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Orwell Isn’t Quite the Way You Think He Is
Who knew that Donald Trump would be good for the book trade, asks Jeffrey J. Williams, and especially one novel published almost 70 years ago?
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10 Challenges for Scholars Writing for Wider Audiences
Academics can -- and should -- speak to the general public, and they can do so without compromising their scholarly lives, argue Christopher Schaberg and Ian Bogost.
Look for the Seal
Textbook publishers announce new measures to curb counterfeiting of physical books, including certification seals on book covers.
'Selling Hope and College'
Author discusses new book about being embedded in admissions office of a non-competitive college that must fight for applicants and students.
‘Academic Terrorist’
Months after deleting controversial lists of “predatory” journals and publishers, the librarian behind them still faces anonymous harassment online.
Opinion
Books, Exposed
Scott McLemee highlights some of the new books coming out this fall and winter that are likely to be of general or topical appeal.
How the Hoax Got Published
Publisher blames faulty peer review and automated system for forwarding articles from one journal to another to explain publication of piece on the male organ as a concept rather than anatomy.
Opinion
Digital Folklore?
Scott McLemee has found most recently published books on digital discourse -- memes, tweeting and other modes of contemporary communication -- hard to keep reading. The exception is Whitney Phillips and Ryan M. Milner’s The Ambivalent Internet.