Feb 18 After Losing Its Bookstore, Laredo Tries to Write the Next Chapter By Tom LeGro The last bookstore in Laredo, Texas, closed its doors for good one month ago this week. This bilingual and bicultural border town, long challenged by high illiteracy rates, is now adjusting to its new reality. Continue reading
Jan 08 Unveiling the Latest and Greatest in E-Reading Technology Every week, it seems, there’s an announcement of a new electronic reader — a new gadget for reading that is NOT one of those of soft or hardbound pieces of printed matter we’ve all carried… Continue reading
Jan 08 Around the Nation, Friday Roundup Here are some of this week's arts and culture headlines from public broadcasters around the nation. Continue reading
Dec 30 Spencer Michels: A Little Common Sense About Google Books The Google books story sounds pretty simple on the surface: Google wants to digitize or scan a large portion of the world's books, and then make them available for people searching a subject. That part is fairly straight forward. After… Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch Google’s Goal: Digitize Every Book Ever Printed In a new era of E-books, Internet giant Google is attempting to offer millions of books online. Spencer Michels looks at the controversial plan and what it could mean for the future of reading. Continue watching
Nov 02 Watch Kindle, Price War Changing the Way We Read Jeffrey Brown explores the shifting world of book publishing, and examines how technology and readers are changing the industry. Continue watching