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Archives: Harry Potter

The Genetic Drift of Baby Names

Why do some names fall out of fashion, and how is the study of names like the study of genetics?

  • By David Crotty
  • Jun 14, 2024
  • 4 Comments

The Best Optical Illusions of 2023

The winners of this year’s Optical Illusion competition.

  • By David Crotty
  • Jun 9, 2023
  • 1 Comment

Sci-Hub and the Four Horsemen of the Internet

Sci-Hub sets a reprehensible example, but publishers cannot be content simply to stamp out such services. In order to evolve the industry into the future, publishers have to provide services that make Sci-Hub and its ilk seem old-fashioned and inconvenient to use.

  • By Joseph Esposito
  • Mar 2, 2016
  • 341 Comments

A Glass Act — Harry Potter Theme Played on Wine Glasses

A short video demonstrating how a friction idiophone works magic!

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jun 29, 2012
  • 3 Comments

What We Can Learn From Harry Potter

The Harry Potter series will now be available as e-books. Among the lessons for publishers is the desirability of direct-marketing.

  • By Joseph Esposito
  • Jun 27, 2011
  • 3 Comments

Daniel Radcliffe Sings Tom Lehrer’s “The Elements”

Harry Potter may be a magician, but Daniel Radcliffe is more of a scientific sort.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Nov 19, 2010
  • 1 Comment

One World Publishing, Brought to You by the Internet

The sale of e-books over the Internet will lead to a restructuring of the book business and the evolution of truly global publishers.

  • By Joseph Esposito
  • Nov 17, 2010
  • 6 Comments

The e-Book Revolution — If At First You Don’t Succeed . . .

E-books are changing the world of publishing, but rather than creating something new, too much emphasis is being put on re-hashing failures of the past. The changing market doesn’t have to be a zero sum game, and the rise of new forms may not spell the death of the book as we know it.

  • By David Crotty
  • Nov 19, 2009
  • 10 Comments

Percy Jackson & the Joy of Discovery

While scholars worry about how to transmit and teach culture to young children, a teacher has struck gold doing it with brio!

  • By Kent Anderson
  • May 5, 2009
  • 2 Comments

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