if you pay attention. (Via HNN.)
Find-a-Bookstore
Publishers Marketplace has rolled out the beta version of a bookstore locator. Just select a state or metro area and the program pulls up local results. It’s not perfect or complete–it only lists stores selling new books, so there’s no listing for my favorite nearby used-book destination, Books for America–but it has the makings of… Continue reading »
More D.C. Noir
D.C. Noir 2: The Classics got a nice write-up in the Post yesterday. For obvious reasons I’m predisposed to like the book, and it sounds like there’s plenty to like: Two of the finest stories rely on a collision of cultures. Edward P. Jones’s masterful “A Rich Man” follows a womanizing senior citizen’s descent into… Continue reading »
More on Declining Textbook Sales
Don’t yawn. This is critical stuff for publishers who rely on textbooks as a source of revenue and for the students who are less and less willing to pay big bucks for those textbooks. A couple of weeks ago, I did a story for the Chronicle about plummeting textbook sales at university presses. It caught… Continue reading »
