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What Is A Book?

02.23.2012 Books and Literature

A lot of people are arguing about books. What are they? Is there some ultimate battle over the idea of bookness? Is it the physical thing, the printed, bound object, or is it a thing that can live on a device? I love paper, printed, bound books. I love them deeply. But I also don’t [...]

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Magazines, Kindles and iPads — Reading vs. Looking

08.23.2011 Future

I recently participated in an interesting podcast with Iain Broome, Brett Kelly, and the hosts, Myke Hurley and Terry Lucy. You can find it here: episode 69 of The Bro Show. During the discussion we turned to the state of magazine publishing in the digital age. While both talking and listening to the others I had [...]

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Librarians And The Filter Bubble

06.16.2011 Books and Literature

More from Penny on librarians: You may be living in a bubble and not even know it. I’ve recently read Eli Pariser’s new book, The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding From You. It has many clear connections with the role of libraries (and perhaps their fate). “If you’re not paying for something [on [...]

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Library Myth #1: Librarians Are Just Clerks

06.15.2011 Books and Literature

Penny on library myths: “When I was a kid, they used to predict that by the year 2000, you’d be able to go to the moon. Nobody ever thought to predict that you’d be able to, but nobody would bother.” — Roger Ebert in his review of the film Apollo 13. Indifference seems to be [...]

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Why Lending Books And Used Book Sales Are Important To Authors & The Publishing Industry

04.12.2011 Books and Literature

Penny and I have remarkably similar tastes in books. That’s rare. Over the years we’ve each introduced books and authors to each other. It was very simple. She’d bring me a book she loved and lend it to me. I’d have a similar stack for her.  We exchange books nearly every time we meet. Patrick [...]

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