Friday Links
So, it’s come to this: Court Orders Amazon.com To Adopt Bankrupt Bookstores’ Cats
Most Painful Pun of the week: ”… a Sentence to Write Sentences: When former pharmaceutical executive Andrew G. Bodnar pleaded guilty to white-collar crime in 2009, the judge didn’t throw the book at him—he ordered him to write one.”
Infographic of the week: How books are born
Existential angst of the week: what happens to your e-books when you die?
List of the week: Top 10 Historical Novels
Recommended geeky reading for daughters (or sons): A list of stories about girls that are princess-free
When you keep using that fancy word, it’s obvious you just learned it yesterday
At Grantland, an excerpt from Justin Halpern’s new book I Suck At Girls
A company that makes novels into posters (you need to see it)
Amazon reviews just as reliable (in aggregate) as professional reviewers (in aggregate)
