Recent Articles
September 18, 2005
Chain store horrors 0
by C. Max Magee
In the Guardian, Tim Adams bemoans the shrinking selection and big budget marketing fees wrought by ongoing consolidation in the British bookselling industry (taking their cues from the American chain stores, it seems.) Behind this trend is the head buyer of Waterstone’s, a man named Scott Pack.
(via Using Books Weblog)
September 18, 2005
The home-schooling book boom 0
by C. Max Magee
There’s an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal about the under-the-radar boost in book sales due to the increasing popularity of home-schooling. According to the article, home-schoolers come in a few different flavors. “The majority of families who home-school are conservative Christians, to be sure. But another sizable portion are secular counterculturalists, [...]
September 18, 2005
Hurricane help 0
by C. Max Magee
Colleen (a regular contributor at Bookslut) sent me an email about a program she’s working on to help kids displaced by Hurricane Katrina. It sounds like a great plan; here are the details:
I’m working with a group in Baton Rouge who are helping children sheltered with their families at Southern University. We have put [...]
September 15, 2005
Vonnegut’s late in life success 0
by C. Max Magee
Kurt Vonnegut’s A Man without a Country is turning into something of a surprise success thanks to prominent TV appearances and the fact that his essays appear to strike a chord with many Americans. From today’s AP story: “The book has reached the top 10 on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com, and publisher Seven [...]
September 15, 2005
Solitude for sale 0
by C. Max Magee
Writing at home can be distracting and discouraging. It’s hard to concentrate when surrounded by all your stuff. There’s TV to watch, chores to do, people to call on the phone, a dog to walk. Days can go by without a word ever being put on the page. So writers seek [...]
September 15, 2005
Read This! 0
by C. Max Magee
The Litblog Co-op’s second selection has arrived! What is it? How will it be received? Will the Co-op be praised or reviled? You’ll have to go to the blog to find out.
