Choosing Ebooks for Kids and Teens
Choosing ebooks for young readers: reflowable versus fixed layout by age, e-ink or tablet, reading-level tools, screen-time balance, and parental controls.
Arts, Culture, Books & Publishing
The latest arts, culture, books & publishing journalism from the publications of the VUGA Enterprises Network — refreshed around the clock. Every headline opens the full story at its source.
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How to Share Ebooks With Your Family
How to share ebooks with your family: Amazon Household, Kindle Family Library, Google and Apple sharing, and the license limits behind it.
Why Hand-Drawn Illustrated Maps Are Quietly Flourishing Again
Why hand-drawn illustrated maps are flourishing again, from MacDonald Gill's 1914 London map to a new wave of British town and trail map artists.
One Bookshelf in Common: The Library Company of Philadelphia at 295
Founded July 1, 1731 by Franklin’s Junto, the Library Company of Philadelphia was America’s first subscription library — and it still operates.
Why New York museums open blockbusters in the fall and run light in the summer
Why New York museums open blockbusters in the fall and run light in the summer: the calendar logic of the city's exhibition season, with dated examples.
Where to Start With Annie Dillard
Where to start with Annie Dillard: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek first, then Holy the Firm, Teaching a Stone to Talk, and For the Time Being.
Publishing Sales Rose 6.8 Percent in May, StatShot Says
6 percent.
Eastman Museum Acquires 900 Works
George Eastman Museum acquires 900-plus works including Diane Arbus prints, as museums keep collecting film photographers in 2026.
Outfitting a Studio on Almost No Budget
How artists outfit a studio on almost no budget: door tables, salvage runs, restaurant shelving, cheap light — and the short list never worth skimping on.
Court Orders Restitution of Modigliani's Seated Man With a Cane, Ending an 11-Year Battle
A New York court ordered Modigliani's Seated Man with a Cane returned to the Stettiner heirs as Congress eased Nazi-loot claims.
The Huntington Turns Its Library to the Moon
Stories from the Library: The Mirror of the Moon opened June 27 — the archive-plus-question exhibition format, from the Brontë-to-Butler institution.
David Hockney Dies at 88; King Leads Tributes
David Hockney died at home in London on June 11, 2026, aged 88. King Charles led tributes, and the Tate plans a 2027 retrospective.
Bookshop.org Says Kobo E-Reader Support Is Still Coming in 2026
org says Kobo e-reader support is still coming in 2026, per TechCrunch, after the 2025 slip. What works today, plus the DRM-free route.
When a Craft Hobby Becomes a Business: The UK Tax Basics Makers Ask About
When a craft hobby becomes a business: the £1,000 trading allowance, the 5 October deadline, records to keep and the VAT signpost ahead.
The Kept Hours: The Remains of the Day and the Butler's Voice
Kazuo Ishiguro's Booker-winning The Remains of the Day (1989) reread: Stevens the butler, unreliability as ethics, restraint as form, and the 2017 Nobel.
How to visit the Brooklyn Museum
How to visit the Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian galleries, Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party, 2 and 3 train directions, First Saturdays and a first-visit route.
Christie’s London Books and Manuscripts Sale Sets a Record
7 million, led by the Re Artù manuscript.
How Conservators Date a Painting Without a Signature
The science of painting attribution: X-radiography, dendrochronology, pigment analysis, and the Van Meegeren case that made art forensics famous.
Repetition In Prose: Rhetoric Versus Redundancy And How To Tell
Repetition is rhetoric when each return adds force, redundancy when it adds only words. Anaphora, motif words, crutch sweeps and the three-return ceiling.
What Is Expired Film Worth?
What is expired film worth? Storage, emulsion type and processability decide expired film prices — plus the one-stop-per-decade rule and smart buying tips.
What Deaccessioning Fights Mean for Museums
What deaccessioning fights mean for New York museums: the rules, the 2020 and 2023 cases, and why living artists have a stake in the outcome.
Art Appraisal Explained: Who Values Your Collection, How USPAP Works and Why the Insurance Number Isn't the Sales Number
Art appraisal explained: who values art, how USPAP works, value types for insurance and tax, and why each purpose produces a different number.
Taiwan Travelogue Won the International Booker
Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and translator Lin King split the £50,000 prize on May 19 — first Taiwanese win, independent press, and what it means for rights desks.
How to Market Your First Ebook
How to market your first ebook: mailing lists, advance reader copies, launch-week sequencing, and the long tail that keeps a backlist selling.
How to Reread a Series in Order
How to reread a series in order: one collection, old progress reset, sync on, the right order picked. The setup that stops you getting lost by book four.
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