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03.07.09.
Borders kick-starts UK's reluctant e-book revolution
Electronic books
have been predicted to change the way we read forever, and hasten
the death of the printing press. But the revolution is taking a
long time in coming. Until recently in the United Kingdom, people
wanting to buy an electronic book-reading device had little choice
of machines. This week, the bookseller Borders launches its own
e-book reader, which promises to ignite competition at last ...
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Salinger
wins Catcher in the Rye copyright case
A federal judge
in New York has indefinitely banned publication in the U.S. of a
novel based on J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye because of
its substantial similarities to the 1951 classic ... more
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Authors lobby
government for statutory school libraries
A high-profile
group of children's authors, publishers, teachers and librarians
is calling on the government to make school libraries statutory.
Signatories to a petition to Number 10 include Philip Pullman, Horrid
Henry creator Francesca Simon and former children's laureate Michael
Rosen, as well as the general secretary of the National Union of
Teachers Christine Blower, Dave Prentis, general secretary of Unison,
top children's publishers and the directors of a raft of youth library
associations ... more
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02.07.09.
Declaration of Independence found gathering dust in UK
An original first
print of the United States Declaration of Independence has been
discovered gathering dust in Britain after nearly 250 years. The
poster size proclamation, which is in perfect condition and is said
to be worth £5million, is one of only 26 surviving initial copies
of the document that changed the course of history ... more
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All the world's
books to go online
The Open Library,
a new information-sharing project, aims to create a single web page
for every book that has ever been written ... more
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How Richard
and Judy changed what we read
Richard and Judy
are quitting the daytime TV sofa after 21 years. But their exit
is not just television's loss - the book world will also mourn the
departure of a couple who changed Britons' reading habits ... more
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1889 Baseball
poster sells for $115,000
Have you ever
been at a garage sale, noticed an old, rolled up item, and decided
not to unroll and look at it? After reading this article, you'll
probably unroll the next one ... more
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Biggles flys
on
Jeremy Briggs
reviews both the very first and the very latest Biggles graphic
novels to be published in the UK. Cruise
of the Condor was a hot read when I was a kid in 1955, and Spitfire
Parade is hot off the press. Add a comment
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