Simon & Schuster is rolling out the video/book hybrid--the vook. Read the text on your desktop iPhone and watch the video segments. The formats are mixed together, and both more the action forward. Four titles are available now. 90 Second Fitness Solution seems like a good match for the new combo--read about the exercise, then … Continue reading Video + Book = Vook

Normally I love the blog Awful Library Books. It showcases "a collection of public library holdings that we find amusing and maybe questionable for public libraries trying to maintain a current and relevant collection." In other words, it makes fun of out-of-date and otherwise risible books that should be culled. So you can imagine my … Continue reading Why Bookstores Are Better Than Libraries

Roberto De Vicq De Cumptich's classic book Bembo's Zoo is out of print, but it lives on at http://www.bemboszoo.com (Flash required). Click on a letter of the alphabet, and the name of an animal beginning with that letter appears. Then, those letters move, rotate, multiply, and eventually coalesce to form a picture of that very … Continue reading "To make the alphabet sing"