As I read more online, and since my physical shelf space has dramatically shrunk, I wonder: what makes an eye-catching, effective book cover? Which books will make the final cut? Here are pieces I’ve enjoyed, new and old, about the… Read More ›
Books
Real books up, eBooks down
Figures released today by the Publishers Association shows that 2016 was a record breaking year for the publishing industry with sales of books and journals reaching £4.8bn, their highest ever level. Highlights include: Overall digital sales up 6% to £1.7bn… Read More ›
Day One / Book
Day One has helped millions of people worldwide easily capture life as they live it. To help you preserve and share these memories, we’re pleased to introduce Day One Book. Beautiful design Maps and stats for added insights Full-color photo… Read More ›
Climate change’s worst case scenarios
Climate change has become a major focus in recent decades, and while 120 nations across the world ratified the Paris Agreement a year ago, significant challenges remain in the years and decades to come. Which is to say that to… Read More ›
Hidden Figures
Before John Glenn orbited Earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as -human computers- used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into… Read More ›
New York 2140
Over the course of his career, Kim Stanley Robinson has written some of the best known — and most plausible — works of science fiction: Red Mars, 2312, and Aurora, just to name a few. Robinson’s books are incredibly detailed,… Read More ›
Amazon just killed Pocket and Instapaper
The quiet update that Amazon made to its iOS Kindle app took me by surprise because it is a feature I have wanted for a long time. Pocket and Instapaper make great jobs of presenting long articles on phones and… Read More ›
This Book Left Me in Tears
When Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2013, he was a 36-year-old on the verge of making big contributions to the world with his mind and hands. He was a gifted doctor—a chief resident in neurosurgery at Stanford… Read More ›
Terms and Conditions by R. Sikoryak
Suspect that the vast majority of you have not read the iTunes Terms and Conditions (Neil may have), but even I may be able to get through the text given how creatively R. Sikoryak has presented it. For his newest project, R…. Read More ›
The Origins of the White Collar Worker
They labored in poorly lit, smoky single rooms, attached to merchants and lawyers, to insurance concerns and banks. They had sharp penmanship and bad eyes, extravagant clothes but shrunken, unused bodies, backs cramped from poor posture, fingers callused by constant… Read More ›
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