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Things to Think About: Publishing Links
Harlequin’s Self-Publishing Venture: Is It the Future of Publishing? The New York Times offers discounted netbook with e-subscription. (via PW) “Booksellers Profit from National Bookstore Day.” Thomas Christensen’s fantastic glossary…
Isaac’s dumb idea re: The Adderall Diaries
I’m having a contest. Send a picture of yourself that includes The Adderall Diaries (it doesn’t have to be an actual book, though it could be. Or it could be…
Morning Coffee
Have a good Thanksgiving, we’ll see you on Monday. Famous missing body parts. Alice’s copy of “Through the Looking Glass” is up for auction. LA without traffic is a pretty…
TRUTH SERUM:
Sinking
Truth Serum books are 50% OFF until the end of this month. You could wait until later to buy some, but only if you’re filthy rich or irresponsible with money.
Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach Sit in Chairs
On November 9, 2009, four days before the release of Fantastic Mr. Fox, an animated film by Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach, I attended a live “conversation” between the two…
Paper Castles
I love that a book like this needed to exist in the first place — an 1859 guide to creating architect’s models out of paper:
Albert Speer Would Be Proud
Not to mention Leni Riefenstahl. If Berlin has no mountains, why not build one? Architect Jakob Tigges suggests putting Berlin back on the monumentalist map by erecting a 3,000-foot mountain…
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #11
THE MANCHESTER VILLAGE MOTOR INN ☆☆☆☆☆ (0 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing the Manchester Village Motor…
Alexandra’s Aquatints
Alexandra Grinevsky’s 1929 illustrations for Valery Larbaud’s “Deux Artistes Lyriques.” From the collection of Richard Sica: