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Why Men Don't Read: How Publishing Is Alienating Half the Population

Here's a good article poking holes in the fallacy that only women read.  It's actually a bit of a chicken and the egg thing – do only women read because publishers only produce books targeted at women because those are the ones that have been the most successful in the past?    This is probably true […]

Posted 29 April 2010 § Library § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

The Crowdsourced Library?

I recently gave kudos to the book “Crowdsourcing” which I'd just finished reading.  You know a book's a good one when you're still thinking about it a few days later and you know it's a great one when you keep thinking of ways its lessons might apply in your everyday life beyond that.  Very briefly, […]

Posted 28 April 2010 § Library § Main Page § PopCulture § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

50 Best Book People to Follow on Twitter

Can you write a novel in 140 characters?  I bet these folks could!

Posted 14 April 2010 § Internet § List § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

The Future of Publishing

Make sure you watch to the end…

Posted 19 March 2010 § Internet § Main Page § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

FTRW 2010 – Hitler and the Public Domain

German copyright law grants an author copyright for 70 years after their death.  Hitler died in 1945 so that means “Mein Kampf” will enter the public domain in that country in 2015.  Or will it?    There is a well-known German law banning the dissemination of Nazi ideologies which was put in place after the […]

Posted 24 February 2010 § Censorship § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

What Is The Most Physically Beautiful Book You Own?

Not sure what my personal answer would be – maybe the print version of the Encylopedia of Saskatchewan?   It's a massive book that's beautifully designed with tons of photos, charts and highly readable entries.  Great for browsing.  (via Reddit)

Posted 11 February 2010 § Main Page § PopCulture § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

FTRW 2010 – Nothing Warms The Heart Like The Call For A Good Book Burning

So many choice quotes in this article – unfortunately, you can't make this stuff up: “The row even spread to this year's Fourth of July parade, which included a float featuring a washing machine and a sign that read “keep our library clean.”“Outside West Bend, the fight caught the attention of Robert Braun, who, with […]

Posted 05 February 2010 § Censorship § Library § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

FTRW 2010 – Expanded Version of "The Diary of Anne Frank" Pulled From Classrooms in Virginia School

I think it's fair to say that the majority of the battles around Freedom of Expression are taking place in schools these days.  “The Diary of Anne Frank” is one of my favourite books of all-time and a book I probably first read when I was 12 or 13.  So in a world where all […]

Posted 04 February 2010 § Censorship § Library § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

20 Best Books of the Decade

Yay – finally a best books list where I've actually read most of them!

Posted 22 January 2010 § List § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

The Seven Main Plots in All of Literature

An oldie but a goodie from libraryland's own Jessamyn West, here's a list of the seven core plots in literature I found via a recent Reddit post.  I remember learning a version of this list in grade nine English that only had four items (which I've put in bold below) but always trying to prove […]

Posted 21 January 2010 § List § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: