Unrelated Bits and Pieces...

• Loud, Proud, and Unabridged: It is Too Reading! on the popularity of audiobooks in a busy world, from the New York Times...
• Summer 2005 selections from the Discover New Writers program at Barnes and Noble, a seasonal selection of the best forthcoming new work by debuting and underappreciated writers...
• Frenzied fans of Harry Potter may want to track (or plan) parties for the July 16 debut of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince...
• A fuss over former librarians Mao Zedong, J. Edgar Hoover, Batgirl and Casanova...
• Google's plans to digitize libraries run afoul of University presses...
• Trump University opens... but I can't seem to locate the library. Check it out here...