We all know that it's against the law to sell copyrighted material, but is it also illegal to tell people about software that can strip DRM off ebooks without the intention to distribute? New York Judge Denise Cote has recently ruled that it's not. .. Continue reading at 'Engadget'
[ Engadget | 2014-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
“Stan Lee’s story is where objective truth goes to die,” writes biographer Abraham Riesman. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-02-18 13:35:36 UTC ]
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“Blindfold” is the American journalist Theo Padnos’s memoir of his nearly two years in captivity and a meditation on resilience. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-02-16 10:00:06 UTC ]
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Didion’s writing has often revealed what was previously hidden, parsed what was unconscious. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-02-09 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Book People are not the enemy of books, and gatekeeping book and reading culture does no one any favors. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-02-05 11:37:00 UTC ]
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A Texas high school parent is attempting to remove STAMPED: RACISM, ANTIRACISM, AND YOU from the school's reading list. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-02-03 14:58:45 UTC ]
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A collection of Didion's work showcases her evolution as a young writer and exhibits her preoccupation with understanding the world through writing. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2021-02-01 23:55:55 UTC ]
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A collection of Didion's work showcases her evolution as a young writer and exhibits her preoccupation with understanding the world through writing. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2021-02-01 23:55:55 UTC ]
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Get to know the work and services of libraries for the visually impaired and print disabled people around the world. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-01-29 11:32:00 UTC ]
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On this episode of Personal Space: The Memoir Show, Sari Botton interviews Pam Mandel, whose book, The Same River Twice: A Memoir of Dirtbag Backpackers, Bomb Shelters, and Bad Travel, is out from Skyhorse Publishing. The book charts Mandel’s travels abroad as a young woman trying to figure out... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-01-29 09:48:53 UTC ]
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In May 2019, Manchester-born writer and journalist Anita Sethi was on a TransPennine train from Liverpool to Newcastle when she became the victim of a race hate crime, a male passenger attacking her with words that, she wrote later, “hurt the very heart of me”. Sethi bravely reported the racial... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-21 15:24:54 UTC ]
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I originally called Columbus a cowtown. When I first emailed Anne Trubek, the founder and director of Belt Publishing, about the possibility of editing an anthology about Columbus, Ohio, I proposed they publish a Columbus anthology as part of their city anthology series because, “Columbus, Ohio... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-01-12 09:49:51 UTC ]
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We've got books for the Read Harder task asking you to read an own voices YA book with a Black main character that isn't about Black pain. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-01-07 11:30:00 UTC ]
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Eley Williams’s first novel follows characters living in London more than a century apart who toil to compile the same ill-fated dictionary. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-01-05 10:00:02 UTC ]
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Jones’s debut is an important contribution to American letters, Black queer studies and the present moment’s profound reckoning with the legacy of America’s racialized violence. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-01-04 06:53:57 UTC ]
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The App Store is reportedly looking a little different in China today. According to Reuters, Apple has removed roughly 39,000 games owned by developers and publishers that don’t have an ISBN (International Standard Book Number) from the Chinese gover... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2020-12-31 13:01:44 UTC ]
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Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile’s editors recommend the best in audiobook listening. We keep our daily episodes short and sweet, with audiobook clips to give you a sample of our featured listens. Actress and comedian Rachel Bloom narrates her own memoir, I Want to Be Where the Normal... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-12-29 09:46:38 UTC ]
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The accelerating shifts, often for the worse, in digital life, inequality, foreign policy and other realms. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-12-18 14:22:16 UTC ]
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With one Facebook post, Kitty O’Meara set off a wave of hope — and a creative windfall. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-12-10 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Lack of funding for libraries is as dangerous as any conquering army in this chronicle of information destroyed throughout the ages. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2020-12-08 21:32:42 UTC ]
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Karla Cornejo Villavicencio talks about her eye-opening book "The Undocumented Americans" and what it taught her about herself. She'll join the LAT Book Club on Dec. 15. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-12-08 15:00:23 UTC ]
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