reading

The two leaves can be opened and closed to simulate turning pages, or even separated to pass round or compare documents. When the two leaves are folded back, the device shows one display on each side. Simply turning it over reveals a new page.

Neat. Think it’ll catch on?

"Here's the problem. If you donate the otherwise-thrashed book somewhere, someone might read it. OK, maybe that person will read one more book in life but more likely that book will substitute for that person reading some other book instead."

Cowen elaborates on the calculus of when it's a good idea to get rid of a book for the sake of humanity and when it isn't.

An audio reading of a Chapter 5 excerpt from the upcoming novel Mantids by Ron Dakron. See more info at www.rondakron.com

Some fascinating facts about what, how and why we readers…er…‘informavores’ read online:

"[U]sers are selfish, lazy, and ruthless." You, my dear user, pluck the low-hanging fruit. When you arrive on a page, you don't actually deign to read it. You scan. If you don't see what you need, you're gone. And it's not you who has to change. It's me, the writer.

the NBCC returns with its third seasonal list, assembled by polling the 825 members of the National Book Critics Circle as well as former finalists and winners of NBCC book awards. I think of it as is a freeze frame on book culture today, what critics and authors have been impressed by at this point in the year.

We’re always interested in what people are reading: We’re the ones on buses craning our necks to get a look at book titles and authors. Perhaps, like us, you also notice what others are reading.

The Seattle Public Library lists a number of books their staffers spotted on buses. What do you see people reading on public transport? (Seattle doesn't have a train or subway yet...)

What books do you have that sit unread? That you've started but gave up on? Here's the list of the top books tagged "unread" on librarything.com.

I've recently become obsessed with the book choosing rituals of those around me. Are you the type to buy a book recommended by the cashier at your local bookstore? Or maybe you're like my friend Lisa, who falls down the Amazon rabbit hole, one recommendation begetting another. My friend Allison decides on books based on their last word.

Would you rather read a new book or re-read an old favorite? If the latter, which title(s) would you revisit?

The serial novel is a form whose time has come again. But where traditionally the episodes were penned on the fly, in its latest incarnation in the New York Times the works are pre-written in their entirely before the first installment hits the page. The question is, is this break with tradition a form of cheating, “depriving both writer and reader of a unique experience?”