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Gaiman Lecture, Articles Commenting on Books and Libraries

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Articles based on remarks made delivering the second annual Reading Agency lecture on October 14, 2013 at the Barbican centre in London. Neil Gaiman delivers our second annual lecture | The Reading Agency. Here’s the full transcript.

Neil Gaiman: Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreaming | theguardian
A lecture explaining why using our imaginations, and providing for others to use theirs, is an obligation for all citizens.

Neil Gaiman: Let children read the books they love | theguardian
Author says physical books are here to stay during keynote speech on what he sees as future of books, reading and libraries.

Gaiman: Closing libraries ‘like stopping vaccinations’ | The Bookseller
Author Neil Gaiman has said that closing libraries is “like stopping vaccinations”, and that the “insidious” effects will be felt by our children.

Neil Gaiman: ‘No such thing as a bad book for children’ | BBC News
Fantasy author Neil Gaiman has said “snobbery and foolishness” by adults about certain books can easily destroy a child’s love of reading.

 

Can E-Books Save The Neighborhood Bookstore? | Co.Labs

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A startup called Zola Books has paired with the popular novelist Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler’s Wife, to try to save brick-and-mortar shops.

Read: Can E-Books Save The Neighborhood Bookstore? | Co.Labs ⚙ code + community.

Literary Magazines: The Big List | Every Writers Resource

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This big list of literary magazines just will not die. June 2013 we went all the way through this list and checked for broken urls. We hope that you will use our EWR: Literary Magazines database instead of this list, but we have found that many diehards really like a long list like this one.

See the list: Literary Magazines: The Big List |  | Every Writers Resource.

Open Source Solve[d] J.K. Rowling Mystery | The Official Rackspace Blog

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The software…used—the Java Authorship Attribution Program—is open source and freely available on GitHub for download. The academics studied the machine-readable text of Cuckoo’s and compared it to Rowling’s previous novel. In the course of doing so, they discovered a number of linguistic signatures that pointed to the author of Harry Potter. The software is predicated on the analysis of syntax, style and punctuation, but just as importantly on the distinctive use of prepositions and articles. It turns out writers can change sentence length and rhythm and can cater to a new audience, but they’re unlikely to change how they use “around” and “at” and “on.”

Read the full story: Open Source Solve[d] J.K. Rowling Mystery – The Official Rackspace Blog.

Penguin pays tribute to Tom Clancy | The Bookseller

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Penguin has paid tribute to thriller giant Tom Clancy, who has died at the age of 66.

Tom Clancy died yesterday (1st October) at a Baltimore hospital, close to his Maryland home.

Clancy wrote 25 fiction and non-fiction books for Penguin, including several thrillers based around the military and international espionage, dubbed “techno-thrillers”, many of which were adapted into Hollywood films. The author’s 17th novel, Command Authority, is due to be released in December 2013.

Tom Weldon, c.e.o. of Penguin Random House UK said: “Tom Clancy changed readers’ expectations of what a thriller could do. He was a master of his craft and it was our privilege to work with him. He will be greatly missed by millions of fans in the UK and around the world.” 

David Shanks, Penguin USA c.e.o., was involved with every one of Clancy’s books. He said: “I’m deeply saddened by Tom’s passing. He was a consummate author, creating the modern-day thriller, and was one of the most visionary storytellers of our time. I will miss him dearly and he will be missed by tens of millions of readers worldwide.”

via Penguin pays tribute to Tom Clancy | The Bookseller.

Apple applies for iBook autograph patent | The Bookseller

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Apple has applied to create a patent for a system allowing authors to sign e-books.

Read:  Apple applies for iBook autograph patent | The Bookseller.

Crowdsourcing Spiffy New Book Covers For 50 Literary Masterpieces | Co.Design

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Recovering the Classics is a joint project by the Creative Action Network, DailyLit, and Harvard Bookstore that hopes to attract designers and illustrators–namely, people like you–to crowdsource public domain covers for what they’ve deemed the 50 greatest literary works in public domain history.

Technically, these covers will then enter the public domain for you to use as you see fit. But for ease of distribution, the Harvard Bookstore will print you any public domain book you’d like with any cover you’d like for $15, with profits split between the organizations and cover’s creator. eBooks will be available for $3.

via Crowdsourcing Spiffy New Book Covers For 50 Literary Masterpieces | Co.Design: business + innovation + design.

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Neil Gaiman to Release First Video Game | Mashable

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Horror-fantasy icon and best-selling author Neil Gaiman is stepping into a new world: a virtual one. The British-born writer has announced the launch of his first video game, Wayward Manor.

See the full article: Neil Gaiman to Release First Video Game | Mashable.

Do Fans Really Own Fan Fiction? – Noah Berlatsky – The Atlantic

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Amazon’s bid to make money off of independent works based on corporately owned entertainment calls into question how independent those works really ever were.

via Do Fans Really Own Fan Fiction? – Noah Berlatsky – The Atlantic

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Understand the Key Book Publishing Paths (Infographic) | Huffington Post

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How To Get Published: Jane Friedman Outlines The Options (Infographic) | Huffington Post Books.

Book Publishing Paths