Archive | December, 2009

David Levine, illustrator for New York Review of Books

LA Times – “David Levine, an artist and caricaturist whose work illustrated the New York Review of Books for more than 40 years, died today. He was 83.”

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E-books spark battle inside the publishing industry

WP – “The evolution of publishing from print to digital has caused a schism in the reading world. There are now two constituencies: readers (and writers) on the one hand, and the publishing world on the other. And they don’t want to hear each other.”

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Rogue Fiction

from Mudflats, where the Sarah Palin book is shelved in one bookstore. *snicker*

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Libraries on the book case for overdue fines

Boston Herald – “The value of the materials is fairly high. We need to replace them,” said Martha Holden, director of the Peabody Institute Library, which has sent the law after a trio of overdue culprits. The Peabody library filed criminal complaints against 19-year-old Alyssa Toste and 23-year-old Jeramie Crane on Dec. 15. Despite repeated notices, both Toste and Crane failed to return more than $500 worth of overdue books, DVDs, music CDs, books on tape and other items, Holden said.”

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VIC CHESNUTT [1964-2009]

Michael Stipe – “We have lost one of our great ones.”

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