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I call it the Summer That Never Sleeps because you can't get to Tuesday without a major headline tearing up your Twitter feed. July alone brought news of e-readers hovering near the $100 mark and an important study on ebook adoption in public libraries by the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies. This newsletter doesn't currently showcase ebooks, but we're thinking about them most days as our virtual summit approaches. In the meantime, enjoy the debut of the "Magazine Rack" column and Neal Wyatt's rapturous take on Jane Campion's Bright Star.—Heather McCormack

• Books for Dudes: Wedding Manual Labor
  This column is devoted to saving dudes time by pointing out what virtues to look for in wedding guides. With so many choices, certain options are clear. First, avoid anything with high-gloss pictures of brides in soft focus.    more » » » 
• Prepub Exploded: Feb. 2011, Pt. 1
  In this edition of Prepub Exploded, you'll find lots of thriller authors, like J.D. Robb, plus much-anticipated debuts from Deborah Rodriguez and Karen Rusell. Nonfiction is full of predictions from George Friedman and Michio Kaku.   more » » » 
• Starred Reviews: August 2010
  August 2010 brings 58 starred reviews. Maybe it's because I love summer eats, but I was instantly drawn to the cookbooks: no fewer than four scored big with us. Seamus Heaney also returns, as do novelists Michael Cunningham, Emma Donoghue, and Jonathan Franzen.   more » » » 

• RA Crossroads: Jane Campion's Bright Star
  Moody, sad, and beguiling, Jane Campion's Bright Star (2009) is an exquisite gesture of romance, as it is both imagined in the minds of young women and as it is lived in the lives of doomed men. Here, watch-, read-, and listen-alikes to steep patrons in the world of John Keats and his love Fanny Brawne.    more » » » 
• The Magazine Rack: New Reviews
  New periodicals worth reviewing have been a bit scarce. But as the magazines covered this month show, things are picking up. August brings eye candy for daring bicyclists, a delightfully offbeat publication about garages, a music magazine, an academic literary theory journal, and a lit mag.    more » » » 
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• Classic Returns: Reprints, Updates & Bargains
  The theme for this month is duo. We have a superduper cool Stephen King duo, a lit duo from a modern master, a labor history duo, and a Civil War history that actually combines three brief volumes into a single compact unit-neato!   more » » » 

• Book Cheer: Paul Auster's Sunset Park
  Paul Auster has been a favorite of many an LJ Book Review editor; Hachette Assistant Library Marketing Manager Jason Bennett assures us he's scored again with Sunset Park.   more » » » 

• Q&A: Librarianship's Graphic Novel Experts
  The explosion of graphic novels has led to five recent books by librarians Francisca Goldsmith, David Serchay, Robert Weiner, and Martha Cornog. Here, their insights on the place of this still-contested format and the writing process.   more » » »