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The world’s largest book!

Posted on 11/13/2009 by amitha

Via The New Yorker’s Book Bench: Apparently the world’s largest book is Bhutan: A Visual Odyssey Across the Himalayan Kingdom by MIT’s Michael Hawley available from Amazon.com by Friendly Planet for $30,000. Wow. I am definitely putting this one on my … Continue reading →

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Author photo fail?

Posted on 10/29/2009 by amitha

I’m far from having to worry about this yet, but The Millions has posted an article about funny author photos. Here is the gallery that the writer refers to by Marion Ettlinger: http://www.marionettlinger.com/gallery1.php Some of the photos look fine to … Continue reading →

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New E-reader from Spring Design

Posted on 10/19/2009 by amitha

E-reader alert! Spring Design has announced their new e-reader Alex. Like Barnes and Noble’s new e-reader, Alex will have both a black and white e-ink screen and a smaller color LCD screen and run on Google’s Android software. It will … Continue reading →

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What to do with books you don’t like

Posted on 10/07/2009 by amitha

From a really cool gallery of sculptures made out of books. (via bookninja)

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Boston Book Fest

Posted on 10/06/2009 by amitha

The Boston Book Festival is only a few weeks away! Check out: http://www.bostonbookfest.org/ and consider volunteering. I’ll be there! Will you?

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strange bookmarks

Posted on 10/02/2009 by amitha

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4640670.Rasher_of_bacon_found_in_Worthing_Library_book/ Someone returned a book with a slice of bacon to a library in England. Apparently artist Dan Thompson (mentioned in the article) has amassed quite a collection of objects returned with books. I have yet to find anything other … Continue reading →

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Boston Area Kid’s Author Signings

Posted on 09/29/2009 by amitha

I haven’t been able to find a good master list of children’s author events in the Boston area, so I thought I’d make my own. The Boston Globe’s book blog, Off the Shelf has listings of Boston area readings, but … Continue reading →

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“Deep down, we are all Amelia Bedelia”

Posted on 09/27/2009 by amitha

From today’s Boston Globe Ideas section: Researchers have sought to determine whether the temperature of an object in someone’s hands determines how ”warm” or ”cold” he considers a person he meets, whether the heft of a held object affects how … Continue reading →

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Umberto Eco discusses the decline of handwriting

Posted on 09/21/2009 by amitha

(via @bookninja) Umberto Eco dates the decline of handwriting back to the invention of the ballpoint pen rather than the computer. He also asks the question: “Why should we regret the passing of good handwriting? I think this is an … Continue reading →

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Winner of the PEN 2009 Prison Writing Contest

Posted on 09/04/2009 by amitha

I Wore Chains to My Father’s Funeral by Charles P. Norman. Powerful stuff. Here’s a quote: “When I entered, clanking like Shakespeare’s ghost, deputies on either side of me, all conversation stopped. All eyes turned toward me. The prodigal son … Continue reading →

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