http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/2775210/Obama-mum-over-book-of-secrets
Well at least the movie has been, lol. Personally I loved the Nation Treasure movies so cannot wait for the third instalement. Actually I can’t wait for anything Nicholas Cage is involved with. He is by far one of my favorite actors. Matchstick Men being one of my favorites of all times.
Okay, so [...]
http://econsultancy.com/blog/4467-marvel-takes-to-the-itunes-store-with-spider-woman-motion-comic
Welcome to the future of comics. Well sort of. As the world goes more and more digital it makes sense that comic companies would find a way to catch up.
The new format is called motion comics. From what I’ve gathered it is a combination of actual comics, animation, and voice over. There is [...]
http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/53623097.html
Alright so this peice of news stuck out to me since I love reading about young author making it. I would have loved to publish a book in my teens but well, those day are long past. Hopefully, with lots of pushing myself, I might be able to just barely make the under 25 [...]
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2009/08/17/atwood-book-tour.html?ref=rss
I absolutely love when one form of art inspires others. I find it such a cool concept. For example of my favorite band is Meg and Dia and a large number of their songs were inspired by books. I’ve read so many interviews of them where they say they were finishing a book, cry, [...]
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=126752253&blogId=505313466
Yet another Hollywood star is releasing a novel. This time it is Amber Tamblyn. It was be a poetry and prose book about, you guessed it, Hollywood.
I actually was unaware she has published quite a few things. There was two small books that she self-released with a limited about of copies. Then in [...]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090813/ap_on_re_us/us_college_textbook_rentals
Finally something that sounds like a win-win for students and publishers alike. An company is going to start providing textbooks for rent to college students at huge discounts.
Obviously this is great for students. Speaking from my own experience, textbook can run close to or over $100 on average. I’m referring mostly to the [...]
Okay so this is kind of a cool story I came across…
http://www.njherald.com/story/news/13SPARTABOOK-web
Basically the school in Sparta, New Jersey assigned one book to everyone in the school to read over the summer. It was “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls which was previously a best selling memior. Well not only did the students all pick [...]
EVERYONE please check this website out and vote.
http://booksforkids.firstbook.org/whatbook/index.php
Okay so while looking for today’s news I came across this super awesome campaign going on right now with First Book. Until the end of next month, they are getting people to vote on what book got them completely hooked on reading. Not only that but they [...]
