“There is one question alone that you must ask yourself in order to establish whether the serious novel will still retain cultural primacy and centrality in another 20 years. This is the question: if you accept that by then the…
Tag: books
Books as Ornaments
“By way of decorating a baby shower with the second edition of “Staff Patient Communication” because it is the right shade of pink, we here enter the realm of the truly objectified book, a world that has everything to do…
Bookstore Benefactor
“Our bookstores in America are at risk. Publishing and publishers as we’ve known them are at stake. To some extent the future of American literature is at stake.” –bestselling author James Patterson explaining to Julie Bosman of The New York…
Publishing: a crapshoot
“There’s no formula. A publisher can only do so much. A book’s fate is ultimately in the hands of the book gods.” –Morgan Entrekin, president and publisher of Grove Atlantic, on why good books by new authors often go unnoticed.…
E-books vs. P-books
“The truth is that the book is an exceptionally good piece of technology—easy to read, portable, durable, and inexpensive.” — James Surowiecki, on why paper books are likely to coexist with electronic books for a long time to come. http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2013/07/29/130729ta_talk_surowiecki…
The Helicopter’s Unrealized Potential
Book Review: How the Helicopter Changed Modern Warfare by Walter J. Boyne Pelican Publishing Co., 2011 This book is a must-read for anyone interested in flying machines and particularly for those who like military history. For everyone attending the…