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This week's #FridayReads quotes will be from great literary figures about soldiers and war, in honor of #MemorialDay.
When it's Friday for you? Share your #FridayReads.
It's Friday somewhere in the world, which means it's time for #FridayReads.
My latest @VQR column, about literary criticism: ow.ly/lhRKK
RT @glecharles Favorite online literary journals with unique personalities? Go! #poetry #shortstories #longreads
World's first paperless library to open in Texas this summer | BBC bbc.in/193M2lb (via @inkyelbows)
Incredible Reading Rooms Around the World: wp.me/p2Xrlp-1E3W via @flavorwire (thanks, @hush6!)
An entire short story on a stamp! Only in Ireland: jrnl.ie/912325 (from @thejournal_ie, via @ninawyo, h/t to @saralippmann)
RT @RonCharles: "Two Thumbs Up -- I Hated It!" A few thoughts on book blurbs: traded, inflated, edited & recycled: ow.ly/lcAaB
How and with whom to publish: ow.ly/lcwVB -- an excellent infographic from @JaneFriedman, for all authors (via @Porter_Anderson)
Stephen King Says No to Joyland E-Book - WSJ.com ow.ly/lcwr5 (via @Ware_Pak)
Authorial annotations RT @nprbooks Book News: J.K. Rowling Tells 'Harry Potter' Backstories n.pr/19UpsZM
Which came 1st--typist or keyboard? RT @SmithsonianMag History of the QWERTY keyboard: ow.ly/kKjxM (via @contextual_life)
Heading out soon to #GBF13, excited to talk with @Benjamin_Percy about RED MOON and @JonMethven about THIS IS YOUR CAPAIN SPEAKING.
“It is the people who figure out how to work simply in the present...who get to say what happens in the future.” -- @cshirky #FridayReads
"Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge" Jimmy Wales #FridayReads
"Publishing may be in trouble but storytelling is not." -- Derek Morrison #FridayReads
“It seems to me that anyone whose library consists of a Kindle lying on a table is [a] sort of bloodless nerd.” Penelope Lively #FridayReads
Don't forget, in all of your TGIF glow, to share your #FridayReads...
"Physical book sales will have a longer tail than previously anticipated." -- @bnbooks CEO William Lynch #FridayReads (h/t @jfieds2)
Reading something terrific? Please share with the rest of the class. #FridayReads
“..books look as if they contain knowledge, while e-readers look as if they contain information.” -- Julian Barnes #FridayReads
Up and at 'em! What are you reading? #FridayReads
"The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented is the book." -- Northrop Frye #FridayReads
Europe: What are you reading on your morning commute? #FridayReads
Does anyone else sometimes read an entire book during an night of insomnia? ::Raises hand:: #FridayReads
Officially #FridayReads time on the East Coast of the USA...awake? Reading? Share!
"It's almost impossible to make a name for yourself on the internet unless you do something scandalous." -- Tom Wolfe #FridayReads
Hope that as Friday progresses around the world we hear about lots of #FridayReads.
“Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators.” -- Stephen Fry #FridayReads
If you're looking for a new book to read, follow the #fridayreads tweetstream for ideas.
“Lovers of print are simply confusing the plate for the food.” -- Douglas Adams #FridayReads
This week's #FridayReads quotes will be all about e-books and digital publishing.
RT @paulbogaards: BARK, Lorrie Moore's first story collection in fifteen years, coming in March '14. You're welcome.
Is it Friday where you live? Share your #fridayreads. #global
From @EpicReads, a pre-#BEA workout for book nerds; ow.ly/l6e6g (h/t to @HarperCollins)
On Saturday I'll be doing a #GBF13 convo with @JonMethven ("This Is Your Captain Speaking") at 2:15 pm. ow.ly/l3Wez.
Literary Legos! A Romanian artist recreates the 9 circles of hell in Dante's Inferno bit.ly/JASjsa (via @elizuhbruce and @key_bb)
If you like books & movies check out Writers-on-Film Next up: @MegWolitzer presents Terms of Endearment on.fb.me/rJbAFv (via @mmaren)
The Future of Libraries Isn't an Open Book: how their changes affect architecture | WSJ pwne.ws/13kFjgC (via @PublishersWkly)
RT @librarycongress Happy Birthday L. Frank Baum! Follow the yellow brick road to the exhibit that celebrated the Wizard of Oz at 100....
RT @TravelSweeps: Now that Sylvia Rosen, that reader of a mistress, is out of the picture, what will Don Draper read? #MadMen #FridayReads
RT @AbeBooks: The beauty of a Mrs Dalloway first edition ow.ly/2wS4Ui (via @TravelSweeps)
Amazon Offers Amazon Coins On Kindle Fire, Gives $5 In Free Coins To All Users | TechCrunch ow.ly/l1M98 (via @Ware_Pak)
Famous Authors' Handwritten Outlines, from @flavorwire, via @DebHarkness: ow.ly/l0YYb -- Check out Faulkner's office walls!