Happy Friday to everyone. It has been a week full of Nobel announcements and internet buzz about the FTC decision. So sit back, have a relaxing Friday and let the OUPBlog entertain you. Once you finish the links below peruse the week‘s archives, there was some good stuff (not that I am biased!)
A college that is paying students not to attend.
Congratulations to Herta Müller, a German poet, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Interestingly, she thinks she is still being watched in Romania, read her take here.
What do you think are the five most important moments for digital books?
From slavery to the White House, a very cool article about Michelle Obama’s family.
Confessions of a middlebrow professor.
If you are in NYC check out Adam Penenberg’s reading at Barnes & Noble on 8th Street and 6th Avenue on October 20th. His new book The Viral Loop (not OUP!) has been using a Facebook application to try and get publicity, check out how it is working here.
Some Sarah Vowell love.
When breakfast makes itself.
A unified theory of Superman’s powers.
For the love of yogurt.
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