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As I continue in the catch-up mode, here’s a few odds and ends: First, in light of my bemoaning age yesterday, I suppose I would be remiss if I did not note that today is Bruce Springsteen’s 56th birthday. You may have already seen my rant on “podcasts.” That aside, let me highly recommend an […] Too little sitting time to adequately keep up on things. Here’s a few items that caught my attention in recent efforts to get up to date: The third annual South Dakota Festival of Books is scheduled for Deadwood Sept. 23-25, returning to the Black Hills after being in Sioux Falls last year. Here’s a of […] Project Gutenberg now offers free audiobooks. (Via SFSignal). Interestingly, I saw a table at my local Barnes & Noble displaying the nominees for The Quill Awards. I say interesting because the only place you can vote for these awards other than online is at (say it quietly now) Borders Books. For whatever reason, I have […] Bookfinder.com has a series of annual reports showing their “most sought after out of print titles in America”, broken down into 10 different categories. (Via The Millions). Spoilsports: An Oregon family is driving around with a sign in the rear window of their SUV that reveals the ending of the new Harry Potter book. (Via […] The NYT examines (registration required…or BugMeNot) the forthcoming Dylan documentary by Martin Scorsese (to be aired on PBS a week after its release on DVD) and the just-released related soundtrack. The Guardian explores the forthcoming Bruce Springsteen symposium at Monmouth University. The WaPo takes a look at the various aspects of Amazon’s “Search Inside This […] |
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