Collection Reflection

Scribd to offer "For Dummies" books and will pay reference publishers when users browse the books . I didn't know Tess Gerritsen wrote Gravity . Diversity is not enough: on diversity in books and in publishing . The Top 10 novels inspired by Shakespeare.  Is YOUR library hosting Coldplay lyrics? More trouble for Queens library  Flavorwire has a list of "dark and twisty" books for fans of Flynn's Gone Girl Toronto library patron challenges Dr. Seuss' Hop on Pop . The Colorado ebook project enters beta testing , as per The Digital Reader How the Audies turned into the Oscars of the audiobook world. And that's the news!

E-book Publisher Power Rankings -- Very interesting. USA Today interviews Amanda Quick. In honor of Shakespeare's 450 Birthday, a host of posts about The Bard today.  10 Things you didn't know about Henry IV Cakespeare, in pictures.  (these are fantastic!) Shakespeare's five best insults The Shakespeare quiz: Do you know your Bottom from your Elbow?        If you don't do well on the quiz, you can get The Bluffer's Guide to Shakespeare to get sorted . 50 "everyday" phrases that came from The Bard. How The Telegraph marked Shakespeare's birthday 50 years ago . Shakespeare a 'cultural icon' abroad Is this REALLY Shakespeare's annotated dictionary from 1850? 10 things you didn't know about Shakespeare. James Patterson on how to write an "unputdownable" story . Literary fiction is just clever marketing . Brits and the book list extravaganza! 10 SF/F stories that editors are tired of seeing . (I'm deb

How Salman Rushdie survived the Satanic Verses  fatwa. The 15 best North American novels of all time! (according to The Telegraph) ALA says that publishers and librarians are now playing nice(r) Veronica Roth talks Divergent  from the LA Times Festival of Books The LA Times Book Prizes People of color DO survive the Apocalypse. (but do we want to?) How to make someone hate reading. Book to tv adaptations: how much time spent per page. The real Alex from Orange is the new black  speaks to Vanity Fair . Literature's most famous meals Who shot JR killed Joffrey? Just for fun What Dewey Decimal number are you? The States most likely to survive a zombie apocalypse . Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan play The Newlywed Game  (and we all win!)

Game of Thrones  renewed for two more seasons . Do you want to watch the full 2.5 hours of Empire of Dreams , the documentary on the making of the original Star Wars  trilogy? A trailer for The Leftovers  the adaptation of Tom Perrotta's book for HBO. Early Stephen King novels to be re-released in special editions . In more SK news, How Carrie changed his life. When it comes to library websites, are we giving them what they want? There WILL be another Star Wars Reads  day in 2014 .  October 11. Anthony Horowitz opens the London book fair with words of wisdom What will Don Draper read in 1969? The Flavorwire guesses. You can't kill Archie! Jo Nesbo re-imagines Macbeth   (yes, please!) The Absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian  removed from an Idaho curriculum . In 2014. Just for fun: Dune re-created with giant gummy worms. Book inspired purses . Because, of course. A literary map of San Francisco