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That’s what Sramana Mitra, writing at Forbes magazine (last month), thinks. Mitra believes that publishers must be treating their authors very badly, because most authors make little money…
Caduceus asks that question at MetaFilter, and IndiaInk has started a thread in reply. There have, of course, been many effects. some good, others not so good. Caduceus…
By Nate Beeler
I like this Deco-ish typeface on a building at Harrison near 8th in San Francisco. Check out the low cross-bars, the tiny spur on the G, the bulbous…
According to the NYT Magazine (via Classical Bookworm), the next edition of the OED, planned for completion after 2018, will likely only be published electronically and not in…
Can it? World’s dumbest website, via Wonkette. .
Several answers are offered in comments to a post on this topic at the Book Design Review. Many people suggest the “traditional” route of design school. The Book…
But fie! What does that frothy mewling crook-pated ratsbane know about cussing? .
This is off topic from my usual subject areas, but I haven’t seen this technique suggested anywhere else, and I thought I would share it since it’s so…
Rightreading is a little worn out. This is about 10 of the 120 cubic yards of dirt that he is using to fill in his swimming pool. I…
Web 2.0 experiments with open content are showing the value of moderated forums. Democracy is great, but chaos isn’t necessarily so hot. Once upon a time tech types…
Click for larger version (pdf format). Commentary below. A daughter got me doing crosswords over the holidays. One thing that struck me was that the persona of the…
And they were 126 years overdue. The books were taken by Chile from Peru during the 1879-1883 War of the Pacific. The Guardian reports: Nivia Palma, national director…
There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who don’t.
That’s what Carole Cadwalladr, in the Guardian, is calling this year’s Frankfut Book Fair. Sounds about right (except that it misses the boredom element that is never quite…
via Veer: The Skinny
To see your genius rewarded, follow these seven guidelines. Bottom line: “All the rules suggest that the perfect MacArthur genius is still out there: a one-named Berkeley professor…
Light posting while I’m on the road, but just now I have an internet connection and a few moments to use it. Here’s a photo from a bright…
Victim and perp: broken ankle and the dirty mango what done it. When Carol told the person at the hospital that she broke her ankle slipping on a…
It won’t come as a huge surprise to many people to learn that people are walking 10 percent faster than they were a decade ago. Where have things…
That’s what Sly Stone sang back in the day. Well — boom shaka laka laka boom shaka laka laka — it turns out he wasn’t just on something,…
The letter to the Financial Times went like this: Dear Economist, I’m looking for â€the oneâ€. Is he out there? Yours, Ruth, Barcelona And the answer, from Tim…