Chip Rossetti of the Library of
Arabic Literature introduces an ambitious new publishing project offering
classic Arabic texts to English readers for the first time.
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Bookshops are an essential link
between readers and authors, which is just one reason why we need to save
them, say a prominent UK bookseller and UK journalist.
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More News from PP:
Porter
Anderson follows the post-London Book Fair buzz covering self-publishers at
the event, fights over the value of legacy publishers, literary agents, and
more.
Amazon is hiring for positions in
Russia, suggesting its Kindle ebookstore will open there soon and where they
will take on several established, but not yet dominant, competitors.
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From the Archives:
In 1948 some 70,000 books were
looted from Palestinian libraries by the state of Israel. A new documentary
considers their fate and the implications of intellectual occupation.
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Do We Philosophically, Emotionally Need Bookstores?
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