It’s Banned Books Week! You probably already knew that—libraries and bookstores across the country make a huge deal out of this week. As they should. Censorship is a serious issue, and this is a discussion we need to have. Still, something about this event bothers me: Last time I walked by a “Banned Books” display, I realized I’d already read most of the books on the table. Many were required reading in high school and college. Others were bestsellers (some quite recent) that

Remember when ebooks were supposed to kill print? “They physical book is dead,” Nicholas Negroponte, founder of MIT Media Lab said back in 2010. He predicted that digital domination would come in five years. The apocalypse is two years late. Is it coming at all? According to the Association of American Publishers (AAP), ebook sales actually dropped this quarter. It’s not a catastrophic drop—only about five percent—but it is significant. Why is this happening? “Screen fatigue”

If you’re a fan of Western novels, you know the stereotype: Texans are tough. An old-school, clichéd generalization? Maybe so, but I’m amazed at how resilient the Houston literary community is. It’s hard to imagine a hurricane flooding Chapel Hill, and I wonder how Wisdom House would cope—owls aren’t the greatest swimmers! The Indie bookstores in Harvey’s wake found ways to deal with this kind of awful scenario. Some have already dried their floors, restocked their bottom she