Alice in Wonderland: Rule 42
42 questions.
Alice in Wonderland: Talking Animals
Why wasn’t Alice more startled at seeing a talking animal? Furthermore, why are all the important characters in Wonderland talking animals?
Alice in Wonderland: The Discussion Begins
How many puns can you find in Alice in Wonderland?
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.
A Very Merry Unblogday to You
Get ready for book club discussion day!
National Poetry Month: An Untitled Poem
We are pleased to bring you another poem by Noah Levin (an OUP employee also!) Feast your eyes below. by Noah Levin
National Poetry Month: A Video
A video for Poetry Month.
National Poetry Month: POEM FOR THE OUP
A poem for Poetry Month by King Otho.
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.
Brave New Words: Expletives & Profanity
Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction is edited by Jeff Prucher. Prucher’s entertaining entries are a window to the entire science fiction genre, through the words invented and passed along throughout the years.
Facing The Digital Reality
Evan Schnittman wrote an article for Publishing News last week entitled “Facing The Digital Reality.”
An Honor For Memory
Today we will look more closely at two of these titles, Memory and Brain by Larry R. Squire and Memory From A to Z by Yadin Dudai. Below is an excerpt from the beginnin of Memory and Brain. Check back later today to learn more about Memory From A to Z.
OUPblog in Publishers Weekly
Some exciting news to report.