As a preface to a theoretical longer installment in my ongoing internal debate about e-reader software*, I’d like to offer up two links to articles on Scroll Motion, a company working on translating books to the iPhone. One comes from Publishers Weekly; the other, Maud Newton. My gut feeling — contrary to Gregory Cowles’s thoughts … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Books
December 23, 2008, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: Books, e-reader, publishing, Scroll Motion
book links: 23 december
Categories: BooksTags:: Books, e-reader, publishing, Scroll Motion
December 17, 2008, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: Books, lit mob, tony o'neill
in which ‘down and out on murder mile’ is reviewed
Categories: Book Review, Books, MeTags:: Books, lit mob, tony o'neill
As promised earlier, my review of Tony O’Neill’s Down and Out on Murder Mile is now up at Lit Mob.
December 17, 2008, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: Books, publishing
book links: 17 december
Categories: BooksTags:: Books, publishing
Holiday guides from the fine people at Conversational Reading and Bookslut are now up. Molly Templeton adds her thought and perspective on the recent changes and layoffs in publishing. HTML Giant extends its Secret Santa program. On Featherproof‘s site yesterday, caught sight of a link to a new offering from them called Paper Egg Books. … Continue reading
December 15, 2008, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: Books, Links, Music
a trio of lists for your december reading and listening pleasure
Categories: Books, MusicTags:: Books, Links, Music
Lately, I’ve been wrapped up in second-draft work and working on an EMP Pop Conference proposal; hence, the slowness around here. With that in mind, links to three lists of recommended media, two in retrospect and one anticipating 2009: One: The Eugene Weekly‘s Winter Reading issue. Two: What to Wear During an Orange Alert’s holiday … Continue reading
December 3, 2008, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: Books, literature, Walkmen
reading on reading: the millions
Categories: BooksTags:: Books, literature, Walkmen
Via Conversational Reading, I’ve been pointed to The Millions, which is currently running an annual feature on the year in reading. This includes, among others, authors and other creative types posting their recommended reading from the past year; most recently, Hamilton Leithauser from The Walkmen. (One aside to fuse the year in books with the … Continue reading
December 3, 2008, Author: , 1 Comment
Tags:: Books, MobyLives, publishing
reading on reading: mobylives
Categories: Books, UncategorizedTags:: Books, MobyLives, publishing
Lately, I’ve been reading MobyLives, the recently revived blog run by the folks at Melville House. There’s a generally contrarian angle to some of the coverage of publishing — particularly on the impact of electronic readers — which makes for a valuable perspective. In particular, their post on Google’s agreement with the Author’s Guild and … Continue reading
November 26, 2008, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: Books, featherproof, todd dills, zach plague
not actually boring
Categories: BooksTags:: Books, featherproof, todd dills, zach plague
Still in the works: some thoughts on Zach Plague‘s boring boring boring boring boring boring, which will now include me rambling on about the audio version. In lieu of that, though: the Book Notes feature for the novel at Largehearted Boy is worth a read, as is Plague in conversation with the esteemed Todd Dills.
November 24, 2008, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: Books, cometbus, jessica hopper, Joe Meno, Links
also: chicago / joe meno / cometbus
Categories: Books, LinksTags:: Books, cometbus, jessica hopper, Joe Meno, Links
Highly recommended: the new issue of Cometbus, The Loneliness of the Electric Menorah, which tells the history of the last forty years of Berkeley via accounts of a number of independent businesses on Telegraph Avenue. Promotional efforts are underway for Joe Meno’s next book, the novel The Great Perhaps: up now is a clip of … Continue reading
October 23, 2008, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: Books, Chris Adrian, lit mob
In which I review a Chris Adrian collection.
Categories: Book Review, BooksTags:: Books, Chris Adrian, lit mob
Specifically, A Better Angel, for Lit Mob.
August 10, 2008, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: Books, lit mob, literature
good reading re: good reading
Categories: BooksTags:: Books, lit mob, literature
More on this soon, but — via Stephen Blackwell, my editor at Death + Taxes, comes the news of the launch of Lit Mob, a new literary website with what looks to be a solidly middlebrow selection (meant in a good way) and — given the people involved, this is not a shock — some … Continue reading