TOP 100 BOOK SITES
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| Linklog: William Carlos Williams on fire, Charles Lamb on the sauce, and more William Carlos Williams's first book, most copies of which were "inadvertently burnt", commands a price of $25,000 with or without scorchmarks.• Charles Lamb, benevolent drunk.• Do they order book pricing better in France?• Single-word advice to young writers.• …and eventually Latin vanished from all corners of the news media. Did I say all? Well, almost all.Peter Robinsguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds feeds.guardian.co.uk |
Waldo Hunt, King of the Pop-Up Book, Dies at 88 An advertising man turned novelty-book packager, Mr. Hunt was almost single-handedly responsible for the postwar revival of the pop-up book in the United States. feeds.nytimes.com |
Editors’ Choice Recently reviewed books of particular interest. feeds.nytimes.com |
Hardcover Nonfiction Top 5 at a Glance1. GOING ROGUE, by Sarah Palin2. HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, by Mitch Albom3. ARGUING WITH IDIOTS, written and edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others4. TRUE COMPASS, by Edward M. Kennedy5. OPEN, by Andre Agassi feeds.nytimes.com |
Linklog: Furnishing rooms, profiling Neil Gaiman, and more "I no longer associate the possession of vast quantities of books with intelligence, discernment or culture – sometimes the owner is a maniac or even a book dealer." Nigel Burwood of Bookride (a book dealer himself) considers an interior designer's guide to personal libraries.• Neil Gaiman's journey into the cultural mainstream continues with a lengthy, if also gently sniffy, profile in the New Yorker; it begins with something I didn't know about Coraline's nastier Victorian ancestors.• Someone has started a company selling a punctuation mark for sarcasm. Haven't heard whether it's bringing in much money, but it's certainly generating plenty of lessons in how to do sarcasm without specialised punctuation.• Writing through the pain barrier.Peter Robinsguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds feeds.guardian.co.uk |