Things to Think About: Publishing Links

The Department of Justice says nay to Google’s proposed Book Search deal.

Joni Evans discusses the essential tools of publishing over the decades in The New York Times‘ “When Publishing had Scents and Sounds.”

The publishing business might get a boost due to a recent Blockbuster Week. (via Powell’s Book Blog)

Oxford University Press releases the world’s largest thesaurus, twice the size of Roget’s.

Stuffed saber tooth tigers, fake neanderthals, and…books? A new exhibit at The Hispanic Society displays works of literature through dioramas based on their symbolism.

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Maddie Oatman has interviewed musicians and writers for The Rumpus. She's the research editor at Mother Jones, where she also writes. A Boulder transplant, she can often be found on her bike, skis, or cooking with vegetables, and she wrote her English thesis on a gay red-winged monster and Billy the Kid. Follow her on Twitter or read occasional musings on her blog Oats.

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