Ypulse Book Essentials: '1984', Books From China, Storytubes
Posted by alli on 08-08-2008
Which book consistently tops 'Top 100' booklists? (George Orwell's 1984 - NeilB explains why) (NeilB)
- Books for the opening Olympics ceremony ("China's younger generation discovers the identity crisis.") (Slate)
- The wildly successful Storytubes (is firming up plans for 2009) (ALSC)
- The Kindle (Price is still the main obstacle. Reading is still the bigger issue.) (Portfolio.com)
- Twilight or not… (book buying is on the decline) (Minnesota Public Radio)
- Loooooong interview with Little Brother's Cory Doctorow (But worth every word.) (Chicago Tribune)
- Teens and Books (A half-full perspective.) (Christian Science Monitor)
- Nice review at Fuse #8 (of Neil Gaiman's Graveyard Book.)
- Publishers Weekly (will be discussing Page-to-Screen on a weekly basis. This week: Rob Kraitt's Eoin McNamee's City of Time. And speaking of, James Patterson's Maximum Ride will be adapted for the screen by Columbia Pictures) (Monsters & Critics)
- The Alloy formula (Moving from publishing to the big screen, the latest is a Gossip Girl feeling movie called, "Sex Drive." Sure to be chock full of things you'll want to buy.) (LA Times, reg. required)
- Libraries offering digital downloads (and virtual libraries where digital content can be checked out from anywhere) (Reuters)