• Online book shopping in-store shopping in 2014. That’s a significant (if quietly passed) milestone.
• A couple of weeks ago I on an app that could sanitize ebooks. It long.
• The results of Book Riot’s 2014 . As they correctly indicate, the median number of 55 books consumed per year, or about one a week, is a more useful statistic than the average number of 70.
• Should Maine’s governor to Stephen King? Darn tootin’.
• J.K. Rowling to some tweeted questions. She’s an INFJ—like me!
• The cover for Go Set a Watchman has been . You can click on the link, or you can just glance to the left of this paragraph. The power of choice is in your hands.
• The Man Booker have been announced.
• Omni Magazine has rebooted, but with a .
• Amazon is offering more on its title pages. Now readers have questions to answer, if they opt for the new system.
• James Patterson is his library donation from $1.25M to $1.5M, citing heavy demand.
• Twenty bands named after . I’m familiar with The Doors and Steppenwolf. The others must have debuted after 1970, when music as I know it came to an end.
• An 18-year-old book club devoted to . And it ain’t hard to guess which one.
• The Bay Area Book Festival, taking place June 6-7, will with Author Solutions. Oh, and don’t miss between an author and Publish America.
• They’re building a in Springfield, Massachusetts, and I’ll be first in line.
• The art of the . Why aren’t we all doing this? I put it to you.
• Seattle Public Library becomes a “” for teens. Why aren’t all libraries doing this? I put it to you.
• Finally, planted in bookstores. My faith in human ingenuity is restored.
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