Books, the Internet, and Censorship

You Can’t Say That on the Internet - NYTimes.com: "Apple, too, has strayed from its iconoclastic roots. When Naomi Wolf’s latest book, “Vagina: A New Biography,” went on sale in its iBooks store, Apple turned “Vagina” into “V****a.” After numerous complaints, Apple restored the title, but who knows how many other books are still affected? True, these books are still on sale. Unlike the good old United States Post Office, which once confiscated “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” and other books it deemed too lewd, Silicon Valley does not engage in direct censorship. What it does, though, is present ideas and terms that have gained public acceptance as something to be ashamed of. Silicon Valley doesn’t just reflect social norms — it actively shapes them in ways that are, for the most part, imperceptible."

Books: New and Noteworthy
USA TODAY
The buzz: Baldacci's first Puller thriller, Zero Day, made its debut on USA TODAY's Best-SellingBooks list at No. 3 last year. 2. The 4-Hour Chef by Timothy Ferriss ... The buzz: Ferriss' book has made headlines because many bookstores, battling ...

Book offers Klebold parents' view of son's role in Columbine tragedy
Denver Post
The mother of Dylan Klebold, who with Eric Harris went on the suicidal rampage in 1999 that killed 13 and wounded dozens at Columbine High School, told the author of a new book that during the incident she prayed hard that her son would kill himself.

'Breaking Dawn: Part 2': Saying Goodbye to the Books, the Movies and My ...
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As a senior, middle school still seems like yesterday. But on Thursday, I received a brash reality check on how much the lives of my friends and I have permanently changed and how much of my life has flashed by since my friends and I first picked up ...

Author JRR Tolkien's tales deeply rooted in Christianity
Deseret News
A prequel to "The Lord of the Rings," it's based on J.R.R. Tolkien's young adult book"The Hobbit, or There and Back Again" (1937). (The much darker and more adult "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, itself originally conceived as a tale for children, was ...

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Book-Vending Machine Dispenses Suspense
Minnesota Public Radio
Earlier this year, Stephen Fowler, owner of The Monkey's Paw used-book store in Toronto, had an idea. He wanted a creative way to offload his more ill-favored books — "odd and unusual" all, as the store's motto goes — that went further than a $1 bin ...

Bearden: Author tells cat tales for a cause
Tbo.com
And he's also the main character in Lynch's just-published children's book: "Irish Holiday Fairy Tales." (Lynch doesn't take credit for Finn's literary adventures. The book and all the short stories are credited to "author" Finn McCool, the Magic ...

Big data gets its own book: 'The Human Face of Big Data'
CNET
Fittingly, a really big, 7.5-pound book. Called "The Human Face of Big Data," this is the latest project by longtime photojournalist Rick Smolan, the one-time National Geographic photographer who's best known for creating the "Day in the Life" series ...

Novel about racial injustice wins National Book Award
Bend Bulletin
Beating out an unusually competitive field, Louise Erdrich won the National Book Award for fiction Wednesday night for “The Round House," a novel about a teenage boy's effort to investigate an attack on his mother on a North Dakota reservation, and his ...

JK Rowling reimagines Harry Potter for video game
USA TODAY
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling and Sony have partnered to deliver a revolutionary way of entering the wizarding world. Using augmented reality technology, Wonderbook: Book of Spells introduces a novel gaming experience for the PlayStation 3 that will ...

National Book Award winner to give poetry reading
Boston.com
BOSTON (AP) — Poet David Ferry, who just won the 2012 National Book Award for poetry, will be giving a reading of his work in Boston next month. Ferry will read from his award-winning book''Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations'' at Suffolk ...

5 Books Every High School Student Should Read Before College
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This brilliantly written book is simultaneously satirical, fantastical and insightful. Vonnegut's conversational but thoughtful tone inspires the reader to ask big life questions, such as “What is time?” or “Is my perception of reality totally wrong?
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Test Chamber - Wonderbook: Book of Spells - Features - www ...
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Watch every episode of Test Chamber in our hub by clicking here. Email the author Ben Hanson, or follow on Twitter, and Game Informer. Filed under: Feature, PlayStation 3, Sony, test chamber, Move, harry potter, wonderbook, sony move, wonderbook: book of spells, book of speels ... V Pre-order Items Arrive. Thanks for sharing your comment! If your comment doesn't appear right away, please be patient as it may take a few minutes to publish or may require moderation. Comments ...
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Book Captures 'Mark Twain's Tale Of Today' « CBS Philly
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Brad DeLong: A Book I Will Request in Hardcover from the Library...
By J. Bradford DeLong
A Book I Will Request in Hardcover from the Library... $30 for a Kindle edition, yes. $100 no: The Military Experience in the Age of Reason Christopher Duffy Amazon com Kindle Store. The mind of the publisher remains inscrutable to me.
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SNAP: Floating Books | Mission Loc@l
By Mateo Hoke
SNAP: Floating Books. floating books. "All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned inbooks." -Jean-Paul Sartre. Floating books on 24th St. Photo by Mateo Hoke. Tweet. By Mateo HokePosted November 17, 2012 3:00 pm ...
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Book: Mom of Columbine shooter prayed for son's suicide
Sue Klebold told "Far From the Tree" author Andrew Solomon that police informed ... The book also describes an arrest of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold that took ...

Book-Vending Machine Dispenses Suspense | WBUR & NPR
Earlier this year, Stephen Fowler, owner of The Monkey's Paw used-book store in ... He wanted a creative way to offload his more ill-favored books — "odd and ...

Book Fair One-Liners: Cool Nickname, Thanks Autocorrect | WLRN
Enlarge image Credit Siobhan Vivian Author Siobhan Vivian with her former professor, ... MiamiBook Fair InternationalThe Story Doesn't End Here: Remix A Story With Junot Díaz ... Ed Irvin is a contributor to the Florida Book Review. Tags: ...

2012 Miami Book Fair on Book TV | C-SPAN
Today, C-SPAN2 presents coverage from the Miami Book Fair International. ... and eight authorinterview segments with viewer participation through C-SPAN's Facebook page, tweets, your calls, and e-mails. ... Congress, Politics, Books ...

Top-Sawyers Are All the Crack! (5 books)
5 books based on 1 votes: Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer, The Highest Stakes by Emery Lee,... Points are based on the ranking of the book on each list and the number of people have voted for it. ... by Emery Lee (Goodreads Author) ...

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