The Idea Blog

There's no question we would benefit from digitizing not just the great, but all of the books ever written. It's ...

Harold Bloom's pedantic (but so right) brief essay in today's NY Times outlines why the literary ...

A new novel, coming in October. And here a video conversation with the author (from The New York Times):...

About 15 years ago I read a fascinating book about branding in general, but more specifically about Subaru and its ...

Some think I'm a reading snob, and they're right. But every once in a while I find beach reading entertaining ...

The Times review gives us a pretty good glimpse of Reif Larsen's first novel. ...

I've written a fair amount about how music marketing is changing (most recently here). Well, ...

Ours is undergoing a bit of a change since I added a Kindle to my electronic ...

“Hire the people you trust, people who are passionate about their job, passionate about what they’re doing. Just leave them ...

Samantha Power's interview on Monday's Colbert Report was timely and insightful. Yes, she's followed by the "Hillary's a monster" ...