- Over at "Cardiff Book History," Rhys Tranter interviews Robert Darnton about the future of books.
- New feature at the Houghton Library blog, "You've Got Mail," kicks off with a letter from Samuel Johnson to Hester Thrale.
- The Guardian covers that strange case of forged Ibsen works that I've mentioned here before.
- Don't miss "The Public Practice of History in and for a Digital Age," new AHA president William Cronon's first Perspectives on History column.
- The University of Georgia's new special collections building is now open for business.
- Vin Carretta's recent talk at the Mass Historical Society about his new Phillis Wheatley bio is now online. And this week, I added a Phillis Wheatley Legacy Library to LibraryThing.
- A must-read post at Typefoundry, "Type held in the hand."
- Johann Froben's publications are highlighted at The Private Library.
- Jennifer Howard expertly covers recently scholarship on the King James Bible.
- In the NYTimes, Anne Trubek explores "Why Authors Tweet."
Reviews
- Umberto Eco's The Prague Cemetery; review by Sinclair McKay in the Telegraph.
- Dava Sobel's A More Perfect Heaven; review by San Kean in the NYTimes.
