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The 20 Most Beautiful Bookstores in the World (via Flavorwire)

By the Branta Webcrawler • Feb 2nd, 2012 • Category: Branta Recommends, From the Interweb, Recommended Artistic Consumption, Travel



The Bookstore’s Last Stand

By the Branta Webcrawler • Jan 30th, 2012 • Category: Brave New World, Editor's Picks, From the Interweb, Publishing, eBook Shelf

Working in secret, behind an unmarked door in a former bread bakery, they rushed to build a device that might capture the imagination of readers and maybe even save the book industry.
Julie Bosman - New York Times



Erotic books popular with e-readers

By the Branta Webcrawler • Jan 30th, 2012 • Category: Branta Recommends, Brave New World, From the Interweb



The Golden Book Gown

By the Branta Webcrawler • Nov 30th, 2011 • Category: Branta Recommends, Brave New World, From the Interweb, Graphic Stories, In the Other Arts, Recommended Artistic Consumption



Library Phantom Returns

By the Branta Webcrawler • Nov 30th, 2011 • Category: Editor's Picks, From the Interweb, Graphic Stories, Ha Ha



Crime and No Punishment

By the Branta Webcrawler • Nov 28th, 2011 • Category: From the Interweb, Graphic Stories, Ha Ha



Quill & Quire’s Picks for 2011 Best Fiction

By the Branta Webcrawler • Nov 28th, 2011 • Category: Branta Recommends, From the Interweb, Lists



Bookends

By the Branta Webcrawler • Nov 9th, 2011 • Category: Brave New World, Editor's Picks, From the Interweb, Video

Bookends is a vibrant and dynamic conversation about contemporary books and the world of literary genre. Justine Lewkowicz interviews authors, bookstore owners, and in- the- know literary geeks to find out what’s happening in the literary world.



IKEA’s epic Swedish fontroversy

By the Branta Webcrawler • Nov 3rd, 2011 • Category: Branta Recommends, Essays, From the Interweb, Graphic Stories

Font wars are usually little spats among the cognoscenti, and very welcome, too; they generate publicity and informed debate. But this war had spilled out beyond its normal narrow confines.
Simon Garfield/The National Post



CBC Canada Reads reveals non-fiction longlist

By the Branta Webcrawler • Nov 1st, 2011 • Category: Editor's Picks, From the Interweb, Lists

This year Canada Reads focuses entirely on non-fiction, specifically works of memoir, biography, and literary non-fiction. The five finalists will be selected from the longlist by yet-to-be-named celebrity panelists who will choose a title to champion over the airwaves.
Natalie Samson-Quill & Quire