More fetching than a girl with a dragon tattoo has always been a girl with a Penguin Classic. With e-books, you have no idea what anyone is reading. This is an incalculable loss, not just to fleeting crushes but to civilization.
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You can’t read an e-book in the tub. You can’t fling one across the room, aiming, as Mark Twain liked to do, at a cat. And e-books will not furnish a room.
Writing in The Times in 1991, Anna Quindlen declared, “I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.”
I am so down with that. But it’s the mental furniture that matters.
“The Way We Read Now” by Dwight Garner
Things I love like books and sugar, plus notes from my days as a Mary Poppins.
My favorite posts.
Oh, and: email, twitter, pinterest, and ask.
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![“And [he] sailed back over a year and in and out of weeks and through a day and into the night of his very own room where he found his supper waiting for him and it was still hot” -Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
A lifetime of thanks to a man who said so many of the right things. Life can be one wild rumpus if we’d just let it begin.RIP Maurice Sendak](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3pigeBRF61qzenxro1_500.jpg)
“And [he] sailed back over a year
and in and out of weeks
and through a day
and into the night of his very own room
where he found his supper waiting for him
and it was still hot”
-Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakA lifetime of thanks to a man who said so many of the right things. Life can be one wild rumpus if we’d just let it begin.
RIP Maurice Sendak -
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Word Book Night is about hoping that through an introduction to the love of reading, people can change their lives for the better. And I think that because of today and Voltaire and the other eager, grateful receivers of the books that I was able to share, that my life may be forever changed, too.
— “Peace Like a River” from Chris Cander -
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Book People Unite from RIF and The Library of Congress
Take the Book People Unite pledge and declare your belief in the transformative power of books, especially for young minds. (You’ll also get a download of “Book People Unite” from The Roots and a zillion others.)
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“So, even though we love publishing as an art, we very much know it’s a business too, and that if we do our jobs right and get a little lucky that great art can be great business.” - Chip Kidd
For all the bookies.
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The Way We Read Now
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thedailywhat:
Breaking J.K. Rowling News of the Day: News from the industry vine this morning is that J.K. Rowling has officially signed a book deal with Little, Brown, and will soon be releasing her highly anticipated Harry Potter follow up.
No word yet on title, plot, or publication date, but word is that the book’s target audience will be adults.
“Although I’ve enjoyed writing it every bit as much, my next book will be very different to the Harry Potter series,” said the author in a press release.
The freedom to explore new territory is a gift that Harry’s success has brought me, and with that new territory it seemed a logical progression to have a new publisher. I am delighted to have a second publishing home in Little, Brown, and a publishing team that will be a great partner in this new phase of my writing life.
[galleycat.]
It’s been a tremendously cool morning in the office. Every single hat off to the @littlebrown team.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzuq2l7pod1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg)
Breaking J.K. Rowling News of the Day: News from the industry vine this morning is that J.K. Rowling has officially signed a book deal with Little, Brown, and will soon be releasing her highly anticipated Harry Potter follow up.
No word yet on title, plot, or publication date, but word is that the book’s target audience will be adults.
“Although I’ve enjoyed writing it every bit as much, my next book will be very different to the Harry Potter series,” said the author in a press release.
The freedom to explore new territory is a gift that Harry’s success has brought me, and with that new territory it seemed a logical progression to have a new publisher. I am delighted to have a second publishing home in Little, Brown, and a publishing team that will be a great partner in this new phase of my writing life.
[galleycat.]
It’s been a tremendously cool morning in the office.
Every single hat off to the @littlebrown team. -
This meta, recursive dip into memeland was inspired by Quirk Books’ brilliant one for book publishing. If our stock photo archive had a shot that better evoked a ninja cowgirl at a computer, we would have used that for “What I think I do” because who doesn’t like to think of themselves as some kind of roguish outlaw ruling the wild wild interwebs? Instead, you get a vacant-eyed, Vishnu-esque multitasker. So, uh, enjoy.
+100 points for the last one.
Love these.
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This Valentine’s Day, First Book would like to sign up 1,400 programs and schools that serve children in need to get brand-new books for their students. Share the LOVE! Re-blog and sign up!
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![missjacobi:
thedailywhat:
Breaking J.K. Rowling News of the Day: News from the industry vine this morning is that J.K. Rowling has officially signed a book deal with Little, Brown, and will soon be releasing her highly anticipated Harry Potter follow up.
No word yet on title, plot, or publication date, but word is that the book’s target audience will be adults.
“Although I’ve enjoyed writing it every bit as much, my next book will be very different to the Harry Potter series,” said the author in a press release.
The freedom to explore new territory is a gift that Harry’s success has brought me, and with that new territory it seemed a logical progression to have a new publisher. I am delighted to have a second publishing home in Little, Brown, and a publishing team that will be a great partner in this new phase of my writing life.
[galleycat.]
It’s been a tremendously cool morning in the office. Every single hat off to the @littlebrown team.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzuq2l7pod1qzpwi0o1_1280.jpg)
