http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:30:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/02/psfk-picks-top-five-apps-of-the-week-11.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:12:16 +0000 A roundup of the latest, most fascinating apps we've learned about this past week.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2012/02/self-published-ebook-author-amazon.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:00:23 +0000 Kerry Wilkinson's Jessica Daniel detective novels have sold more than 250,000 copies on Kindle.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2012/02/facebook-lending-goods.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:30:11 +0000 LA-based Loconuts has developed a new application that allows users to share books, dvds, movies, music, and more.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/publish-kids-books-ipad.html Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:52:35 +0000 Kids see their stories brought to life with the Scribble Press app. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/the-guardian-predicts-hit-books-of-2012.html Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:00:21 +0000 Newspaper picks their reading highlights of the year ahead]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/a-look-at-the-reinvention-of-cool-britannia-2-0.html Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:50:43 +0000 Culture commentator says that America keeps bringing back the past while the UK is culturally constantly trying the new.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/penguin-to-publish-digital-only-editions.html Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:21:49 +0000 The book giant is the latest publisher to embrace quick reads, that are only published as E-books in the hopes they can reach out to a time and cash-starved market.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/mysterious-paper-sculptures-created-by-the-banksy-of-books.html Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:06:04 +0000 The final chapter of a touching anonymous tribute to the power of words has just appeared.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/seth-godin-what-i-learned-in-my-year-of-revolutionizing-publishing.html Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:30:26 +0000 The online innovator shares key insights about how the Ebook platform is undoubtedly the biggest gamechanger for the print industry.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/what-is-the-future-of-books.html Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:07:59 +0000 The advent of the Kindle Fire and books being self-published and distributed on Amazon raises questions about the trajectory of both digital and conventional publishing.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/artist-rewrites-entire-book-on-grains-of-rice.html Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:44:29 +0000 An artist rewrites books on unconventional material. Each chapter is written word for word on grains of rice and then bagged to compile the entire text. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/psfk-picks-top-five-apps-of-the-week-5.html Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:31:17 +0000 A roundup of the latest, most fascinating apps we've learned about this past week.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/amazon-allows-kindle-users-to-borrow-e-books.html Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:33:35 +0000 The largest online retailer is now lending out free e-books to its paid members.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/amazon-%e2%80%98flow%e2%80%99-brings-augmented-reality-to-ecommerce.html Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:43:38 +0000 A new app let's you point your phone and buy. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/will-computer-games-kill-off-the-novel.html Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:10:42 +0000 Books have survived the coming of film, TV and rock'n'roll... and tomorrow's novels can only be enriched by the likes of Grand Theft Auto.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/a-vision-of-2011-%e2%80%93-from-1970-headlines.html Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:39:33 +0000 A cute book from 40 years ago looks at what was thought to be the world of today.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/a-mini-library-grace-brooklyns-street-corners.html Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:00:57 +0000 A library operating on the honor system has moved from New Haven to Brooklyn to generate the exchange of local knowledge.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/new-batman-film-may-feature-occupy-wall-street-scenes.html Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:38:20 +0000 Scenes from Christopher Nolan's final Batman film set to be shot against backdrop of NYC protests, claim reports.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/romantic-fictions-passion-for-ebooks.html Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:10:11 +0000 Romance readers have fallen for digital formats as a way to plough through books without being judged for their covers.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/bruce-davidsons-subway-photography-takes-us-to-new-yorks-heart.html Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:13:08 +0000 The photographer's classic book Subway is an extraordinarily visceral record of the city in the 1980s – and provides a revealing contrast to Walker Evans's earlier underground images.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/whether-to-fly-with-the-angry-birds-publishers-debate-the-utility-of-apps.html Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:58:32 +0000 TV producers want to follow in developer Rovio Mobile's footsteps, but book publishers are more skeptical about creating apps.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/ny-art-book-fair-brings-over-200-exhibitors-to-momas-ps1.html Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:44:50 +0000 Check out MoMA PS1's 3rd annual Art Book Fair this weekend.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/new-bloomsbury-digital-imprint-revives-hundreds-of-neglected-classics.html Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:02:12 +0000 Work by Edith Sitwell, Monica Dickens and VS Pritchett are among 230 previously out-of-print titles that are launching the publisher's new Ebook list.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/what-would-google-do-%e2%80%93-in-paperback-headlines.html Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:44:21 +0000 Excerpts from new afterward of Jeff Jarvis's book 'What Would Google Do?']]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/kindle-e-books-available-for-loan-at-local-libraries.html Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:29:23 +0000 Kindle e-books are being offered on wireless-enabled loan at 11, 000 participating libraries across the US. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/mark-twain-story-formally-unbanned-in-us.html Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:22:59 +0000 Eve's Diary, embargoed in 1906 over its illustrations, formally restored to library to launch Banned Books Week.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/author-scents-a-hit-with-scratch-n-sniff-guide-to-new-york.html Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:32:34 +0000 New York, PHEW YORK includes aromas of everything from hot dogs to horse manure.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/reading-rainbow-returns-on-the-ipad.html Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:13:55 +0000 Award-winning children's television series will be revamped for tablet use with more interactive multimedia features to encourage children to read. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/need-to-know-10-must-read-posts-of-the-week-vol-8.html Sat, 17 Sep 2011 16:45:41 +0000 A Bing Initiative: A weekly round-up of the top ten most popular posts on PSFK--from culture to technology, art to business this list has it all.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/amazon-planning-a-netflix-for-books.html Sat, 17 Sep 2011 16:28:23 +0000 The online retailer is reportedly in talks with publishers about launching the new digital book rental service.]]>