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E-Books Create Challenges for Librariesnew
The growing popularity of checking out e-books at libraries is making it more difficult to actually do it.
East Bay Express |
Holly McDede |
03-31-2012 |
Books
Tags: Random House, Penguin, HarperCollins, Kindle, E-books, Alameda County Library, Alameda Free Public Library, American Library Association, Andy Ross, Annemarie Meyer, Association American of Publishers, Jane Chisaki, Molly Raphael, Oakland Public Library, Overdrive, San Rafael Public Library, Sarah Houghton, Susan Fisher
In New Orleans, Nothing's Easy. Ask Julia Reed.new
Reed and her husband John searched the Garden District for a house, which they finally found: a Greek Revival at the corner of First and Chestnut -- another New Orleans classic but one in need of mega repairs. And time, according to Reed's The House on First Street, for the real troubles to begin.
The Memphis Flyer |
Leonard Gill |
07-07-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Mark Doty Shies Away From the Title 'Political Poet'new
"Because when you say 'political poetry,' it sounds sort of dutiful, like, 'Oh, that's going to be work to read that,'" he says.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Paul Ruggiero |
06-30-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Mystery Novel Talks About Oysters, War Brides and Fusion Cuisinenew
The notions of change, adaptability, and cross-cultural fusion are central to Sujata Massey's stunning seventh novel, where the unlikely story lines of Asian oysters repopulating the Chesapeake, a buzzing new fusion restaurant in Washington, D.C., and the grim consequences of the Vietnam War meld into a seamless whole.
Baltimore City Paper |
Lizzie Skurnick |
08-24-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
