Literature in the News 3-12-23 KGW8 reported on March 10th that in Clackamas County, Oregon, a group associated with the Oregon Moms Union is pushing for “the West Linn-Wilsonville School District” to ban eight books that some have called “porn.” The E-JSD is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider...
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DoodleBob Found In 1,300-year-old Book
2-17-2023 It’s not true that the famed “DoodleBob” animated icon from the Nickelodeon show SpongeBob Square Pants was found in a 1,300-year-old book. The E-JSD is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Although, the drawings found by a piece of technology called Archiox...
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READING: The Recovery of Kasumi, the Cat Girl Short Story by Seth Underwood | E-JSD
• Maxwell’s Oddities and Antiques is a fantasy world set in the 21st century, with complex names for creatures, places, and concepts. • Jayden Hall accepts a rescue mission to find a Nekomimi, a cat girl by the name of Kasumi, whose power outweighs that of an ancient artifact. • Kasumi’s interaction with Lloyd Page...
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There’s an Uncensored Library in Minecraft
“It didn’t come from the Government down. There was no dictum, no declaration, no censorship, to start with, no! Technology, mass exploitation, and minority pressure carried the trick, thank God. There is more than one way to burn a book.” Ray Bradbury. The E-JSD is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my...
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Smoking Cotton by Seth Underwood
A science fiction future interview with the scientist who discovered Boutcyclidine, one of the least harmful drugs available to humanity which has now turned lethal. This is not real, but fiction. Author’s Page Link on Joseph Street Digest – Seth Underwood By signing up for our Newsletter, you will automatically get a Free 1-Year Paid...
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Librarians Complained About Being “Windowed” for E-Books by Large Publishing House in 2019
“I have an unshaken conviction that democracy can never be undermined if we maintain our library resources and a national intelligence capable of utilizing them.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a letter to publisher Herbert Putnam Unlike our previous reporting on book censuring with libraries, NPR recently reported on the state of the e-book business....
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Literature in the News | Librarians Complained About Being “Windowed” for E-Books in 2019 |E-JSD
Literature in the News | Librarians Complained About Being “Windowed” for E-Books by Large Publishing House in 2019 |E-JSD According to NPR, in 2019 librarians protested publishing house, Mcmillian, for a practice known as windowing, where e-books were embargoed to only one possible copy being loaned for a specified time. Check out the NPR story...
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The Toll of ASMR Fame | E-JSD | A Free Audiobook
The Toll of ASMR Fame | E-JSD | A Short-Short Story Written By Amy Bexley Paul visits a Tokyo barbershop only to become an ASMR YouTube star. What follows is a cautionary tale of the unexpected consequences of internet fame. Author’s Page Link on Joseph Street Digest – Amy Bexley By signing up for our...