Dancing in the margins of books at Pinterest
Readers of this site know that I’m a huge fan of marginalia. In fact, I’ve devoted a whole section of the site to it, and I’ve written several articles about the importance of marginalia in my reading...
View ArticleScott Turow and The Zombiefied American Author
“Loose Leaves” | flickr creative commons Last week, Scott Turow wrote of “The Slow Death of the American Author” in The New York Times. He makes one interesting point, stating that “the six major...
View ArticleScott Turow and his Sinking Ship
What is the author’s role in the age of digital disruption? Will authors who treat books as start-ups be the agents of disruption, or will they be subjected to the whims of this disruption? Authors...
View ArticleThe Blogification of the Essay
The essay is an old, sometimes misunderstood, literary form. Here’s a response to Christy Wampole’s “The Essayification of Everything.” “Faith,” by Bruce Denis | flickr Recently, I read Christy...
View ArticleIFTTT for Book Lovers: How to Get the Most Out of Reading Online
There isn’t an easy way for book lovers to control and automate their reading habits, digital marginalia, or the books they’ve read on an e-reader. IFTTT is one solution to this problem. Unless you do...
View ArticleDeath by 1,000 Clicks: How the News Industry Lost its Way in the Digital Age
As onlookers watch the slow death of the newspaper, a new book by author George Brock looks at a hopeful future for news and journalism in digital and social media. Discussed in this article: Out of...
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