In my first blog post, I made a [partially] joking reference to the day when “the internet explodes.” “Besides, I always wonder about how the ever-growing ether of the internet has given rise to this mass transfer of our whole lives into an intangible sphere, and what happens when the internet just explodes? Where …Read More.
Read MoreThe bond between books and film is complex. Of course you have your book-to-movie transformations—always somewhat hit or miss, depending on the people behind the film. The Oscars was replete with such films this year, really boosting book sales. You have you truly successful film adaptations, and your utter flops. A good adaptation can act as a …Read More.
Read MoreGenco explains publishers need libraries more than libraries need publishers.
Read MoreTechnology progresses and a new generation is born growing up with little more than inkling of the modes of life preceding the convenience of torrenting and the iPhone. The internet has made the dream of free content (whether legal or illegal) a reality and once you give a mouse a cookie, an entire world of …Read More.
Read MoreBEAU-cause: It is Charles Dickens 200th Birthday—and YOU should care This might be a played out tune, but do you recall a high school English teacher trying to ignite a passion for 19th century prose through the endearing characters and eloquently layered storytelling of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, Oliver Twist or David Copperfield? Well, I …Read More.
Read MoreThe spread of ideas. This was the goal achieved by the invention of the printing press, and now this spread can reach even farther across the globe with the internet. We write and publish and distribute in order to share an idea we want others to hear about. The right to free speech in America …Read More.
Read MoreRemember when everyone hated Amazon? You don’t have to think back that far because it’s happening right now. All of the seemingly out-of-the blue backlash against Amazon has been flooding the publishing news circuit this week. Barnes and Noble’s recent decision to not sell Amazon books in their stores (they will still sell online content) …Read More.
Read MoreBarnes and Noble has been all over the news! Well, at least news in the publishing world. It would seem that B&N and Amazon.com are butting heads in a number of arenas. What does it mean for their future? Firstly, the Kindle v. Nook battle. Well, the Kindle v. Nook v. iPad battle, I should …Read More.
Read MoreWhat’s with all these books rewriting the classics? And why do they do so well? Pride and Prejudice and Zombies? It was already a NYTimes bestseller only eight days after its publication in April 2009…I can see how it could be fun to write, perhaps as an exercise for a writer seeking a little fuel for …Read More.
Read MoreOne of the many reasons I enjoy reading is that books can be prisms through which I view the world. Great works of fiction can help me understand and reflect upon any given period of time and circumstance. A Passage to India by E.M. Forster is an insight into relations between the colonizer and the colonized …Read More.
Read MoreIt’s me, the other intern, and the only boy Beaufort has seen for many many internship moons. It only took a few hours for the past interns, yet seven weeks to the day later here I am also tossing my hat into the blogosphere. I can blame it on all the amazing project opportunities that …Read More.
Read MoreHello from your new Beaufort intern! That’s me, Lauren. A little about me: I just graduated from Colby College (it’s in Maine!) and, of course, I love books. I told my aunt I got an internship in book publishing and she said something to the tune of, “There won’t be a career to be had …Read More.
Read More“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours. ” –Henry David Thoreau When something comes to an end, one immediately reflects on the beginning. My Beau-nafide Bird’s-Eye-View concludes today, as does my internship with this …Read More.
Read MoreJennifer Pharr Davis did it again! Announced just yesterday, she has been nominated by National Geographic as one of the Top Ten Adventurers, 2012. Jen’s prolific achievement on the Appalachian Trail–she is now the world-record holder of the fastest thru-hike ever on the AT, man or woman–has earned her this impressive recognition. Her story is …Read More.
Read MoreBarbara Gordon’s I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can has been coming to mind a lot lately in this season of impending holidays, impending deadlines. Living in this fast-paced world, a world where material success is the ultimate measure of happiness and where the number of expectations that we’re able to juggle simultaneously is a sign …Read More.
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