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This Round Goes to eBooks
Lit Pics
Scared of being lonely this Valentine’s Day? If you pre-order Sam Pink’s new novel, Rontel, the author will cheer you up with a personalized sexy text message. (It's also worth mentioning that Electric Lit is publishing the novel as their first e-book.)
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“Its seeming ability to live without food and family”
Recommended Reading: "Out on the Coast" by David Rice.
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Biblio-klepto-mania
"Symptoms included a frenzy for culling and hunting down first editions, rare copies, books of certain sizes or printed on specific paper." Lauren Young writes in Atlas Obscura about the phenomenon of bibliomania, "a dark pseudo-psychological illness" that afflicted upper-class victims in Europe and England during the 1800s. And for a first-hand account of more contemporary book theft, read John Brandon on his high school pastime: "The first time was nerve-racking, a rush, but by the third book I was already settling in."
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You can file me under Ishmael.
Have you ever wanted to convert a book into a patent application? Well now you can.
Plight of the Loser
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For the Birds
It’s not easy being a seagull. Over at the London Review of Books, Mary Wellesley takes a sympathetic look at how the much-maligned bird has been treated throughout the history of literature. Afterwards, let this essay from The Millions by Kristen Scharold on the joys of birdwatching lift your spirits a bit.
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Equal Rites
Discworld author and "professional morbid bastard" Terry Pratchett has announced that his daughter will in the future take over the long-running fantasy series due to his battle with Alzheimer's.
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