Archive for the 'News' Category (Chronologically Listed)
Kennedy chimes in June 30th, 2008
Amos Kennedy stopped by the site letting us know that he did move… as far as Gordo, AL. Also, he said that the DVD documentary Proceed and Be Bold is finished and will be available this September.
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Library Book Sale April 16th, 2008
The Alabaster Library is having their annual book sale, April 26th and 27th. Paperbacks are 50 cents and hardbacks are $1. They said 50% of the stock is pulled from the shelves and 50% is donated, all sorted by category.
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Ghost (Writer) in the machine April 14th, 2008
Philip Parker is the most prolific author in history, according to Amazon. The NY Times ran this article about Philip Parker and his amazing technicolor technical writing machines. Apparently, Parker unleashes his computers on the Internet, which look in every nook and cranny to glean all stats, numbers, data, etc. Then Parker peppers in a […]
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Amazon, again April 10th, 2008
Wow, if there is any truth to this tid-bit Amazon is getting good at throwing their weight around. On the heels, of the P.O.D. smack-down, publishers in the U.K. now fear an Amazonian backlash over pricing structures.
Basically, the gist is Amazon prices all they offer at a big discount. Some publishers, in order to lure […]
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Librarian fired for collaring perv April 1st, 2008
This story is like an onion. I have no idea what kind of code, guidelines, rules, laws, etc. that librarians follow, but this story has to fall in every grey area out there. Are there librarians that say the patron who was arrested here, should not have been reported?
I’m all for privacy and protected speech, […]
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Lightning strikes Amazon April 1st, 2008
Let’s hear it for compeititon! Amazon has been forced to spell out exactly what their new POD policies allow and ban. In response to a letter from competitor Lightning Source’s John Ingram, Amazon has conceded that there are still ways to sell your POD books on site without using their Booksurge program…
Amazon further notes that […]
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Amazon.com: the big bully March 28th, 2008
Amazon.com has announced that they will no longer allow Print On Demand books to be sold on their site… unless they are printed by Amazon’s own POD service BookSurge. It’s no secret that the big A has been struggling to gain a foothold in the booming POD world. But they haven’t been able to. Many […]
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The Hobbit is a Cash Cow March 19th, 2008
This week a 1937 first edition inscribed copy of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit sold at a European auction for £60,000 (or $119,122.61, for those folks who want to gripe about the weakness of the US dollar). All told the BBC says this is double the expected sale.
This is why I go to yard sales… the […]
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Helvetica: The Movie March 12th, 2008
Today, I saw where PBS’s Independent Lens series has picked up Helvetica. This information is so far in advance that it’s more like torture than news. They won’t know the date of its showing until July.
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Amos Kennedy Film + News March 11th, 2008
There is a full trailer on YouTube for the upcoming documentary on southern letterpress artist Amos Kennedy. The film, Proceed and Be Bold, will debut at Columbia College in Chicago on May 9, 2008. Here is the older teaser.
He is supposed to be at the Alabama Book Festival on April 19th, down in Montgomery. And […]
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