Books and Readers Cruising around, late at night, I happened across a link I cannot replicate, about the state of the publishing industry. The quoted statistic was one-quarter of Americans will not read a single book this year. To offer a counterpoint, the same article suggested that hardback book sales are up. E-Books are selling … Books and Readers
Reading Books While at the big bookstore in Dallas, one slim volume I picked up is from an occasional favorite writer, Nick Hornby, called Shakespeare Wrote for Money. It’s a 2008 imprint, presumably not a great seller, as it is more a collection of columns, collated, curated, and otherwise poached, then perched, in one spot, … Reading Books
REAMDE by Neal Stephenson, a current crowd-pleaser. Pineapple Grenade (I Follow No One!) How to Write a Sentence. The First Rule of Ten. The next one? The Shakespeare Thefts — The Shakespeare Thefts – Eric Rasmussen. Ron Carlson Writes a Story. Myths and Mysteries of New Mexico. Shakespeare and Modern Culture. The Innocent. Red Shirts. … A Year in Reading Books
