Morning Notes: Miss Manners Edition

WHO WILL BE CHAMPION OF NONTRADITIONAL NONFICTION MONDAY?

Remember Nontraditional Nonfiction Monday? That was fun. There are 24 hours left to vote for your favorite of those reviews. Click here to do just that.

MISS MANNERS: NOSY LIBRARIAN PRODS FOR PERSONAL INFO

Real headline alert! Miss Manners doles out some advice for how to handle a librarian who likes to loudly comment on book selections. A number of laughs to be had, including a couple at Miss Manners’ completely bizarre and unprompted digs on librarians.  Click here to read.

(Thanks to Librarian.net for the link)

It’s a Book by Lane Smith. On shelves August 3, 2010.

When I saw that Lane Smith was crafting an ode to the printed page, I felt a twinge of concern. Why? I thought a book on this topic ran the risk of treading on “you darn kids!” territory, talking down to youngsters. Why did I ever doubt Mr. Smith’s sizable talents? I’m pleased to find that all signs point to this being awesome. I present this book trailer as support:

I’ve highlighted the children’s lit inspired artwork of Jane Mount before, but I thought her most recent work deserved another mention. Her Ideal Bookshelf 42 lives up to the title, and can be purchased for 20 bucks at 20×200. Click here to take a look.

@sljournal leads the way to well-known authors describing other well-known authors’ work. Let’s just say they don’t pull many punches.

Paper engineer Matthew Reinhart shows how to make pop-up book magic:

(Thanks to Omnivoracious for the link)

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