Monday, June 25, 2012

BOOK REPORT:
Book News For The Week Of June 12th, 2012



Past Our Bedtime for Rock Bottom Remainders 
On June 22 and 23 this past week in LA, the unusual band made up of bestselling authors like Stephen King, Amy Tan, and Dave Barry, known as the Rock Bottom Remainders played their last two shows.


Taking a trip to the West Coast and wondering which bookstores are worth visiting?


Dimple Records Opening New Bookstore
The small chain, Dimple Records, which specializes in new and used CDs, DVDs, vinyl and video games will be branching out into books later this summer when it opens it first new and used bookstore in Sacramento, CA.  Shelf Awareness has a short piece on this, as well as a full article from the Sacramento Bee.  And I'm one of the guys working there!


The publishing giant Penguin Putnam has entered into an agreement with New York City libraries and 3M to make ebooks available for lending.


NPR presents their top picks for the best science fiction books of the summer.


Some people agree fanfiction is a great thing that should be supported and shared, while others say otherwise.  Booklife Now has some important things to say about it.


Amazon may soon be opening up a retail store selling Kindles and actual print books.  What will this mean for publishing and bookstores?


For the first time ever ebook sales are beating out hardcover book sales.


Any big fan of Stephen King knows a lot of his books are interrelated according to town, setting, as well as characters.  IO9 presents a handy map to help you navigate your way through his catalog.

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