Archives for Friday Linkage

It’s Sunday, which means I’m late getting to the links of the week. In the spirit of better late than never, here goes: * Writing in Slate, Ruth Graham endeared herself to legions of YA fans with an essay about why grownups ought to be reading More Serious Books. …even the myriad defenders of YA… Continue reading »

This week, it’s all Amazon, more or less (more for some, less for others). *The publishing circles I follow are still kicking around the news, reported by my old Book World colleague David Streitfeld earlier this month, of the battle between Amazon and the publishing company Hachette: Among Amazon’s tactics against Hachette, some of which… Continue reading »

Shakespeare turned 450 on Wednesday, April 23 (or thereabouts–nobody knows for sure). Happy birthday, Will! There was some big birthday news, or a big claim that made news, anyway. Two NYC booksellers announced that they have an annotated dictionary, a 1580 copy of Baret’s Alvearie, which they believe belonged to the Bard. To find the… Continue reading »

Some bagatelles and bemusements from the week gone by: * The Washington Post indulged in some familiar alarmism about what surfing the Internet is doing to our ability to read. * But one of the experts the Post quoted, Andrew Dillon of the University of Texas, put up a blog post in which he made… Continue reading »

[*I don’t know what to call this feature yet. If one of you suggests something catchy and I use it, I’ll give you a shout-out on the blog.] I’ve wanted to start a Friday-links feature for a while now. I’m finally getting around to it. Every Friday, I’ll post a few links to stories, blog… Continue reading »