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Wednesday, May 12th, 2010Francois Truffaut and Eric Rohmer, two filmmakers from the French New Wave period, are of particular interest to the readers among us because they were both so literary in their concerns. Truffaut’s most famous film, Jules et Jim, is based on the novel of the same name by Henri-Pierre Roche (a few copies available here). [...]
Don’t Miss the Philadelphia Book Fair!
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010For the first time in several years, book lovers have a big reason to flock back to Philly. The Philadelphia Book & Ephemera Fair will take place Friday and Saturday, May 21 and 22, 2010. “This is the only major vintage Book & Ephemera event held in the greater Philadelphia region and offers an unparalleled [...]
The Magic Lantern
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010Did you know that Ingmar Bergman first thought to make films as a consolation for punishment?
Film’s Books
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010As the saying goes, the book is better than the film. This is usually the case. There are times when both are good. There are times when the film is better. Sometimes, though, they are both great, and maintain their formal integrity as a book or a film while furthering the central story in some [...]
Buffalo Small Press Book Fair
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010I’ve just returned to Asheville from Buffalo, NY where I attended this years Buffalo Small Press Book Fair. Organized by Buffalo artist/poet/printer Chris Fritton, “the Buffalo Small Press Book Fair is a regional one day event that brings booksellers, authors, bookmakers, zinesters, small presses, artists, poets, and other cultural workers (and enthusiasts) together in a [...]
Song of the Open Rd.
Friday, October 2nd, 2009In my traveling days, I enjoyed most the visits to used bookstores in the towns I was in for a day, a week, or more. Going from my origin in Boston to the Northwest by bus or train, I would visit shops whenever I had a day to walk around. I’m not sure what I [...]
Some Good News for Independent Bookstores in the New Economy
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009Indiebound.com mentioned a heartening story from the Boston Globe about an independent brick and mortar bookstore in Coolidge Corner, Massachusetts that is succeeding in the face of direct competition from a major national chain rival. Maybe this is an isolated case, but I tend to believe that the current economic environment is forcing people to [...]
Of Spam and the River
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009Going through some emails today, it seems I came upon some vague traces of a lost Hemingway novel. The epistolary, straight from the gun style, humbly disguised under this heading: cause that would make me happy. me, 1982. I can’t think of a character named after a year, although I know there are some names [...]
WSJ calls Google book scanning settlement a “rip-off for authors”
Monday, March 30th, 2009The Wall Street Journal is running a well-written and persuasive editorial strongly against the Google book scanning settlement, calling it a “rip-off” for authors. The author warns that we are all on track to become “Google’s data-entry slaves” and that it turns authors “into fully subordinated, last-in-line net residuaries.” Our editorial position is similarly very [...]
Amazon sued over Kindle
Friday, March 20th, 2009The Discovery Channel is suing Amazon over the Kindle for patent infringement, claiming they invented the concept of encrypting a book to be sold digitally over the internet. If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know I’m usually the dorky uncle wearing the “I (Heart) David” shirt in the classic David-vs-Goliath fight, but [...]
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