The history of Project Gutenberg is connected to both the beginnings of the printing press as well as that of ebooks. Continue reading at 'Book Riot'
[ Book Riot | 2023-03-15 10:35:00 UTC ]
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The history of Project Gutenberg is connected to both the beginnings of the printing press as well as that of ebooks. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-03-15 10:35:00 UTC ]
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The Bookseller Oral History Project, a program intended to document and preserve the history of bookselling in the U.S., has found a permanent home at the University of Iowa Libraries. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-05 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Project Gutenberg's AI audiobook project is yet another instance of AI encroaching on the book industry. But how do the audiobooks sound? Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-11-22 11:36:00 UTC ]
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The latest book by Benjamin Zephaniah follows a Trinidadian woman who boarded the Windrush to pursue her singing dream. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-22 07:13:29 UTC ]
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Profile has acquired the Cundill History Prize-winning Blood on the River: A Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast, a "gripping and immersive" work of history uncovering a little-known slave revolt, by Marjoleine Kars. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-13 00:06:45 UTC ]
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The History Press has snapped up a new book on how the CIA has shaped history, by David Charlwood. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-21 23:38:12 UTC ]
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The Panorama Project, the OverDrive-funded cross-industry initiative devoted to “data-informed insights on public libraries’ role in the publishing ecosystem” has announced the appointment of Daniel Albohn as the new Project Lead, replacing Guy LeCharles Gonzalez, who has taken a full-time... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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THIS IS THE 37th in a series of dialogues with artists, writers, and critical thinkers on the question of violence. This conversation is with Ariella Aïsha Azoulay, a theorist of photography and visual culture. She is a professor of Modern Culture and Media and the Department of Comparative... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books
[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-03-02 13:30:59 UTC ]
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Next time you or the kids are looking for an informative nonfiction or historical fiction read, pick up one of these comics about history and culture. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-12-10 11:42:18 UTC ]
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As library e-book issues gain urgency, the OverDrive funded effort to measure the impact of libraries on authors and publishers taps industry vet Guy LeCharles Gonzalez to take the project to the next level. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The late physicist’s editor, Peter Guzzardi, recalls his first meetings with Hawking and how his book became a bestsellerStephen Hawking dies aged 76I first encountered Stephen Hawking on the cover of the New York Times magazine. Inside, its pages told a story we all know today, but at the time... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"We know from history that a way you control a nation is by controlling what its citizens read" — Jodi Picoult Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-11-01 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholar Judith Weisenfeld explains how U.S. psychiatrists pathologized Black religious belief after the abolition of slavery in ‘New World A-Coming: Black Religion and Racial Identity During the Great Migration.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Thomas Tweed’s sweeping ‘Religion in the Lands That Became America: From the Ice Age to the Information Age’ explores 10,000 years of faith in North America. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholar Judith Weisenfeld explains how U.S. psychiatrists pathologized Black religious belief after the abolition of slavery in ‘New World A-Coming: Black Religion and Racial Identity During the Great Migration.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Last week, the Video Game History Foundation (VGHF) released a statement expressing its regret that the US Copyright Office’s refused to grant an exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to help preserve rare video games. However, the VGHF continued by saying it won’t back down... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2024-10-28 13:58:18 UTC ]
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Maia Kobabe calls this graphic nonfiction book a "beautiful and compassionate primer" to trans histories. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-10-10 18:35:00 UTC ]
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Eric Adams stood alone in City Hall on Tuesday and tried to project confidence in his imperiled mayoralty as he answered in-depth questions for the first time since his federal corruption indictment.Adams was not seated at a table surrounded by his usual phalanx of deputy mayors, and instead... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2024-10-01 19:47:39 UTC ]
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New releases in fiction, nonfiction and comics that caught our attention. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/history-of-overhyped-tech-charles-burns-final-cut-richard-powers-playground-163018545.html?src=rss Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2024-09-28 16:30:18 UTC ]
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