A bookshop in the old days seemed a kind of antechamber to Fairyland. Not so today, when books are done up like gaudy confectionery and treated like merchandiseTo stand in a certain kind of modern bookshop is to feel like Walpoles learned blockhead, whose only merit was that he had read more foolish books than other folks; or to emulate Lambs friend who left off reading altogether, to the great improvement of his originality.Yet it is not really very long since a shop devoted to the selling of books still retained an air of dignity, and still conveyed the impression of containing books, real books that one wanted to buy and keep. A bookshop in those days seemed a kind of antechamber to Fairyland. No one could conceivably feel like that about the average bookshop of to-day. It is crowded with books, of course - far more crowded than any bookshop ever used to be. But the impression it conveys is not of books but of merchandise, even of confectionery, done up like sweetmeats in pretty coloured paper. It is an emporium, a store, a bazaar, anything you like to call it. But it is no longer the bookshop of our fancy; and the dreamer who still thinks to step from its threshold on to enchanted ground is qualifying for a rude awakening. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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Lobotomies, dolls, and cannibals, oh my! Scary book recommendations from your wimpy friends at Lit Hub. | Lit Hub Halloween Darryl Pinckney on working for the New York Review of Books as a young black writer: “Bob and Barbara are dinosaurs and we’re these mammals running around afraid of... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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The best YA book deals of the day, sponsored by Penguin Random House Audio: browse today where you can discover books that play!`Penguin Random House... Continue reading at Book Riot
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The art of pornography: Steven Heller recalls being arrested, as a minor, for his art direction on the underground sex paper Screw. | Lit Hub Memoir “Every woman who enjoys horror films has at some point felt the need to explain herself.” Elizabeth Horkley revisits Kier-La Janisse’s House of... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Unit sales of print books fell 10.5% in the week ended Oct. 15, 2022, from the comparable week in 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Today’s edition of kids' book deals is sponsored by Sponsored by Dynamite Entertainment`Dynamite... Continue reading at Book Riot
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The 28th issue of Kayak—a literary magazine edited and published by George Hitchcock out of Santa Cruz, California—appeared in 1972. The issue includes mostly poetry, as well as a few book reviews, a work of verse fiction, collages, illustrations lifted from old books and manuals, and an acerbic... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Unsurprisingly, George Saunders is kind of a chaotic reader. | Lit Hub Ross Gay sings the praises of adult braces, feeling needed, and kissing a very small dog one million times. | Lit Hub Memoir “It is this uneasiness that helped me nurture such a wild and fucked-up imagination—an imagination... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Almost a decade to the day since it released the last Silent Hill game (as long as you don't include P.T.), Konami is finally ready to reveal what's next for the franchise. The company will divulge the "latest updates" for the series during a stream that starts at 5PM ET on October 19th.The... Continue reading at Engadget
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This week's book censorship news, plus a look at US public libraries declaring themselves upholders of the First Amendment Rights of all. Continue reading at Book Riot
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The books we love coming out this week include new titles by Emily Tamkin, Katherine Corcoran, and Alisha Rai. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Flatiron signs a novel by Whiting Award winner Caitlin Greenidge, Legacy Lit nabs a memoir by podcaster Jonathan Conyers, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Unit sales of print books fell 8% in the week ended Oct. 8, 2022, from the comparable week in 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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A trio of October book club selections make their debuts on our hardcover fiction list. Plus Adam Silvera goes back tot he beginning with 'The First to Die at the End,' and Instagrammer Yung Pueblo sees the 'Lighter' side. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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A devotional focused on spiritual care for caregivers lands at Our Daily Bread, John Bevere moves to W, a psychotherapist brings a book on anger to Broadleaf, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Amazon is kicking off this year's holiday shopping season with its Prime Early Access Sale. This Prime Day "part two" of sorts is the second members-only sale event of the year that Amazon has had in 2022, and Prime subscribers will find thousands of items on sale at record-low prices. This is... Continue reading at Engadget
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Reese Witherspoon and 'Good Housekeeping' pick Celeste Ng's latest, Jenna Bush Hager spotlights Joanna Quinn's debut, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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A federal judge is now ready to hear arguments for summary judgment in a closely watched copyright case filed by four major publishers against the Internet Archives over its program to scan and lend library books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Her win also marks the ascendancy of the memoir as the leading genre of our time. Continue reading at New Yorker
[ New Yorker | 2022-10-09 17:07:05 UTC ]
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The best YA book deals this week, sponsored by MITeen Press. `MITeen Press`https://www.amazon.com/Tasting-Light-Science-Fiction-Perceptions/dp/153621938X`https://bookriot.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/TastingLight_300x500-180x300.png` Continue reading at Book Riot
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“A woman is a useful symbol for the splay of land on which such a free man saunters.” Rachel Richardson on Thoreau, running, and the pleasures of not quite knowing where you’re going. | Lit Hub Memoir In praise of multiple narrators: Rubén Degollado recommends Dawnie Walton, Tommy Orange, Juan... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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