Anne Frank Story Is Now A Graphic Novel
The Diary of Anne Frank has been a literary staple throughout middle schools across America, if not the world. This is mostly because it's one of the most heart-wrenching biographical stories ever known and it's from a young girl's perspective. Now the Anne Frank House Museum is hoping to bring Frank's tragic story beginning with her 13th birthday and ending with her death in a Nazi concentration...
Borders Offers Free eBooks To Increase Downloads of Apps
Well just look at who's lagging behind. In news that made me think, "Borders still exists?" the company is attempting to get more downloads for its free mobile and desktop applications by offering five free e-books, along with content that is apparently exclusive to the company. Since Friday, Borders has been offering boring titles like Dean Koontz's Frankenstein: The Prodigal Son and Michael Scott's The Alchemyst (sadly, not Steve Carell's character, but from the book's...
Terry Pratchett Prize Offers Publishing Deal, £20,000
Are you a writer that lives in the UK, Republic of Ireland, or any other country of the British Commonwealth? If so, science fiction/fantasy literary wizard Terry Pratchett is offering £20,000 along with a publishing deal with Random House, calling it the Terry Pratchett Prize. How can I receive this unimaginatively-titled prize from such an
Libraries Put Themselves in Consumers’ Paths with Mall Locations
Shoplifters rejoice! Libraries nationwide are trying to reintroduce communities to their local library by placing them in shopping malls. Now shoplifters can not only receive free items when they go to the mall, but they can receive them without having to stick them in their baggy JNCO jeans underneath their oversized New York Rangers jerseys! In Dallas' NorthPark Center, Bookmarks, a library for kids 12 and under, has been a huge hit by offering alternative access to families that might not make a trip to the public library. Due to the success, the strategy is beginning to be used by librarians...
New Study Suggests It Takes Longer to Read on iPad Than on Paper
If there's one true thing written in this post, it's this: new technology tends to make us dumber/lazier. And it usually gives us cancer of some kind. Trust me. I have a knack for medical things. I once watched an episode of E.R. in a doctor's waiting room. If that's not medical credibility, then I don't know what is. But even though our technology is attempting to give our brains a kick in the keister via the burgeoning
15 Year Old Publishes Book, Causes Me to Weep for Myself
Ehi Ike, a 15-year-old author that has gotten a book published before my five years of attempts to do so, is getting ready for a local book-signing tour this summer to promote Taken Away, her first published novel under Tate Publishing. The 15-year-old Ike finds no irony in saying that it has been her childhood dream to become a published author. After writing the manuscript in eighth grade, Ehi researched publishers online and submitted it to Tate Publishing on...
Truman Capote Balls ‘Til He Falls
I hope that everyone's 4th of July was as freedom-filled as mine. (I.E. vegan hot dogs, making tiny fireworks explode, growing over 200 feet tall and punching the Statue of Liberty in the face because I have the freedom to do so) But, the publishing industry is in its decline and I know why: Authors and poets of our era don't have proper
The AIGA Judges Books By Their Covers
Illiterate? I know I am. This post's text is generated through a new voice-activated text-creation program called Jerkifier™. It works by having the user say what they want typed into their computer's microphone and then the program does the rest. Jerkifier's™ distinction from other voice-activated text-creation software comes from its uncanny ability to turn whatever you say into text that makes you sound like an ass. Since the creation of Jerkifier™ I've lost $700,000, but have gained infinite wisdom in the art of seduction. See? The program works, you clod! And since your illiteracy has affected your ability to read
Presenting Your New U.S. Poet Laureate: W.S. Merwin
Kay Ryan's time as U.S. poet laureate is up. It's time for W.S. Merwin to start shakin' thangs up a bit (but probably not too much). According to the Los Angeles Times' book blog, Jacket Copy, the Library of Congress has recently announced that W.S. Merwin will be the 2010-2011 U.S. poet laureate. Merwin is in his 82nd year on this planet and has won two Pulitzer Prizes and has received the National Book Award. Born in New York, but raised in Philadelphia and...
Being Drunk Don’t Make Good Words Get Writed
Ah, drugs and alcohol. Man's best friend through all of the good times ("Got a 7¢ raise at work! Yippee! Celebration ahoy!") and all of those bad times ("Can't believe my damn wife ditched me for my truck."). For most of us, they're even there for you in between those times (Timmy's little league championship game). But apparently my 8th grade English teacher was wrong. Neither make you a better writer. According The Independent,
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