Harvard Business School has a case study on marketing the special One Laptop Per Child computers. Those who have already purchased theirs in the special give one, get one promotion will be relieved to know the machines began to ship this week. Purchasing goes through December 31.
I heard a piece on the BBC World Service this morning about a proposed law in Britain that would hold authors responsible if their works incite certain kinds of violence. As a writer, I got a little scared because of what might happen if the authorities held me responsible for the actions of my readers. [...]
An employee of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum had the foresight to dig through trash bins when he learned a Jewish memorial book collector’s heirs were cleaning out the library. These yizkor books are part of a key collection with the names of many Holocaust victims and survivors. An Associated Press article discusses this collection [...]
*hangs head in shame*
Banned Books Week is probably my favorite library holiweek. I can’t believe I completely forgot about it this year. Someone mentioned Go Ask Alice a few days ago. After I confessed that I hadn’t read it (yet), my brain reminded me that it’s often high on lists of challenged books and perhaps [...]
Here’s some nifty Wikipedia humor for you: “A different Wikipedia article in every can …”
It must be time to eat …