Today’s links of interest:
- Powell’s Books – Sell Us Your Books
Powell’s makes selling used books even easier. Not sure that this is a good thing. - ICM Agent Doesn’t Understand Value of Hotmail
Interesting only because it reminds us of the Bob Dylan warning: to live outside the law, you must be honest. Or, maybe it’s: to live outside the law, you should get a Gmail account. - Starring roles for minor book characters
Ah, maybe it is that every character in a novel deserves his or her own story. We stand corrected. - Huckleberry Who?
More thoughts on the value of reading. - The Silencer: A plan to stop cell phone use in (research) libraries
Scott McLemee has a plan: "Admittedly, a rational person could object to my plan. ?Wouldn?t shooting cell-phone users in research libraries be counterproductive?? you might well ask. ?Wouldn?t that actually make the library more noisy??" - ‘Hallows’ goes green; 608 pages in the U.K.?
To be printed on 100% ancient forest friendly paper. To us, this is excellent news. - Orange Longlist Announced
Chock full of interesting choices. But it all makes us wonder if maybe, since the name of the prize has been changed, someone should have some fun and call it the "Orange Broadlist"? Yeah, well, you come up with something clever before your first cup of coffee!