Other Book-Related Stuff

[Cheryl]

I don't get it. What does the bookstore get out of it?

[L J]

Library Matches Shelter Cat With Book Recommendations for the …
https://newswav.com/article/library-m...

The link to video was a bit slow to show up but worth the wait.

[Fishface]

I heard the other day that the publishing industry is in talks to eliminate ALL paperbacks. Please someone tell me it was just a bad dream!

[Cheryl]

Ack. I certainly hope it fails. Scholastic, for one, would not be in favor.

[Fishface]

[Cheryl]

Fishface wrote: "I heard the other day that the publishing industry is in talks to eliminate ALL paperbacks. Please someone tell me it was just a bad dream!"

Any update on this?

[CindySR]

Cheryl wrote: "Fishface wrote: "I heard the other day that the publishing industry is in talks to eliminate ALL paperbacks. Please someone tell me it was just a bad dream!"

Any update on this?"

I found this article:
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/b...


I also googled this definition because I didn't know the difference:
Trade paperbacks are books sold in a bookstore, whereas mass-market paperbacks are sold on a rack in various locations, such as grocery stores, drug stores, or bookstores. A trade paperback is typically larger and made with higher quality paper. The average mass-market paperback will use a lower-grade groundwood paper.

[Julie]

CindySR wrote: "Cheryl wrote: "Fishface wrote: "I heard the other day that the publishing industry is in talks to eliminate ALL paperbacks. Please someone tell me it was just a bad dream!"

Any update on this?"

I..."
Interesting!

[Cheryl]

Ok, I can live without mm-pbs. Especially as my eyes get older. I'm glad that trade pbs are still a thing; I really like them as a way for a library to be able to afford something they expect will only circulate a few times.

[Fishface]

[Fishface]

[Fishface]

CindySR wrote: "Cheryl wrote: "Fishface wrote: "I heard the other day that the publishing industry is in talks to eliminate ALL paperbacks. Please someone tell me it was just a bad dream!"

Any update on this?"

I..."

Also, mass-market paperbacks have a standard height and width. Trade paperbacks are usually much bigger, although the trend right now is just to make them the same width, but taller.

[Fishface]

[Fishface]

Here's a weird concept in bookselling:

https://booksbythefoot.com/?gad_sourc...

They treat the books like curtains or throw pillows or something.

[Cheryl]

Oh yay! Thank you for finding that note from Takei!

Yeah, books as decor, that's been a thing for awhile. I don't like it.

[Fishface]

[Cheryl]

Hah!

[CindySR]

In the news today:

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/28/nx-s1-...

Authors petition publishers to curtail their use of AI

[Fishface]

Instagram vid on AI and publishing and where that might take us:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLihDb...

[Fishface]

I hope everyone can see this video about books with fore-edge paintings:

https://www.threads.com/@moonsrareboo...

[CindySR]

I see it and they are beautiful!

[Cheryl]

Gorgeous. Thank you.
Now I am looking up how they're made.
edit - it's not really all that hard, apparently...

[Fishface]

Cheryl wrote: "Gorgeous. Thank you.
Now I am looking up how they're made.
edit - it's not really all that hard, apparently..."

It isn't!?

[Cheryl]

Well, you have to have the basic talent. And the right paint and brushes. But it's not, apparently, complex like with moving parts or whatever. It's even easier to find examples of videos of artists doing it.

[Fishface]

[Fishface]

Oscar Wilde's library card has been restored to him:

Oscar Wilde's British Library card reissued 130 years after being revoked over gay conviction - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2...

[Cheryl]

Um, kinda cool....