Bits and Bobs about Books

Well-known author Ann Pachett has decided to open a bookstore, and offered to sign copies of her book purchased through the new website. Interesting case study or tidbit.
Although I quit Twitter, this is an interesting concept: BookRx, an online experiment which analyses your tweets, hashtags, and keywords to recommend books for you.
Reading the Tools of Change newsletter, they mentioned Book Book Goose. It’s less ‘recommendation’ and more ‘random’, but it’s fun to see what comes up.
I was in Toronto in January and we had an evening/private event at the Toronto Reference Library. They have a Sherlock Holmes exhibit on right now. But unfortunately for me, the exhibit was closed because we were there after-hours. But I peered through the glass and got sad I couldn’t see it all.

Another Sad that I didn’t have time to visit the Bibliomat Book Vending Machine while I was in Toronto. The machine is installed at an antiquarian bookstore, The Monkey’s Paw, and it dispenses random books for $2.
House of Anansi launched a contest (which closed submissions a few weeks ago) for short stories based on now-defunct band, Broken Social Scene. They are preparing a book for the 10th anniversary of Broken Social Scene’s label and their breakout album.

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