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Among the fascinating outgrowths of the Facebook phenomenon are the psychological studies on what Facebook tells us about human behavior. One new study, published in the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, suggests that people experience an uptick in mood when they are on social networking sites.
I spotted "The Cloud Collector's Handbook" in a bin of shamelessly disregarded books near my editor's desk.
SEOUL, South Korea By his own admission, Park Jung-geun has long been an Internet wiseguy, a young photographer and blogger with a cyber chip on his shoulder whose favorite target for satire is the North Korean government.
Take a minute to think about your favorite book from childhood. Do you envision lots of furry animals? A wise old tree? Kids in the forest? With environmental issues so prominent in the American mindset, one would think that the natural environment would play a larger role now in children's books than it did several decades ago. But a new study has found a steady decline in the number of children's books that depict the natural environment.
"Mr. Prickles: A Quill-Fated Love Story"
Rankings for hard-cover books sold in Southern California, as reported by selected book stores:
Rankings for hard-cover books sold in Southern California, as reported by selected book stores:
LOS ANGELES David Choe, the graffiti artist who made headlines last week for having an estimated $200 million in Facebook stock, spent this week in New York granting interviews to a lucky few media outlets.
LOS ANGELES "Comic Book Men" is a new retail reality show from AMC, a network not commonly associated with reality shows. It is different from other retail reality shows in that it comes from and features Kevin Smith, the movie director and Hollywood refusenik, who owns the Red Bank, N.J., comic book store in which it's set.
The new series "Comic Book Men" taps into the love and longing that many of us have for those colorfully drawn magazines of our youth. And it gives us reason to believe that our love for those pages of bright, action-laden panels had some value.
SAN JOSE, Calif SAN JOSE, Calif. - Few experts were surprised when Facebook disclosed in its recent IPO filing that its user growth had slowed in the U.S. and Canada. But a deeper look at Facebook's user numbers shows its growth is also slowing in Europe and Asia, untapped markets seen as vital to its fast-growing business, putting more pressure on the company to assure investors it can keep its revenue and profit expanding.
Facebook is made up of two kinds of people: people who give a lot, and people who get a lot.
SAN JOSE, Calif SAN JOSE, Calif. - Few experts were surprised when Facebook disclosed in its recent IPO filing that its user growth had slowed in the U.S. and Canada. But a deeper look at Facebook's user numbers shows its growth is also slowing in Europe and Asia, untapped markets seen as vital to its fast-growing business, putting more pressure on the company to assure investors it can keep its revenue and profit expanding.
"Sudden Attraction" by Rebecca York; Harlequin ($5.25, paperback)
For an Orthodox Jewish rabbi, Shmuley Boteach has a deeply unorthodox streak.
"Cuckoo's Nest."
"A Good American" by Alex George; Amy Einhorn Books ($25.95)
"Defending Jacob" by William Landay; Delacorte Press ($26)
Readers are fond of asking author Eleanor Brown which of her fictional, Shakespeare-loving sisters she's most like: capable, responsible Rose (named for Rosalind in "As You Like It") ; independent, prickly Bean (formally Bianca, named for Kate's sister in "The Taming of the Shrew"); the baby of the family, wild child Cordy (short for Cordelia, King Lear's favorite daughter).
Every year for the last six years, this has been my routine in January and February: I shut myself in a room with a jar of peanut butter and a box of crackers, say goodbye to my family, and read the finalists for the National Book Critics Circle awards.
LOS ANGELES In less than four years, the Concord Free Press has given away thousands of books. Its founder, Stona Fitch, admits that it's not exactly a business model, but there's more to it than just freebies. In exchange for receiving a free paperback, the Concord Free Press asks that a charitable donation be made to a worthy cause of the reader's choosing.
"Thinking the Twentieth Century" by Tony Judt with Timothy Snyder; Penguin Press ($36)
When Ruth Schuldiner reads Charles Dickens, she is transported back in time.
"The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by Emily M. Danforth; Balzer & Bray ($17.99, for readers age 14 and up)
"Harlem Renaissance Novels: The Library of America Collection," edited by Rafia Zafar; Library of America ($70 for set or $35 per volume)
"The Demi-Monde: Winter" by Rod Rees; William Morrow ($26.99)
"What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank" by Nathan Englander; Alfred A. Knopf ($24.95)
"The Accidental Feminist: How Elizabeth Taylor Raised Our Consciousness and We Were Too Distracted by Her Beauty to Notice" by M.G. Lord; Walker & Co. ($23)
"Catch Me" by Lisa Gardner; Dutton ($26.95)
SAN JOSE, Calif SAN JOSE, Calif. - When Mark Zuckerberg showed up to rent Judy Fusco's Los Altos, Calif., house in the fall of 2004, soon after he'd arrived in Silicon Valley, the landlord was immediately struck by his confidence.
"Changing Lives: Gustavo Dudamel, El Sistema and the Tranformative Power of Music" by Tricia Tunstall; W.W. Norton ($26.95)
Meet McKay Jenkins, University of Delaware professor, who's feeling just fine but one day goes to the doctor and learns he has a tumor the size of a navel orange growing in his abdomen.
The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Friday, Feb. 3:
With the economy starting to perk up, investors are wondering where they should be looking next.
It's as natural a pairing as steak and baked potato. Americans love their celebrities, and Americans love to eat. So why not celebrity cookbooks?
"Big Hugs, Little Hugs"
Rankings for hard-cover books sold in Southern California, as reported by selected book stores:
Rankings for hard-cover books sold in Southern California, as reported by selected book stores:
LOS ANGELES The Pew Research Center released a report about Facebook on Friday, providing insights into the company that you won't find in its IPO filing.
QUESTION: How does Facebook make money?
LOS ANGELES Facebook Inc. has opened its books to eager investors, but some don't like what they see.
SAN FRANCISCO Facebook Inc. will soon become a publicly traded company. But for all intents and purposes it may as well be called Zuckerberg Inc.
At last, Facebook has embarked on the path toward its IPO, the ultimate Silicon Valley rite of passage and the end of a company's startup phase.
The numbers in Facebook's IPO filing this week give us the picture of a titan, but not an unstoppable one.
SAN FRANCISCO Now it's Facebook's turn to share.
LOS ANGELES Stanford University alumnus Ezra Callahan likes hockey and has 722 Facebook friends. Among them are Sean Parker, Dustin Moskovitz and a college dropout named Mark Zuckerberg.
LOS ANGELES If you had 800 million friends, you'd think you'd be worry-free. But Facebook isn't.
LOS ANGELES Facebook Inc., whose initial public offering is slated to be one of the biggest debuts in U.S. stock market history, has disclosed its heavy reliance on a single customer - Zynga Inc.
NEW YORK Facebook has filed papers for what's expected to be the largest initial public offering ever to come out of Silicon Valley and one of the largest in U.S. history.
NEW YORK Facebook has filed papers for what's expected to be the largest initial public offering ever to come out of Silicon Valley and one of the largest in U.S. history.
