Teens Are Embracing E-books

from Publisher’s Weekly Are Teens Embracing E-books?  By Karen Springen A recent PubTrak survey from R.R. Bowker indicated that teens remain reluctant when it comes to e-books. Accustomed to social media, they find that electronic stories have “too many...

Encyclopaedia Britannica Gone

from The New York Times After 244 Years, Encyclopaedia Britannica Stops the Presses By JULIE BOSMAN Ángel Franco/The New York Times After 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica is going out of print. Those coolly authoritative, gold-lettered reference books that were...

The Lifespan Of Literary License

from National Public Radio ‘Lifespan’: What Are The Limits Of Literary License? by TRAVIS LARCHUK When an author writes something that’s supposed to be a true story and readers discover he’s stretched the truth, things can get ugly fast. Recall...

Factual Fiction

from The Guardian UK Factual fiction: writing in an information age Imaginative writing now inhabits a multi-screeen world, and novels that don’t acknowledge this struggle to reflect our new era by Ewan Morrison – Friday 2 March 2012 08.45 EST A score of...

Mother Berenstain Gone

from MediaBistro’s GalleyCat Jan Berenstain Has Died By Jason Boog on February 27, 2012 5:07 PM Jan Berenstain, one half of the couple that created The Berenstain Bears book series, passed away this weekend. The series began in 1963 with The Big Honey Hunt. This...