PW reports lots of books about President-Elent Barack Obama in the offing, and the LA Times reports that “there are at least nine books about the president-elect and the 2008 campaign coming out in the next few months,” among which:
NBC’s Chuck Todd and polling expert Sheldon Gawiser will co-write How Obama Won, “a state-by-state guide [...]
Tagged obama, politics, U.S. presidentLibrary Journal’s annotated list of fiction and mystery titles for the holiday season offers 16 books, including a some food-themed cozies, a new Sneaky Pie Brown (Santa Clawed: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery), and a short Austrian tale of literary fiction by Adalbert Stifter, Rock Crystal.
LJ’s similar list of romance titles has another 14 holiday titles [...]
The Fiction-L discussion list came up with these social networking sites that are useful for readers advisory — which means for finding books that might interest you, and for sharing books and the enjoyment of reading them with others.
Social LIbraries
aNobii (from Latin for ‘bookworm’): List books, share thoughts, meet People. Links to Amazon details and [...]
“Tony Hillerman, whose lyrical, authentic and compelling mystery novels set among the Navajos of the Southwest blazed innovative trails in the American detective story, died Sunday at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, The Associated Press reported.
“He was 83 and lived in Albuquerque.
“The cause was pulmonary failure, according to the AP report.”
Much more at the NYT. Also [...]
Tagged crime novels, deaths. western U.S., hillerman, mysteries, novelist, obituaries, tony hillermanCool idea. Santa Monica (CA) Public Library hosted the first U.S. Living Library event on Saturday. The Living Library concept, which started in Europe as a way to challenge prejudice and reduce violence, allows “library visitors to book half-hour meetings with individuals with special interests, beliefs, or experiences.” Organizers said that “all ‘the Living Books’ [...]
Reuters reports steady and increasing sales of books about finance, cookbooks, and mysteries and thrillers, as people struggle with money issues, make more meals at home, and seek an escape from difficult times. Among the titles mentioned are the new authorized biography of Warren Buffet, The Snowball, Stop the 401(k) Rip-off!: Eliminate Costly Hidden Fees [...]
Tagged economic downturn, finance, financial fictionOver on the Fiction-L list of librarians and others, there’s been discussion lately about how and why to use LibraryThing professionally as well as personally. Among the clever ideas:
Keep track of what readers are reading and talking about, using the group forum topics as a guide.
Keep up with library uses of LibraryThing via the group [...]
Shelf Awareness reports that “‘To satisfy the public’s craving for financial advice,’ Borders has created front-of-store displays in all its superstores that feature finance and personal-finance titles;” Barnes & Noble is doing something similar.
Borders’ business book buyer Michael D’Agostini lists these five as most popular with customers:
The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy money, high rollers, and [...]
Slate offers a slideshow of children’s books for tough financial times (and a few TV shows, too), which includes The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (1881) by Margaret Sidney, Ramona and Her Father (1977) by Beverly Cleary (Mr. Quimby loses his job), the American doll series featuring Kit, Barbara O’Connor’s young-adult novel How [...]
I won’t be here so I’m letting you know now that the next Oprah book — the first since her choice of Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth — will be announced on Friday, 19 Sept. Per Yahoo! News.
11 Sept: Speculation about which book it might be at Give ‘Em What They Want.