http://www.rarebooknews.com/ News and commentary about rare books. Copyright 2010 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:04:27 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss "More and more people now purchase their books on the Internet since they find it more convenient. Sector representatives estimate that the online book-selling industry is expanding by some 30 percent per year in Turkey in line with the ever-increasing... http://www.rarebooknews.com/archives/2010/03/online_booksell_1.php http://www.rarebooknews.com/archives/2010/03/online_booksell_1.php News about Internet Bookselling Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:04:27 -0500 "The collection includes 175 incunabula (early printed books before 1500), around 500 rare Bibles, Restoration and Quarto drama volumes, including a rare collection of early Shakespeare volumes, and a large quantity of high quality, limited edition British 19th and 20th... http://www.rarebooknews.com/archives/2010/03/rare_book_colle_8.php http://www.rarebooknews.com/archives/2010/03/rare_book_colle_8.php News about Libraries Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:58:52 -0500 "Johnson favors quirky stories about cyber-missionaries or tattooed librarians over the day-to-day operations of community libraries and issues of budget constraints. She finds that a group defined by discretion and helpfulness in person is often "clamorous" online, where hip librarians... http://www.rarebooknews.com/archives/2010/03/npr_how_librari.php http://www.rarebooknews.com/archives/2010/03/npr_how_librari.php News about Librarians Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:43:38 -0500 "By making access to books easier, online bookstores are also credited with helping the publishing sector. Kizir contends that the number of people who are avid readers has at least doubled over the past 10 years thanks to the attractive... http://www.rarebooknews.com/archives/2010/03/online_booksell.php http://www.rarebooknews.com/archives/2010/03/online_booksell.php News about Internet Bookselling Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:41:19 -0500 "The 14,000 books, which include rare bibles and atlases, will be bought for £1.2 million by the University with help from the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales and the Welsh Assembly Government." Read this article.... http://www.rarebooknews.com/archives/2010/03/rare_books_for_6.php http://www.rarebooknews.com/archives/2010/03/rare_books_for_6.php News about Libraries Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:39:02 -0500 "Two parts of an ancient biblical manuscript separated across centuries and continents were reunited for the first time in a joint display Friday, thanks to an accidental discovery that is helping illuminate a dark period in the history of the... http://www.rarebooknews.com/archives/2010/03/biblical_manusc.php http://www.rarebooknews.com/archives/2010/03/biblical_manusc.php News about Libraries Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:48:38 -0500 "The Beinecke’s online exhibitions garnered more than 321,000 hits in 2009, as compared to the roughly 75,000 visitors to the building, according to statistics compiled by the Beinecke." Read this article.... http://www.rarebooknews.com/archives/2010/03/yales_beinecke_2.php http://www.rarebooknews.com/archives/2010/03/yales_beinecke_2.php News about Libraries Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:46:17 -0500 "As the literary world waits to find out what, if anything, J.D. Salinger wrote in his New Hampshire hideaway, fans of the reclusive author can satisfy their longing for new works by reading five of his unpublished stories that can... http://www.rarebooknews.com/archives/2010/03/j_d_salinger_at.php http://www.rarebooknews.com/archives/2010/03/j_d_salinger_at.php News about Great Writers Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:00:38 -0500 "Born to Ukrainian parents, Jose Mindlin owned over 38,000 books and was a member of the prestigious Brazilian Academy of Letters. In 2006, he donated about half of his collection to the University of Sao Paulo, mostly on topics related... http://www.rarebooknews.com/archives/2010/03/jose_mindlin_bi.php http://www.rarebooknews.com/archives/2010/03/jose_mindlin_bi.php News about Book Collectors Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:57:47 -0500 "The gift, in addition to other donations, will be used to turn the sixth floor of Van Pelt — where the Rare Book and Manuscript Library is housed — into a Special Collections Center that creates a more functional and... http://www.rarebooknews.com/archives/2010/02/425_million_don.php http://www.rarebooknews.com/archives/2010/02/425_million_don.php News about Libraries Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:30:29 -0500 "The prizes, which range from $250 to $2,500, are awarded to the winning bibliophiles -- and their school libraries -- for a collection of rare books." Read this article.... http://www.rarebooknews.com/archives/2010/02/student_contest.php http://www.rarebooknews.com/archives/2010/02/student_contest.php News about Book Collectors Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:24:42 -0500 "While Thomas Boss, a rare-book dealer in Salem, doesn't specialize in modern American literature, he knows a thing or two about the antiquarian book business. Boss talked to The Salem News recently about what effect Salinger's death might have on... http://www.rarebooknews.com/archives/2010/02/thomas_book_boo.php http://www.rarebooknews.com/archives/2010/02/thomas_book_boo.php News about Booksellers Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:19:37 -0500 "For the past few weeks, Mrs. Jaunzems has been classifying and labeling books, magazines, exhibit catalogues and professional journals by and about the artist and the period to set up the museum's first reference library." Read this article.... http://www.rarebooknews.com/archives/2010/02/new_yorks_remin.php http://www.rarebooknews.com/archives/2010/02/new_yorks_remin.php News about Libraries Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:47:11 -0500 "Books on Mahatma Gandhi are an endangered lot in his own hermitage, the Sabarmati ashram in Ahmedabad. Over a hundred books on the Mahatma and some of his photographs were consigned to a fire last week after termites feasted on... http://www.rarebooknews.com/archives/2010/02/termites_feasti.php http://www.rarebooknews.com/archives/2010/02/termites_feasti.php News about Great Writers Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:44:56 -0500 "First was The Book Mark. Located in Queens, New York, it was in walking distance of our family's home up until we moved when I was in sixth grade. It was owned by two spinster sisters named Rose and Esther... http://www.rarebooknews.com/archives/2010/02/the_fate_of_ind.php http://www.rarebooknews.com/archives/2010/02/the_fate_of_ind.php News about Booksellers Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:40:49 -0500