Today’s links of interest:
- Dedication’s what you need
"But, when love turns sour, loving dedications can have a horrible, inexpungable irony. Novels have an unfortunate habit of surviving marriages." - Is James Joyce’s Grandson Suppressing Scholarship
This week, the world is totally mad at the Joyce family. - Japan copies Beatrix Potter home
Further proof, if any was required, that humans really need more to do with themselves. - Too Much Lip
Far be it for us to suggest that there’s someone out there crankier than us, but whoo hoo! - Who is going to save our libraries?
Everyone agrees there’s a problem. Nobody seems to want to do anything about it. - Used books’ new chapter, in castle?
Ah, The Strand. Everyone wants to be like it. Nobody has achieved the goal. But a store in Toronto is trying. - The brave new book
A rather "hmm" look at ebooks of the future. Not exactly sure what’s being said here, but it’s not for us to interpret. We just report.
And imagine how difficult it is in a divorce case to claim that a spouse never supported his/her spouse’s writing career when the author spouse dedicated every single book to the other. I’ve seen several idiots try, but it’s not a particularly successful tactic. That kind of stuff can be a divorce lawyer’s best friend (and first exhibit).
Not to suggest that someone might be cynical, but someone might be cynical. Whatever happened to true love forever?
Oh yeah.
Uh-huh. Come sit in my office for an afternoon…