OUPBlog’s First Podcast: Gene Autry
Holly George-Warren interviews Jacqueline Autry.
The ABC’s of GBS: Part 3
Google Library, The Lawsuits, and Is Charkin Barking Up the Right Tree?
Google and libraries are doing something they need a license to do – and rather than ask for one, they are asking the copyright holders to provide a list of properties they wish to protect or not include in this program.
Blogging At The Press
Rebecca OUP-US Happy Friday to you all! I am in Minneapolis this weekend for the American Association of University Presses Annual Meeting. If you are around you should come hear the panel I am speaking on at 3:30pm. We will be talking about my favorite topic, blogs.
Good Author Blogs
What makes a good author blog?
In the Case of John Tierney “Fateful Voice of a Generation Still Drowns Our Science”
Mark Lytle takes a closer look at the New York Times article.
BEA Roundup
A look at the bloggers who are talking about BEA.
Creating Black Americans
Nell Painter, author of Creating Black Americans: African-American History & Its Meanings, 1619 to the Present was a winner of the 22nd annual Myers Outstanding Book Awards.
Rock The Vote: Favorite Fake Culinary Icons
Who is your favorite culinary icon who never lived?
Well Regulated: The Lost Meaning of the Second Amendment
By Saul Cornell Political reactions to the recent tragedy at Virginia Tech have been predictable. Leading Republicans invoke the 2nd amendment, or suggest arming students, while the Democratic leadership scrambles for cover seeking to avoid the wrath of NRA. If we are to make any progress in formulating effective gun policies that will reduce America’s […]
Book Expo America: Party With OUP
Party with OUP at BEA!
Alice in Wonderland: Mass Culture
What do you think of mass culture reinterpretations of Alice? What is your favorite?
My Repository is Bigger Than Yours:
A Response to Book Widgets and Book Selling 2.0
Corey Podolsky has written an excellent essay, Book Widgets and Book Selling 2.0 that clearly explains the thinking behind the large scale repository efforts underway at a few publishing giants. But…
Inside Oxford: Book Widgets and Book Selling 2.0
Cory Podolsky looks at book widgets.
Happy Birthday to The Simpsons!
I’ve been a vegetarian for over a decade and inevitably, when I meet someone new, they end up asking me questions. How and why did I stop eating meat? Do I miss it? Do I cheat? Long ago I stopped telling them the real story (which is dreadfully boring) and started recounting the scene below […]
The ABC’s of GBS: Part 2
Got Discoverability? Now what?
Consumer choice and publisher dilemma in the era of Google Book Search.
Friday procrastination: link love – guns, gambling and gaffs
There are so many great posts showing up in my bloglines today I had to share some of them! Check these tidbits out.