August 2016

How American Girl puberty books shaped a generation of tweens.

Still, the American Girl puberty books have managed to stay relevant for two decades, so I’m hopeful that they will continue to change with the times. And it’s promising to see that the series is taking baby steps toward loosening up its famously conservative brand. After all, for this tween growing up in the late ’90s, these books were a guide through a wilderness of raging hormones and new social pressures. I can only imagine how life-changing they’d have been if they’d taught me how to match my bra strap to my shirt.

From How American Girl puberty books shaped a generation of tweens.

August 9, 2016 by Books

Marcus Books is coming back to San Francisco

We are pleased to announce an event on Aug. 16, 2016, to celebrate the union of Marcus Books and the African American Arts and Culture Complex (AAACC) in the Fillmore District of San Francisco. Over the past few months, Marcus Books and the African American Arts and Culture Complex have been collaborating on the details of their new partnership which will manifest as a bookstore within the first floor lobby of the complex.

From San Francisco Bay View » Marcus Books is coming back to San Francisco

August 9, 2016 by Books

Harry Potter’s 20th birthday to be marked with British Library show

Ideally positioned in King’s Cross, just a stone’s throw from the mythical beginning of the journey to Hogwarts on Platform 9 3/4, the British Library has announced it will be marking the 20th anniversary of the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone next year with a new exhibition about JK Rowling’s wizarding world.

From Harry Potter’s 20th birthday to be marked with British Library show | Books | The Guardian

August 9, 2016 by Harry Potter Librarians Libraries

The End of Books – NY Times Books Section – 1992

Hypertext is truly a new and unique environment. Artists who work there must be read there. And they will probably be judged there as well: criticism, like fiction, is moving off the page and on line, and it is itself susceptible to continuous changes of mind and text. Fluidity, contingency, indeterminacy, plurality, discontinuity are the hypertext buzzwords of the day, and they seem to be fast becoming principles, in the same way that relativity not so long ago displaced the falling apple.

From The End of Books

August 5, 2016 by Books

How Quiet Should a Library Be?

The library where I work just received an irate letter from a patron who complained that we weren’t quiet enough, citing crying babies, ill-behaved children and library staff talking too loudly with patrons and with each other. Because I’ve always thought of my workplace as happily bustling rather than noisy, I logged onto Facebook, where I shared my story, then asked my fellow librarians, “Do you work in a quiet library? How quiet should a public library be?”

From How Quiet Should a Library Be? | ZestNow

August 5, 2016 by EBooks Librarians Libraries

Publishers’ Dilemma: Judge A Book By Its Data Or Trust The Editor’s Gut?

“Data is better than your gut — yes, I have said that,” says Dominique Raccah, publisher and CEO of Sourcebooks, a company that’s been described as “data driven” — a description she does not dispute. She says sales data has been available for a while but now she has access to a different kind of information.

From Publishers’ Dilemma: Judge A Book By Its Data Or Trust The Editor’s Gut? : All Tech Considered : NPR

August 4, 2016 by Books EBooks Publishing

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