All posts by trav

At the heart of it all, I’m a fan. A fan of books and bookstores. A fan of fiction and non-fiction. A fan of authors and publishers. And most of all I’m a fan of great conversations sparked by books. All that to say - I really need more bookshelves.

Hmmmmmm…

Here’s a guy looking for answers by compiling all kinds of metircal data of books. Kind of weird, maybe or not? Either way, the resulting statistics will be fun to check out. You can participate too. We may just have to do that.
This was found via Books, Inq.

Killer Idea

Some thriller/mystery writers formed an alliance, calling themselves “Killer Year: The Class of 2007”.

Apparently, this handful of debut authors will promote the books together. Sort of a “must read list” for mystery buffs next year. The site isn’t at 100% yet, but their blog has been up and running for a few months. (via Crime Fiction Dossier)