E-book review: Emperor Dad
It is unfortunate that young-adult novels are often referred to as "juvenile" books. Juvenile far too often implies the synonym of "childish," something that grown-ups wouldn't want to read. Perhaps with...
iPod tablet with seven- or nine-inch screen in the fall? Here we go again,...
An iPod tablet with a seven- or nine-inch screen may show up in fall 2009, according to a Michael Arrington's report in Tech Crunch. In the past we've had...
'Sign of the Times': Ad drought at NYT Book Review
A sharp-eyed Mike Shatzkin, a leading strategist for the U.S. book industry, noticed a rather disturbing oddity in the paper edition of the New York Times Book Review:
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World’s Most Annoying Book Review
For all those who lament the decline of the quality of book reviews, here's something to make you lament some more: video book reviews on Amazon.com. This review raises incoherence...
Wikipedia in New York Review of Books
The New York Review of Books has a jealousy inducing piece on Wikipedia, it's that well written. OK, technically it is a review of John Broughton's "Wikipedia: The Missing Manual," a...
"Old People and the Things that Pass" in HTML
Dear patron. The book you requested from this library, an HTML-version of Old People and the Things that Pass, is now available at the Internet Archive. Please accept our apologies for...