On The Shelf
Friday, July 22, 2005
The man responsible for giving form to Batman passed away. James Aparo had many comic credit to his name including the Green Arrow.
"Apparently, not even Harry Potter can trick Uncle Sam. Amid celebrations of high returns on the latest addition to J.K. Rowling’s mega-selling fantasy series, children’s publisher Scholastic is dealing with some not-so-happy news about the operation of its book clubs. The Federal Trade Commission announced today that the publisher has settled with the government body, for the amount of $710,000, over a claim that it misrepresented the way its book clubs operate." {via Book Standard}
"Letters written by DH Lawrence are among documents made accessible online by the University of Nottingham after a major cataloguing and preservation programme." The article concludes with a link to the online collection.
The Guardian Unlimited has posted an article about how the Internet, at one time thought to be the potential downfall of print writers, is actually being used to further the appeal of print materials and the authors behind their creation.
