If you missed it--and if you're not a Twitter addict or a book industry nerd, you very well might have--there was a big furor about amazon.com's listings this week. In short, amazon.com reworked its algorithms to remove adult content from its search results, bestseller lists, and elsewhere on the site. But the definition of "adult … Continue reading #amazonfail Revisited
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Meeting Michio
Physicist and author Michio Kaku stopped in the store today. He's in town for an appearance tonight at the University of Minnesota bookstore (details here). He will be discussing his latest book--just out in paperback--Physics of the Impossible : A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel.As you may … Continue reading Meeting Michio
A Tree Grows in Detroit
I know I should be depressed by this picture of a tree growing out of the discarded books in a Detroit school system warehouse, but I'm not. It's just too pretty a picture.The photographer, Jim Griffioen, talked to PRI's program "The Story." Details are here.--David E
Musings from Magers and Quinn 