The riverbank booksellers of Paris refuse to move for the 2024 Summer Olympics ( english.elpais.com )
The Coming Enshittification of Public Libraries ( open.substack.com )
Global investment vampires have positioned themselves to suck our libraries dry
"In light of the announcement that The Drew Barrymore Show will resume production, the National Book Foundation has rescinded Ms Barrymore's invitation to host the 74th National Book Awards Ceremony." ( www.bbc.com )
First attempt at a Little Free Library, going live 9/9! ( lemmy.one )
Project Gutenberg, Microsoft, and MIT have worked together to create thousands of free and open audiobooks using new neural text-to-speech technology ( www.zdnet.com )
Would you recommend I listen to any of the books?...
12 reasons to stop using Goodreads - selected by Goodreads staff ( help.goodreads.com )
It could be kind of lame to poke fun at a site that I don’t use (anymore), but I find this funny enough to share: Goodreads has started changing and updating their site last year, but apparently they’ve broken a ton of things in the process, and now they’ve published an announcement with the list of 12 bugs they’re...
Metro 2033 author Dmitry Glukhovsky sentenced (in absence) to 8 years in prison for criticizing Russia's invasion of Ukraine ( www.pcgamer.com )
Fortunately for Glukhovsky, he is not actually in Russia, and was sentenced in absentia. His current whereabouts are unknown.
Getting a "Little Free Library" for my birthday: ( littlefreelibrary.org )
I’m being gifted a “Little Free Library” for my birthday and I’m super excited to get started....
US publisher of pro-fascist books revealed as military veteran ( www.theguardian.com )
University presses taking a stand against book bans and attempts to censor libraries -- up 813% in the past two years. ( www.cambridgeday.com )
1984 by George Orwell ( sh.itjust.works )
I don’t really know how to write this one as I am not really one of those who report on books....
Prison Banned Books Week: October 25-31 2023 ( pen.org )
‘I can’t stress how much BookTok sells’: teen literary influencers swaying publishers ( www.theguardian.com )
Archived version: archive.ph/Uz7ql...
How do you find "Malazan Book of the Fallen"? (now on sale, but probably available in a library near you) ( www.humblebundle.com )
Bullshit Jobs - Wikipedia ( en.m.wikipedia.org )
read it? is it worth a read?...
2023 Hugo Awards ( www.thehugoawards.org )
Reading print improves comprehension far more than looking at digital text, say researchers ( www.theguardian.com )
Down and out in Paris and London ( sh.itjust.works )
The adventure starts at the fringes of society....
Do you like reading books like this? Too politicial? ( lemmus.org )
Novelist Salman Rushdie's memoir on 2022 stabbing to be published next year ( www.reuters.com )
Viberary - Vibe based book search engine ( viberary.pizza )
It gives you book recommendations based on ✨vibes. ✨ You enter a search query like “funny scifi” and it returns a list of (hopefully!) good recommendations.
Tress of the Emerald Sea - Brandon Sanderson ( www.goodreads.com )
Though some of you might already be familiar with the Cosmere, to those who aren't I think this would be a fantastic introduction, if you like fantasy....
Rebecca F Kuang: Goodreads is right to divide opinions, wrong to boil them down ( www.theguardian.com )
Emotions run high on Goodreads. In fact, I tell every author navigating their first book launch to stay off it. They’re not going to listen to me, because who doesn’t want to know whether their manuscript – this precious thing they’ve toiled on in solitude for years – has found its readers? And because I’ve been...
Please provide me the best materials to understand Macbeth. ( sh.itjust.works )
Was recently watching this www.arte.tv/en/videos/…/giuseppe-verdi-macbeth/...