Part online reading community and part online bookseller, Copia gives you the tools to read better together. Take the Tour Here and Download the eReader FREE here.Tumblr (3.0; @thecopia)http://thecopia.tumblr.com/<blockquote><p>Ever argued with someone, got nowhere, and then decided to take a different tack? So did I. And I also began wondering where the phrase “take a different tack” originates.” It turns out that, as you might expect, it’s a sailing word. The OED definition is:</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://thecopia.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/the-etymologist-strikes-back/">View Post</a></p>http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/50819215061http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/50819215061Sun, 19 May 2013 09:59:17 -0400EtymologistEtymologyGrammar<blockquote><p>David Foster Wallace hits the nail on the head.</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=xmpYnxlEh0c">[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmpYnxlEh0c&amp;w=640&amp;h=360]</a></p></blockquote><p><a href="http://thecopia.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/this-is-water/">View Post</a></p>http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/50026212556http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/50026212556Thu, 09 May 2013 14:43:25 -0400BooksCommencement AddressDavid Foster WallaceDFWinspiringThis Is Water<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f7c45c096bc3f3db38914653f5d65c17/tumblr_mmfs8092hz1ru3nxvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Choose the Greatest Gatsby Cover!</big></p><blockquote><p>Have you heard about the <a href="http://www.thecopia.com/campaign/gatsby">hot new Great Gatsby contest</a>? Simply <a href="https://twitter.com/TheCopia">retweet</a>one of our tweets about…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://thecopia.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/choose-the-greatest-gatsby-cover/">View Post</a></p>http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/49861084741http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/49861084741Tue, 07 May 2013 12:24:00 -04002013CopiaDiCaprioFilmFitzgeraldGatsbyLuhrmannMovie<blockquote><p>Recently finished Anthony Burgess’s dystopian novel  <a title="Copia - The Wanting Seed" href="http://www.thecopia.com/catalog/details.html?catId=709991"><em>The Wanting Seed</em></a>. Set (in what seems to be) the not so-far future, Tristam and his wife, Beatrice-Joanna, live in the Pelphase – a state overwrought with liberalism, where homosexuality is public policy…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://thecopia.wordpress.com/2013/05/02/authors-on-film-face-to-face-with-anthony-burgess-bbc/">View Post</a></p>http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/49444703179http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/49444703179Thu, 02 May 2013 12:54:07 -0400AuthorsBBCBritish writersBurgessLiteraturelittle wilson big godThe Wanting Seed<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/01/opinion/e-books-libraries-and-democracy.html">E-Books, Libraries and Democracy</a>: <p><blockquote class="link_og_blockquote">All of the Big Six publishers have, for the first time, agreed to make e-books available to public library users.</blockquote></p>http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/49375153572http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/49375153572Wed, 01 May 2013 15:05:11 -0400nytimesebookscopialibrary<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/996d05c3296d07d1c5ddfc80b619af06/tumblr_mm4tahwDT01ru3nxvo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Daily Inspiration from Updike</big></p><blockquote><p>“I’ve never believed that one should wait until one is inspired because I think that the pleasures…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://thecopia.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/daily-inspiration-from-updike/">View Post</a></p>http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/49372032780http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/49372032780Wed, 01 May 2013 14:13:29 -0400AuthorCopiaInspirationJohn Updikewriting<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/252e5387d57711aada2d8ce576f9f367/tumblr_mldbvkjkWf1ru3nxvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Link Love</big></p><blockquote> <p> </p> <ul><li>Awesome pictures of <a href="http://www.bookpatrol.net/2013/04/coco-chanels-salon.html#.UW2gZXD64ZZ">Coco Chanel’s library</a>.</li> <li>“My self-summary: Catholic and buddhist and…</li> </ul></blockquote><p><a href="http://thecopia.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/link-love/">View Post</a></p>http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/48148424638http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/48148424638Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:02:08 -0400<blockquote><p>Call me old fashioned, but I’m not sure how I feel about roboticizing libraries.  But on the other hand, it’s kinda frickin’ awesome.</p> <p><a href="http://www.fastcoexist.com/1681760/this-new-library-of-the-future-brings-you-your-books-via-robot#1">Co-Exist</a> has the scoop:</p> <blockquote><p>The James B. Hunt Library at North Carolina State University blends novel technology with…</p></blockquote></blockquote><p><a href="http://thecopia.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/get-ready-for-robot-librarians/">View Post</a></p>http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/48049016421http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/48049016421Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:59:13 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b80345064a52f26ec149cd9606320668/tumblr_ml05adkU0m1ru3nxvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Hella Sexy Author Pic of the Day - Leo Tolstoy</big></p><blockquote>Oh Leo! Burn into us with your eyeballs like an intense holy-sideburned rhinoceros of love! Wrap us…</blockquote><p><a href="http://thecopia.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/hella-sexy-author-pic-of-the-day-leo-tolstoy/">View Post</a></p>http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/47555032040http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/47555032040Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:11:01 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8b0ac90877bc5abcdb09ac6c040c5a6d/tumblr_ml02s5tqX81ru3nxvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Cats Might Rule The Internet, But Literature Loves Dogs</big></p><blockquote> <p> </p> Everyone knows that the internet runs on cat videos, but according to <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2013/04/why_are_dogs_popular_in_books_and_cats_popular_on_the_internet.single.html">Slate</a>, literature is still…</blockquote><p><a href="http://thecopia.