Borders will likely be liquidated
Borders, a 40-year-old book seller, is seeking approval to liquidate after it could not get any bids to keep it in business.
The chain, with 399 stores in total, including 15 in Massachusetts, could start l...
Amazon: Kindles are just straight destroying paper books
How bout those rain forests?
Interview with Boston Book Festival author Da Zheng
Chinese author talks about books, e-books, and beyond
‘Horse Soldiers’ frustrated me, a lot more than it should
When you're writing a book about the military, this critic thinks, you've got to be a great writer. You have got to know what you're doing, and you have got to understand the shark-infested waters you're swimmi...
Green books to read
As you celebrate Earth Day consider books which focus on Green and Sustainability issues. Whether your focus is on eco-friendly building and design or just easy every day solutions, we encourage you to take a l...
Overhyping it! ‘Watchmen’ companion books… better than the movie?
Okay, so I went to see that little movie based on some four-color funny book that just hit theaters, "Watchmen," and maybe it was the inundation that comes along with every big-budget movie like this, but when ...
A Blast tale: Wood and Metal and Plaster
An original story by Blast writer Roger Gude
I was eating hot air when mom told me we were out of gas. I didn't like that she included me, I wasn't out of gas. She neglected to buy gas in the last town ...
Books vs. video games
They'll rot your brain. They'll make you lazy. They'll demagnetize your moral compass and turn you into a sociopathic monster. They'll sabotage your ability to function in the real world.
Sound familiar, gam...
Zero-cost self-published “PocketBooks” empower authors
Authors of all genres and walks of life now have the option of harnessing the power of the electronic age -- publishing their own books to computers and iPods and selling the works for free.
Using software d...
