© 2012 New York Society Library People who are melodramatic about the decline of the physical book often see booklovers as having to retreat to redoubts, sanctuaries, like people of learning retiring to monasteries in late antiquity. Things may not…
Anthem Book Spotlight | HORROR AND THE HORROR FILM
During the recent Halloween season, our new book, Horror and the Horror Film by Bruce F. Kawin, was featured as a giveaway prize in several horror festivals around the U.S. Both the RI International Horror Film Festival and Knoxville Horror…
What Obama’s Re-Election Means for Higher Education
Inside Higher Ed has written an interesting article, entitled ‘What Obama victory means for higher education.’ Obama, they say, “has focused more on higher education than almost any other president” and this article offers a few insights into what we…
Anthem Library of the Month | BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE ESPANA
© 2012 Alquibla The Biblioteca Nacional de España, opposite the Recoletos underground station in Madrid, was created and opened to the public by Philip V in 1712, and is thus celebrating its tercentenary in 2012. It became a national library…
Anthem Library of the Month | BIBLIOTHECA ZI-KA-WEI
If you want to escape the remorseless development and frenetic pace of modern Shanghai and re-discover that colonial pre-1949 period when the city was an International Settlement run by foreigners with their own police force, soldiers and gunboats then, hidden…
Evaluating the Future of eBook Content Protection
As criticism mounts over the use of digital rights management (DRM) for electronic books (ebooks), the digital book publishing industry must move swiftly to evaluate the future of ebook content protection or face a backlash from consumers. DRM is software…