books

What I value in books is lucidity. I want the language to be rich; I love lexical fireworks on the page, but I have to know what it means. I want to be surprised and delighted, not merely baffled. Mal Peet

"Some say they get lost in books, but I find myself, again and again, in the pages of a good book." L. R. Knost

“And books, they offer one hope -- that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that universe, one is saved.” Anne Rice

There's been an interesting discussion on reddit prompted by a librarian who is finding newly published books arriving in a genre they don't quite belong in. Link. Favourite comment: someone's book was tagged dystopian. The author, however, maintains that 'it's not dystopian, it's just Canada'.

“Personally, I think the "Potter" books have too many adverbs and not enough sex.” Lev Grossman

We are nearing the end of (well, pretty close to) a major transition that’s taken place mostly behind the scenes. For a while now, people have been asking about featuring and selling book-related items from their Author Profile, e.g. audiobooks, etc. We’re not quite ready to unveil this yet...

It may well have been the least popular project in the history of the Lab, but thanks to the brave few who helped me on it, my Virginia Woolf essay 'Swimming Against the Tide' has been accepted for publication in an anthology by Indirect Books due to be published in early 2027. I'm chuffed to...

This is very interesting (it's by the owner of an independent bookshop, via an interview taken from 'Don't give up on your dreams, even if you've ignored them for a while...'): I can see a world where bookshops like mine might actually benefit from the assault of AI on the book industry. Books...

"I have this weird obsession about buying books and looking at them with a smile, even if I won't read them soon. At least they are mine now." Anaïs Nin

“I haven't any right to criticize books, and I don't do it except when I hate them. I often want to criticize Jane Austen, but her books madden me so that I can't conceal my frenzy from the reader; and therefore I have to stop every time I begin. Every time I read Pride and Prejudice I want to...

People are like books: some deceive you with their cover, and others surprise you with their content. Oscar Wilde

These two publishers of speculative dark fiction have joined forces. Join the Fireside Chat Jan 25th to learn more. https://www.prweb.com/releases/house-of-gamut-publishing-is-now-ruadan-books-elevating-unique-voices-in-the-space-of-dark-speculative-and-crime-fiction-302232606.html...

Today, I shopped at an American Costco for the first time in more than a month and was stunned to see that books are back. It was only one table, maybe a few thousand books at the most, but they were back.

The Bookshop has a thousand books, all colors, hues and tinges And every cover is a door That turns on magic hinges. Nancy Byrd Turner

“We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel... is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.” Ursula K. Le Guin

These really looked like prospective xmas presents. I thought I would post because there are so many fantasy writers on here.

Some books are so familiar that reading them is like coming home. Louisa May Alcott

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content. Paul Valéry

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/oct/01/online-platform-independent-bookshops-ebooks-uk

“Books have a life. They breathe. When you write a book, it grows and changes. You learn from your characters after you create them. They come from you and you become them.” Chloe Thurlow