Readin', 'Ritin', and (Publishing) 'Rithmetic
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Readin', 'Ritin', and (Publishing) 'Rithmetic

The meaning behind the math of the bottom line in publishing and the media. For writers, publishers, and bloggers (which are a combination of the two).
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9-Year-Old's 'Little Free Library' Shut Down By City

9-Year-Old's 'Little Free Library' Shut Down By City | Readin', 'Ritin', and (Publishing) 'Rithmetic | Scoop.it
From www.huffingtonpost.com - June 24, 2014 11:33 PM
A 9-year-old Kansas boy is fighting for his right to operate a tiny library from his front yard after city officials deemed it an illegal structure.

Spencer Collins built his "Little Free Library" -- one of 15,000 “take a book, lea...
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Desegregating Our Bookshelves Is A Good Start. Now What? - Role Reboot

Desegregating Our Bookshelves Is A Good Start. Now What? - Role Reboot | Readin', 'Ritin', and (Publishing) 'Rithmetic | Scoop.it
From www.rolereboot.org - March 21, 2014 1:57 AM
If boys won’t read books with girl protagonists, the solution is not to create more explicitly “boy” books, the solution is to delve deeply into “why,” says Soraya Chemaly. Last week, The Independent announced it would no longer review books that were specifically marketed to either boys or girls. As they put it, “Gender-specific books demean all …
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I don’t think there is such a thing as a bad book for children.

I don’t think there is such a thing as a bad book for children. | Readin', 'Ritin', and (Publishing) 'Rithmetic | Scoop.it
From dpoptart.tumblr.com - October 15, 2013 4:24 PM

Well-meaning adults can easily destroy a child’s love of reading. Stop them reading what they enjoy or give them worthy-but-dull books that you like – the 21st-century equivalents of Victorian ‘improving’ literature – you’ll wind up with a generation convinced that reading is uncool and, worse, unpleasant.


Neil Gaiman on writing for children, echoing Maurice Sendak – a comment especially apt on the anniversary of E. B. White’s Charlotte’s Web, which received a great deal of criticism for presenting young readers with the “inappropriate” subject of death.


Pair with Gaiman’s advice to aspiring writers, his 8 rules of writing, and his wisdom on the creative life.

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