How a Book is Made Go behind the scenes and follow the book publishing process from start to finish in a seven-video series for book lovers, students, and aspiring writers. Episodes 1 and 2 cover some of the author's work: Developing the Idea and Writing the Story. Starting with episode 3 (Editing the Book) you can learn about what publishers do: (via GalleyCat) #fridayreads My #fridayreads this week is Fever by Mary Beth Keane. At some point early on in the book I realized that I didn't know very much about typhoid and made the mistake of googling it. Being a hypochondriac, … Continue reading Bookish Links and Delightful Miscellany

Read full article here “O Revelations! Letters, Once Banned, Flesh Out Willa Cather” appeared on the front page of The New York Times last week. Almost 70 years after her death, the world will be given incite to personal life … Continue reading Cather makes NYT front page

#fridayreads In case you don't already know, FridayReads is about sharing the title of whatever book you are currently reading. It was started by Bethanne Patrick (aka @TheBookMaven aka @JustBethanne) with the #fridayreads hashtag on Twitter, but there is also a Facebook page for it.  Because we believe that reading makes the world a better place, every Friday, thousands of people post what they're reading to celebrate and encourage reading. If you're on Twitter, I encourage you to scroll through all of the #fridayreads. It makes me happy to see all those people reading all those books and maybe it'll make you … Continue reading Bookish Links and Delightful Miscellany

Happy Birthday, Nebraska! The 30 Best Places To Be If You Love Books This has kind of been everywhere lately but it's so lovely that I thought it was worth posting. I think this is my favorite: That's the famous Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris. UNP happens to be the publisher of founder Sylvia Beach's book of the same name. The New Yorker said that Miss Beach's book is intimate, not scholarly, and thus full of interesting information. Her reminiscences are literally an index of everybody in the twenties, and she knew them all. Illuminating Quotes, Visualised  (from Maggie … Continue reading Bookish Links and Delightful Miscellany

Best Book Ad? BoingBoing calls it “possibly the greatest ad for books, ever.” I don’t know about that, but it is pretty cool. (click through for the full image) Dracula Dissected I learned about this site from Twitter, specifically from @ljndawson and @ChrisKubica. Chris Hughes (@ChristofHughes) created a website that  breaks down the novel ‘Dracula’ into dozens of tiny pieces, and then strings them together again over a map, connected with the story’s internal timeline. . . . you can watch Dracula gradually move towards England, just as Mina is wondering what has happened to her husband-to-be. Which is fun. Bookish The tagline … Continue reading Bookish Links and Delightful Miscellany

In case you missed it on Twitter, the poem in its entirety. THIS PAPER BOATCarefully placed upon the furniture,it tips from the breeze and skims away,frail things of words, this valentine, so far to sail. And if you find itcaught in the reeds, it message blurred,the thought that you are holding ita moment is enough for me.         -Ted Kooser Continue reading For you, Valentine!

"small, warped, and bookish" — What could possibly be better than that? Marc Giai-Miniet is a French artist who makes creepy and fascinating dioramas that tend to feature reproductions of human organs, crime scenes, submarines in basements, and, wait for it … libraries. “Three Machines Want to Know” TeleRead's 2013 Meeting Guide for Publishing Eugene G. Schwartz has put together a helpful list of publishing conferences along with descriptions of each. Slaughterhouse 90210 Best Tumblr ever? Towards a better book recommendation service  Joe Wikert points out that Just because I’m Facebook friends with you doesn’t mean we have the same … Continue reading Bookish Links and Delightful Miscellany

The University of Nebraska Press is closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Online orders placed today will be processed on Tuesday, Jan. 22. Continue reading Closed