Wednesday Morning LitLinks
Ted Kennedy’s memoir, True Compass to be published a month early.
Ian Hacking takes the 2009 Holberg International Memorial Prize.
Coffee table book publisher Mark Batty explains why he’s not afraid of the Kindle.
The Washington Post explores Sony’s new “literary Twitter clone”, Words Move Me.
Michael Schaub celebrates Salman Rushdie’s “joyous rock novel”.
Alison Flood takes exception with former children’s laureate Anne Fine’s contention that realism has gone too far in children’s literature.
The Observer examines the future of dust jackets.
GalleyCat’s Ron Hogan tries to sort out the blurring of the line between “urban fantasy” and “paranormal romance”.
Lajos Jánossy profiles Hungarian novelist and essayist George Konrád.
R.I.P. William Emerson, magazine writer and editor.
Today in Literature: On this day in 1875, John Buchan—father of the “shocker” spy novel—was born.
AuthorScoop
August 26th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Interesting piece about dust jackets. I’ve always preferred a hardcover without a paper dust jacket, but in a slip case. I wonder why more books aren’t published that way — it adds greatly to durability and tosses in a little class.
August 26th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
the dust jackets become bothersome while i’m reading. i typically take them off and put them back on afterwards.
the slip cases are nice.