Imagine that this evening I follow a friend’s link to a new Harry Potter book, one that essentially replaces “The Sorcerer’s Stone” in the canon with a Year 1 adventure that’s darker and closer in tone to the final few books, but that wasn’t written or authorized by J. K. Rowling. The link I follow [...]
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Today's bargain book: "Physics of the Impossible" by Michio Kaku
“Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel” by Michio Kaku Price: $1.99 Amazon Summary: Teleportation, time machines, force fields, and interstellar space ships—the stuff of science fiction or potentially attainable future technologies? Inspired by the fantastic worlds of Star Trek, Star Wars, and Back [...]
Amy Sedaris mocks ereaders in funny promo clip
After finally turning her new book, “Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People,” around so that the cover is upright and facing the camera, the always hyperactive comedian Amy Sedaris says, “For many of you young readers, this is a book.” She goes on from there to poke gentle fun at the whole burgeoning ebook scene, [...]
Penguin previews interactive books for Apple's iBook store
Penguin Books’ CEO John Makinson gave a presentation in London today where he demonstrated some books/applications–I’m not sure what you’d call them technically–that Penguin plans to sell on the iBook store when the iPad launches later this month. Penguin is doing some pretty inventive stuff with its content, judging by these demos, and I think [...]