The Daily Square – Saturday In The Park Edition

Today’s links of interest:

• Grumpy Old Bookman: The wisdom of Tim O’Reilly
  Another look at our hero, Tim O’Reilly.
• Grumpy Old Bookman: Ghostwriting for beginners
  GOB imagines coming back as … a ghostwriter. Go forth and read yourself.
• Off The Keyboard: It’s Been A Year!!!
  Jill celebrates her first anniversary. We note that she still hasn’t taken up jogging…but she’s learned to embed video and that’s a bigger accomplishment (who wants to jog, anyway?).
• Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s <i>The Caged Virgin</i> & <br />Irshad Manji’s <i>The Trouble With Islam Today</i>
  Laila offers another view of Islam and women — a pointed point about Christopher Hitchens’ recent review.
• The Non-Threatening Future of The Book
  Max sees the future and it is just fine.
• Fishing With Linkbait
  Max swims with the sharks.
• Q&A with Jordan Stump
  With so much great stuff going back and forth at the LBC this week about Television, we can’t pick just one post to finish the week. Oh wait…how about something completely different — an interview with Jordan Stump, the novel’s translator.
• A Fifth To Start the Day
  Miss Snark decides a gallon is too much, settles for something small and refreshing.
• Melcher Media Receives Patent for Waterproof Books
  Was it just yesterday that we lamented the lack of waterproof books? Truly, we ask, we receive.
• YA Book Banned in Minneapolis
  While we buy into the "age appropriate" argument somewhat, we would note that there’s a significant difference between 5th grade and 8th grade.
• Houghton Takes on Fast Food Industry
  Wow, a war between a publisher and the fast food industry. It’s sort of David versus Goliath, except, well, we’re talking slinging burgers.
• Philip Roth hates women*
  Or not. Probably he just doesn’t get women. Most men don’t.
• Supposing … There’s only one thing worth debating online
  Ah, well, good thing we’re always right.