Saturday Miscellany — 4/13/19

Odds ‘n ends over the week about books and reading that caught my eye. You’ve probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case:

• US Independent Bookstores Thriving and Growing — I’ve posted variations on this theme before, but it’s always encouraging to read.
• Fast-Growing Independent Publishers, 2019 — don’t think I’ve brushed up against any of those mentioned here, but this is encouraging, too.
• Philip Pullman, Neil Gaiman, Tom Holland, and Others Stand Against Piracy
• Publishing 2025: a vision — From The Bookseller
• Publishing Killing Libraries? — a thought-provoking thread
• Traditional Books vs. Ebooks: A Comparison — I’m not sure there’s anything new here, but a nice post nonethelss.
• Beowulf the work of single author, research suggests — I didn’t realize this was a thing (I think we covered Beowulf in 3 lit classes in college, too — where it should’ve come up). Still, I find this kind of thing fascinating.
• To the Librarian Who Changed My Life — awwww
• 5 Things That Make Me Pick Up a Book — fun post. (and a great blog name/tag line, too…)
• How I write book reviews — another nice BTS book blogger post — thanks to the Tattooed Book Geek for retweeting it.
• Tell Us Your Drinking Preferences, We’ll Tell You What Genre You Are! — Other than identifying me as a Horror lover (check the archives here, see how wrong that is), fun dumb quiz
• Fantasy Book Covers Intimidate Me—Here’s Why — I get this. Been there.
• Nero Wolfe — the detective who loves his grub
• Hilariously Honest Book Titles (Adaptations Edition) and Hilariously Honest Book Titles (Part 4) both have some really winners.

Lastly, I’d like to say hi and extend a warm welcome to Occidentally Orthodox (who may not like a lot of what I post, but I hope he comments) and whovinawrites for following the blog this week.