books Horse Yoga, All About Pockets, How God Gives Us Ice Cream, and a slew of other weird books David Pescovitz
books Mike Pompeo's new book is highly praised on its back cover — a blurb no author would ever want Carla Sinclair
books New rare book catalogue features a Soviet Space Race picture book with backyard-built rocket Rebecca Romney
happy mutants Watch the trailer to "The Booksellers," a documentary on the enduring, eccentric world of rare book selling Gareth Branwyn
happy mutants Barnes and Noble's new boss is James Daunt, who rescued the UK's Waterstones Cory Doctorow
Business Microsoft is about to shut off its ebook DRM servers: "The books will stop working" Cory Doctorow
china Hong Kong's #612strike uprising is alive to surveillance threats, but its countermeasures are woefully inadequate Cory Doctorow
surveillance Hong Kong's #612strike protest movement: a million strong, leaderless, wireless and smart as hell Cory Doctorow
authoritarianism The latest popular uprising in Hong Kong is fighting to keep Beijing from dragging dissidents to mainland China Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Announcing: the tour for "How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems," Randall "XKCD" Munroe's next book Cory Doctorow
Copyfight Microsoft announces it will shut down ebook program and confiscate its customers' libraries Cory Doctorow
books San Francisco tomorrow night (1/30): Doug Rushkoff interviewed by David Pescovitz at Commonwealth Club David Pescovitz
Business A celebration of Libro.fm: the indie, DRM-free Audible alternative that helps your local bookseller (with giveaway!) Cory Doctorow
