Oct
15
Books are burning. And other news.
October 15, 2009 |
Here’s a quick run down of the book related news that I fancy this week:
Solar-powered E-book Readers: “In the quickly evolving world of e-book readers, perhaps it’s a good idea to wait a few months before plunking down your credit card on something that could become an antique in less than a year. We’ve already reported on Barnes & Noble’s planned full-color e-reader, but now South Korea-based LG has unveiled a thin-film solar panel specially designed for e-book readers…” (more)
National Book Award Finalists Are Announced
The winners will be announced November 18th.
Move over ebooks, here comes the Espresso Book Machine: “…would you believe it’s a machine that can print up a fresh new paperback copy from a menu of 3.6 million books?” (more)
An interview with Dave Eggers about WILD THINGS, on NPR. Click here to listen.
The big GOOGLE THING, here.
And for your Halloween pleasure, a scary tidbit:
Church to Celebrate Halloween with Book Burning
Yep, this still happens: Amazing Grace Baptist Church will be foregoing the traditional trick-or-treating and costumes this Halloween. In their stead, the Canton, North Carolina church will host a ritual scarier than a kid dressed as Freddy Krueger—a Halloween book and music burning. (more)
…Oh, and they will be serving bar-b-que chicken while they burn everything.