The University of Iowa library has more than 4,000 miniature books in its collection. The smallest one of all, though, manages to stand out from the rest by measuring in at an itty-bitty 0.138 inches square and 0.04 inches thick. And as The Atlantic uncovered, researchers have only just found out what text this tiny tome is holding, thanks to a new microscope.
via How a Librarian Figured Out What Was Written in This Microscopic Book | Gizmodo.
I love post-apocalyptic fiction in the form of novels, films, comics, and video games. I have gathered reviews and recommendations for hundreds of titles for my own summer reading list that I thought others might enjoy as well. This post will highlight some of my favorite post-apocalyptic novels, but then also provide resources and lists where you can find over 23,000 more!!
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.
Books about Bullying | Stephen’s Lighthouse.
A list of 33 resources including suitable grade range for each.
The 25 Best Websites for Literature Lovers | Flavorwire.
The operative word here is “literature”…as there are many popular websites not mentioned within the list, which would be classified more as websites for book lovers or for people who love to read.
Book review website the Omnivore has created a dating feature that matches participants based on answers to questions like ‘What are you currently reading?’ and ‘What author do you have a crush on?
via Looking for literary love in London? | CSMonitor.com.
The Omnivore Pin-up section on The Omnivore website.
We all live in the Domain of Readers—but what species of book reader are you? This fun, appropriately wordy infographic is my homage to the classic Linnaean classification charts of plants and living things. via What Reader Species Are You? | Laura-E-Kelly
Visit Laura-e-Kelly.com for more about books, reading, and authors.
Google To Launch Play Textbooks In August, Partners With 5 Major Publishing Houses | TechCrunch
The company has partnered with five major textbook publishers to launch this service. These partners are Pearson, Wiley, Macmillian Higher Education, McGraw-Hill and Cengage Learning. Google says it will have a “comprehensive selection” of textbooks from these publishers in the store that will cover subjects like law, math and accounting, but it did not announce exact numbers.
A new service scrapes your social network for books worth your time.
via BookVibe spies on social media to recommend reads | Crave – CNET.
As devoted book lovers and defenders of libraries, there are few things that upset us more than people who steal books. We read about a recent case of book theft in China this week, detailed after the jump, which compelled us to explore a brief history of shocking book thievery. Greed, desperation, and delusion have compelled ordinary citizens and literary insiders to snatch rare books and manuscripts for dubious purposes. Most of these stories about stolen titles read like a gripping thriller, but the following tales of book theft are sadly all too real.
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