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We are going to throw out a few not-so random quotes. Tell us if you recognize the pattern: “It gets to the point that I have to tell the math teacher to take (her) books away,” the mother shrugged. “You know, because she’s reading them in class.” “Ten o’clock, you come in (to their bedrooms) […]

Though we would never admit this to anyone, there is a major flaw in Firefox: things open in tabs remain available for reading all day long. Tabs don’t close themselves in disgust. Sometimes we take that step for them, but often we watch with sick fascination, wondering what we’re going to do with the article […]

Let us suggest that HelenKay Dimon is a nice person. She does stuff like warn people before she offends them. We do not pause for such niceties, meaning we’re going to leap right in to the best method for word count we’ve heard this week*. Here’s my new answer: You actually have to count each […]

GalleyCat has come to the rescue of those looking for detailed plot information, but unwilling to take that extra step and read the cover copy. Yes, you can judge a book by its cover (it’s always worked for us). . .especially if you know the shorthand. BECAUSE MUCH MORE THAN A BOOK’S CONTENT IS PRONE […]

Here is the thing: when you have two unavoidable topics, it is better not to avoid them. Avoidance leads to more questions. If you come up with a highly probable but incredibly dull response to the questions, more power to you. Nothing kills reader interest in a topic faster than dull responses. And why do […]

MediaBistro continues to make our days easier by going out and doing the interviews we would do if we had the time and energy. We don’t, so we pretend to be reporting by linking to their stories. In a way, it’s a win-win situation for us. Except for the part where we pay for the […]

We must say that our readers are busy little bodies. While we took advantage of the electric blanket and the lack of coffee (we were on strike until caffeine was freely available), they were off gathering news and forwarding, forwarding, forwarding. This is how it should be. In what we believe is the second major […]

LA Observed, in what is surely its second scoop in as many weeks, reports that the evil Calendar Live experiment ends tomorrow at 5 a.m. While normally we’d spend a few moments dwelling on the precision of the timing, we simply don’t have a spare moment to spare. What does this mean for you? Well, […]

We know, we know. We said we were bored with the death of the book stories. No more, we swore. That’s so 2004. But that was before the Europeans started thinking about this book digitization thing that captivated us a few months ago. Turns out they’ve been studying the fine print while the rest of […]

As we now know, while the world was off stereotyping librarians, they were fomenting revolution. Which is exactly the same thing you’d do if you were faced with the prospect of another patron looking for a book “by that British guy. The famous one.” All of this means that if you really want to be […]