THE NORT SPEWS ~ News and Reviews

A whole library dumped on my doorstep ... One of the odd things about reading eBooks is that the booksellers encourage you to use only the...

It's not too late to support your local independent book seller ... Of all the reading platforms for ebooks perhaps the one with the ...

A belated report on last year's book fair -- quick, before it's time for the next one .... I've certainly taken my time abou...

There was a time in my life when I found books of a certain size intimidating. Maybe it goes back to my attempt, at the age of twelve, to ...

I'll show you mine if you'll show me yours ... A while back Apple Computer used to run some ads asking the question, "What ...

Judging a book not by its cover but by the author's name ... While browsing on one of my favorite sources for online books, Feedbooks....

1984 becomes the first unbook, but probably won't be the last ... What a coincidence -- no sooner was the digital ink dry on my rec...

We're having the Miami Book Fair this weekend (report next time), so here's something that affects the future of books, and why y...

"But what's going to happen to all the books ?" asked my friend ... Having praised the new breed of digital book readers, ...

Campaign season -- a perfect time to reflect on our history ... You might think with a high-tech gadget like the Sony ebook reader I got fo...

In his novel , Return from the Stars, Polish sci-fi author Stanislaw Lem imagined a device called an “opton.” It was a “book” with a single...