READ: 32 Essential Asian-American Writers You Need To Be Reading | BuzzFeed Books
I recommend Vincent Lam as an Asian-Canadian writer you need to be reading!
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Watch a Japanese Craftsman Lovingly Bring a Tattered Old Book Back to Near Mint Condition | Open Culture #bookmaking #bookbinding #books
In the above episode of the Japanese documentary series, The Fascinating Repairmen, Tokyo-based book conservator Nobuo Okano brings over 30 years of experience to bear on a tattered, middle school English-to-Japanese dictionary. This is not the sort of job that can be rushed…
…He spends four hours just turning and pressing its battered pages—all 1000 of them—with tweezers and a tiny pink iron.
Stories For All (Diversity & Inclusion) | First Book #diversity #books
Although the First Book Marketplace is for educators (to purchase books and educational materials at low prices for children in need), the resource highlights books for children and youth that showcase topics of diversity and inclusion. You can explore books by themes that include African American Interest, Asian American & Pacific Islander, Global Stories, Immigrant Experience, Latino Interest, LGBTQ, Muslim American, Native American, Religion and Special Needs & Abilities. Browse the themes to discover books within each interest area. There are also resources recommended for other topics and themes such as STEM and Me & My Feelings, etc.
“Through the Stories for All Project™ First Book strives to provide all kids with diverse books that act as mirrors and windows. Kids feel valued and validated when they see their own experiences reflected on the pages of books, and they develop curiosity and empathy when they read about experiences different from their own. To help your kids grow as both readers and global citizens, [view] our ever-expanding selection of diverse books.”
Brooklyn Author Recreates Borges’ Library of Babel as Infinite Website | Flavorwire
Reading this article, it struck me that the website Jonathan Basile has created would be a great premise for an MLIS student’s research paper on multimedia literacies. Or at least continue to inspire others to create online and/or virtual worlds based on ideas and settings as described in fiction.
“When it was proclaimed that the Library contained all books, the first impression was one of extravagant happiness,” wrote Jorge Luis Borges in his classic of philosophical fiction, “The Library of Babel.” One of the most revered stories-as-thought-experiments ever committed to print, Borges’ fiction posits the Universe as a library (“composed of an indefinite and perhaps infinite number of hexagonal galleries”) that contains every possible text. This intellectual vision, at once playful and poised, has stirred authors (like Umberto Eco and Terry Pratchett) and philosophers (W.V.O. Quine and Daniel Dennett) alike for more than 75 years.
And now it exists! Recently, Jonathan Basile, a Brooklyn author and Borgesian Man of the Book, taught himself programming so that he could recreate Borges’ Universal Library as a website. The results are confounding.
READ MORE: Brooklyn Author Recreates Borges’ Library of Babel as Infinite Website | Flavorwire.
▶ Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: Launch #Trailer | BBC One | YouTube #adaptations
Exciting! I’m at a halt halfway through the book…watching the trailer has given me new motivation to finish it. More information at the BBC One Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell website. The series will air on Space in Canada and on BBC America in the United States.
via ▶ Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: Launch Trailer | BBC One | YouTube.
The startup that lets you add scents to texts now offers scents with e-books | Boston Business Journal #ebooks #olfactory
Vapor Communications, the Cambridge-based tech startup that debuted a technology last year allowing users to add scents to text messages, has come up with a way to add smells to e-books. The startup debuted “oMedia,” described as a way to integrate scent messages into a range of consumer products including e-books, songs and clothing that uses oNotes technology.
Reese Witherspoon to Record Audiobook of Harper Lee’s ‘Go Set a Watchman’ | Flavorwire #audiobooks #HarperLee #GoSetAWatchman
BookShout Serves Simon & Schuster Ebooks with Cheerios | Digital Book World #ebooks #kids #children
Note: This promotion may only be available to residents of the United States.
The ebook distribution platform BookShout partners with Cheerios to serve select Simon & Schuster titles to breakfasting children across the U.S.
The publisher’s “Cheer on Reading” literacy program has placed free Simon & Schuster children’s books inside Cheerios boxes since 2003. Now, instead of stuffing print titles into cereal boxes, they’ll come printed with BookShout-provided codes offering free access to one of nine popular children’s ebooks. Each one can be downloaded and read online or through BookShout’s iOS, Android, Kindle or Nook apps.
READ MORE: BookShout Serves Simon & Schuster Ebooks with Cheerios | Digital Book World.
The Great Canadian Copyright Giveaway: Why Copyright Term Extension for Sound Recordings Could Cost Consumers Millions | Michael Geist #copyright
Despite no study, no public demands, and the potential cost to the public of millions of dollars, the government announced that it will extend the term of copyright for sound recordings and performances from 50 to 70 years…
…Canada will extend term without any public discussion or consultation, yet other studies have found that retroactive extension does not lead to increased creation and that the optimal term length should enable performers and record labels to recoup their investment, not extend into near-unlimited terms to the detriment of the public. For Canadian consumers, the extension could cost millions of dollars as works that were scheduled to come into the public domain will now remain locked down for decades.
Audiobook Samples Now Available on Goodreads | The Digital Reader #audiobooks @GoodReads @audible_com
Note: Amazon owns Audible and GoodReads.
If you like listening to audiobooks then I have some good news for you. Goodreads is in the process of adding audiobook excerpts to its website. Soon GR members will find free audio samples for 180,000 Audible titles on the book listing pages. Along with the option of reading a sample from the book, GR members can now also listen to an excerpt from the audiobook. The excerpt will (should) play in a pop up window the web browser, and if you like what you hear you can the title to your “want to read” list, or you can head over to Audible and acquire the audiobook directly.
Obviously this feature is not available for all titles listed on Goodreads, but when it is available you’ll find the listen button below the cover image on the left side of the page. Goodreads told me that the new feature is only available on the desktop site, but not GR’s mobile site or its Android and iDevice apps.
READ MORE: Audiobook Samples Now Available on Goodreads | Ink, Bits, & Pixels | The Digital Reader
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