Humor: Ban This Book

"Ban This Book" was drawn by Grant Snider to celebrate Banned Books Week

Humor: That Moment...

Humor: Better Book Titles

   

Better Book Titles is a blog in which famous books are given “improved” and often hilarious new titles. Comedian Dan Wilbur started the site back in 2010. Wilbur creates some of the re-titles himself, with the remainder coming from reader submissions. To see some of the best, take a look at Wilbur’s top 10 list of his own re-titles as well as his top 10 list of reader submissions.

Video: What’s Your Favorite Reading Position?

"How to Read a Book" by CassJay Tuck

Humor: Real Reason I Haven't Switched to Ebooks

Source: Rock Paper Cynic

Humor: Missed Connection

Hey Dorks I'm Writing Your Missed Connection For You

Humor: How a Book is Born

 

"How a Book is Born" from Weldonowen

 

Humor: The Book of the Future

The Book of the Future  by Grant Snider

Humor: Fictional Character Obsession

 

  

 

Finally, a line of thank-you cards I'll actually use!

Source: your ecards

Humor: Impressive Personal Library

The future of the impressive personal library – funny, but also a philosophical nudge to consider the role of books as public branding artifacts, not just personal intellectual experiences.

Infograhic: Harry Potter Experience

Via: Mad Potterhead

Humor: Works of Fiction

Source: Incidental Comics

Photo: Ode to a Bookstore Death

Things We Never Told You: Ode to a Bookstore Death

Music Video: I Wanna Be A Magician

You might know Parry Gripp (previously) as one of the nerf herders behind the Buffy theme song or the writer of dozens of obnoxiously catchy fake jingles. But did you know that he's also magic? Today, in honor of the release of Lev Grossman's The Magician King (review contains spoilers Grossman's The Magicians), Gripp has released "I Wanna Be a Magician," a Magicians fan song. If you like it, you should also check out the Nerf Herder song "Mr. Spock" and Galactic Perry's Learning Starship, a parody of children's educational television.

Photo: Final Fate of the Britannica

Finally, a good use for all of those old volumes of Britannica laying about.

Book Reading: Serpent's Storm (NSFW)

Amber Benson and Patrick Rothfuss read a sex scene from Serpent's Storm, Benson's newest novel, with hilarious results. (NSFW)

There are plenty of other related videos taken at the event, but if you're a fan of Rothfuss and Benson, their discussion of the difference between Epic Fantasy and Urban Fantasy is particularly interesting.

Photo: Borders Sign

This sign was spotted by a Reddit user on the door of a Chicago Borders.  I get the feeling that the store's employees aren't too happy about the company being forced into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.  Of course, that's just a guess.

For another taste of the Borders employee rage at their collective LiveJournal Community, I Work at Borders.

Source: Reddit

Humor: Can you spot a Book Slut