www.munseys.com

Not such a bad online bookstop.

M.

"The "Rare Book Room" site has been constructed as an educational site intended to allow the visitor to examine and read some of the great books of the world. Over the last ten years, a company called "Octavo" embarked on digitally photographing some of the world ’s great books from some of the greatest libraries. These books were photographed at very high resolution (in some cases at over 200 megabytes per page).

This site contains all of the books (about 400) that have been digitized to date. These range over a wide variety of topics and rarity. The books are presented so that the viewer can examine all the pages in medium to medium-high resolution."

Check it out! It's really cool. And, no, they don't have a Second Life Library!!!

"Tracking innovation, development and experimentation in information studies and library science."

The British Library added some new features to it's site.

"All the great books on this site illuminate something; explain the world we live in and how we created it. They describe emotion; explain the origins of the religions and political systems that dominate our world. They can be tragic and comical. They can link us to the past and show that our predecessors thought on, worried over and cared about the same things we do. They show a struggle to explain the world and a need to express ideas. They can be dense, they can be poetic, they can be bright and fun and complex and difficult. Each presents challenges, but each explains an aspect of our world.

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Wikipedia: List of banned books

Wikipedia: The Anarchist Cookbook

Yahoo reports:"British book retailer Waterstone's is hoping to set up a helpline for distressed fans of the popular Harry Potter series because two characters will be killed off in the final instalment, The Daily Telegraph reported.

'This could be a similar moment to when (pop band) Take That split up -- there could be a lot of upset teenagers out there,' said Debbie Williams, a buyer for the book chain."

"Enduring legends are borne of disbelief: Scotland has its Loch Ness Monster, the Himalays its Abominable Snowman, and Oklahoma City, not to be outdone, has the Bookman..." Read the story in Hitch Magazine

"Excerpts taken from the Banned Books Resource Guide by the American Library Association, and Ready Reference Censorship."

A bunch of morons reviewed Orwells "1984".

<a href="robertantonwilson.blogspot.com"_new">All Hail Eris!

"How to make your writing simple, clear, and compelling. (And a little on getting published.)"

Write good!

"Excerpts from two of the six Norton Lectures that Jorge Luis Borges delivered at Harvard University in the fall of 1967 and spring of 1968. The recordings of these six lectures, only lately discovered in the Harvard University Archives, uniquely capture the cadences, candor, wit, and remarkable erudition of one of the most extraordinary and enduring literary voices of our age. Through a twist of fate that the author of Labyrinths himself would have relished, these lost lectures return to us now--in Borges's own voice."

In English - mp3

Via In English - mp3

The Homepage is here!

Ken, we could sell some of your books here!

Try ZVAB-Zentrales Verzeichnis antiquarischer Bücher. They also have an interesting blog in german: ZVAB-Blog

Official launch in february 2007

Hm...

To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser.

• Robertson Davies

some Robertson Davies books "Collected" in the bookshop... The Rebel Angels 4.50 The Manticore 4.00 Samuel Marchbanks' Almanack 3.50 The Lyre of Orpheus 4.50 What's Bred in the Bone 4.50

Wired: "Hemingway once wrote a story in just six words ("For sale: baby shoes, never worn.") and is said to have called it his best work. So we asked sci-fi, fantasy, and horror writers from the realms of books, TV, movies, and games to take a shot themselves."

The return of Griffin Mill! "In Michael Tolkin's follow-up to "The Player," Griffin Mill leaves the movie business behind -- but he's still out for blood.