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The Talented Ms. Highsmith, Children’s Adventures ,Lovecraft Loses His Bust &...

Written by Alex C. Telander Amazon Books Gets Showroomed  With the opening of the new Amazon bookstore, they get a bit of their own medicine. Patricia Highsmith  Most people know her for The Talented...

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Weeding Your Home Library, Beautiful Bookstores, Nanowrimo Inspires & More!

Written by Alex C. Telander Book Advent Calendars If you like advent calendars and books, here are some truly great ones. Parenting as a Reader  As a parent choosing which books you read to your child...

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Literary Podcasts, Vonnegut Heads to TV, The Great Reading Slump & More

Written by Alex C. Telander Adaptation 23 Science Fiction books that are currently being adapted for the big screen, or your screen at home. Cat’s Cradle The Kurt Vonnegut bestseller is being adapted...

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The iPhone Alternate? Unlocked GALAXY J7 Available For $255.99

Samsung’s Galaxy J7, although not the most cutting edge of their line of smartphones, is currently on sale, making it an intriguing and enticing option for those in the market for an Android model...

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MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE: PHASE TWO Reveals Amazing Blu-ray Collection Artwork

Next week, Amazon exclusively releases the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two box set, just in time for the holidays. Packed in a replica of an orb containing one of the legendary cosmic Infinity...

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HEAVY METAL Debuts on comiXology and Amazon’s Kindle Store

Heavy Metal, comiXology and Amazon have announced a distribution agreement to sell Heavy Metal’s fan-favorite science fiction, fantasy and horror digital comics and magazine across the comiXology...

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Fear-Inspiring Reads, Books Based On Other Books, Surrounded by Neil Gaiman &...

Written by Alex C. Telander Amazon the Bookstore Through a stroke of marketing genius, Amazon has decided to open some physical bookstores, because there don’t seem to be that many anymore. Be The...

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World’s Oldest Library Reopens, Remembering Elie Wiesel, Amazon B &M Comes To...

A New Comic Book Store Ariell R. Johnson is the first black woman to own a comic book store on the East Coast. World’s Oldest Library The world’s oldest library, started by a woman in Morocco in the...

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Feminist Bookstores, ‘Wild Cards’ Comes To TV, ‘Stranger Things’ To Read & More!

If You’re Obsessed with Stranger Things Here’s a specially picked reading list to satisfy your cravings. Amazon Raided Amazon’s offices in Japan were raided on suspicion of pressuring retailers. A...

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Airport Bookstores, Patterson Murders King, Classic Failures & More

James Patterson Kills Stephen King In James Patterson’s latest Bookshot thriller is one to ruffle some feathers, in The Murder of Stephen King. For People who Judge Bookworms There are many of us and...

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Banned Books Week, Amazon Comes To Beantown, Mondo Reading & More!

Banned Books Week Banned books weeks has begun; you know what to do: read them, check then out from the library, buy them, attend banned books events. Old School Here’s the classically beautiful...

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Stephen King Inspired Cocktails, A Bookstore-less Bronx, 6 Terrifying Novels...

Lit Quiz Take this quiz and find out which independent bookstores best sums up you. Not Dead Yet A look at some behind the scenes work as Phil Collin’s plugs his new autobiography, Not Dead Yet. King...

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Occult Bookstores in Film, Additional Perks For Prime, Dylan Acknowledges...

About Dylan Time Bob Dylan finally acknowledges his Nobel prize award. Occult Bookstores A look at some amazing occult bookstores in cinema. The Reading Law The United Arab Emirates has established a...

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Muggle Fatigue, Obama Offers Hope, Anne Rice Wants To Take Bite Out of TV & More

Harry Potter Fandom The fandom is at a crossroads and here’s why. MyChicagoIndie With Amazon opening a bookstore in Chi-town, the city’s indies are fighting back. Born to Run The Boss is going on a...

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Magic of Bookstores, Patterson’s Bookstore Bonuses, Naughty Coloring Books &...

Kinky Colors For those obsessed with coloring books, here’s one that might get you a little hot under the collar. The Cozy List Indie bookstores feature heavily in recommended list of places to visit...

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Amazon Prime and Me (a two-year review)

The holidays doth fast approach and people are, understandably, looking for gift ideas. A couple of years ago, my wife took advantage of the stupid-low prices for Kindles and the Fire TV box, and took...

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SDCC17: ‘The Tick’ Takes Over Comic-Con

San Diego Comic-Con has gone blue. Blue tents cover the out parts of the convention center as folks wearing blue antenna walk around handing out fliers and refreshments spread the gospel of Amazon...

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From Amazon to AR, The Trend is Now Online and Offline in Perfect Harmony

IMAGE SOURCE: @chandankm via Twitter Oh Tim Berners-Lee, what did you do? When he invented the World Wide Web back in 1989, do you think he had any idea what it would become? The internet is such a...

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Is Anybody Watching ‘The Expanse’? Here Are 10 Reasons Why I Do

For real, though. Is anybody watching The Expanse? I don’t know a soul who is. I guess not too many folks were, given that Syfy canceled it during its third season. But then Amazon swooped in to pick...

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Summer Stock: What To Binge This Season

Photo by JESHOOTS.COM on Unsplash Summer is here, and there is more reason than ever to stay indoors. Aside from than the usual reasons seek shelter from the summer season (possible sun burns,...

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