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/cats-might-rule-the-internet-but-literature-loves-dogs/">View Post</a></p>http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/47551821260http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/47551821260Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:16:53 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/01cdde7af18f02a4b30804f20f87f3dd/tumblr_mkzyg2lGLm1ru3nxvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Shakespeare Was A Hoarder!</big></p><blockquote><p>Evidently history has opted to forget that Shakespeare was a hoarder, a tax evader, and maybe even…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://thecopia.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/shakespeare-was-a-hoarder/">View Post</a></p>http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/47546730436http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/47546730436Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:43:13 -0400<blockquote> <p>Have you ever heard of a contronym?</p> <p>A contronym is a word that contradicts itself, a word that means both one thing, as well as its opposite.</p> <p>Thanks to <a href="http://theweek.com/article/index/242225/14-words-that-are-their-own-opposites">The Week</a> we have this whole fabulous list!</p> <blockquote><p><strong>1. Sanction</strong> (via French, from Latin <em>sanctio(n-)</em>, from <em>sancire</em></p></blockquote> </blockquote><p><a href="http://thecopia.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/words-that-dont-mean-what-they-mean/">View Post</a></p>http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/47474846056http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/47474846056Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:42:41 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d619e74fdeb83848ef365dc340c30662/tumblr_mky9eu7TkN1ru3nxvo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Let’s talk about self publishing.  While there’s still some stigma, it’s far… <a href="http://wp.me/s2zujF-1464">http://wp.me/s2zujF-1464</a></p><p><a href="http://thecopia.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/1464/">View Post</a></p>http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/47471004448http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/47471004448Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:44:54 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bb4099aa85264091fbf480d0954cd451/tumblr_mky3pqY1Jk1ru3nxvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Hella Sexy Author Pic of the Day - Neal Cassady and Jack Kerouac</big></p><blockquote>So rugged, so unsmiling, so dirty sweatshirted. You can practically hear the unwashed buddhist…</blockquote><p><a href="http://thecopia.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/hella-sexy-author-pic-of-the-day-neal-cassady-and-jack-kerouac/">View Post</a></p>http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/47464091076http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/47464091076Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:41:50 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bb189e20cb32ddf4e497ed687c6272b3/tumblr_mk8a89Pngs1ru3nxvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Shimmy’s Links For Weirdo Book People</big></p><blockquote> <p>I was running super late for a business meeting to buy a tiny piano.  It was raining and there…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://thecopia.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/shimmys-links-for-weirdo-book-people-2/">View Post</a></p>http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/46264129907http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/46264129907Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:04:57 -0400<blockquote><a></a> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/6989684">Take Our Poll</a></blockquote><p><a href="http://thecopia.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/poll-call-what-new-book-are-you-most-excited-about/">View Post</a></p>http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/46252906203http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/46252906203Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:00:40 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7422022a349e7ee4235b66713281878f/tumblr_mk80q09uk11ru3nxvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Novelist Chinua Achebe dies, aged 82</big></p><blockquote><p>A great light has gone out.</p> <blockquote><p><a title="More from guardian.co.uk on Chinua Achebe" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/chinuaachebe">Chinua Achebe</a>, the Nigerian novelist seen by millions as the father of…</p></blockquote></blockquote><p><a href="http://thecopia.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/novelist-chinua-achebe-dies-aged-82/">View Post</a></p>http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/46251847295http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/46251847295Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:39:36 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/62b77f3e9312c7acfda1ba5f4327721d/tumblr_mk804zMH2X1ru3nxvo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Hella Sexy Author Pic of the Day - James Baldwin</big></p><blockquote><p>James Baldwin</p>Stop it James Baldwin!  You can’t unbutton your shirt AND smoke a cigarette at the…</blockquote><p><a href="http://thecopia.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/hella-sexy-author-pic-of-the-day-james-baldwin/">View Post</a></p>http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/46251232620http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/46251232620Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:26:59 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/db9c4315e2aa254932f0a960d104716f/tumblr_mjxcemJgFX1ru3nxvo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Happy Birthday, Phillip Roth!: Biography and Interview</big></p><blockquote><p>Philip Milton Roth was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1933, the son of American-born parents…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://thecopia.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/happy-birthday-phillip-roth-biography-and-interview/">View Post</a></p>http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/45775874110http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/45775874110Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:18:22 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9b112acfa83b804aff9cfe533623f114/tumblr_mjx7meIT6O1ru3nxvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Hella Sexy Author Pic of the Day - Maya Angelou</big></p><blockquote><img/> Daaaaaaaaaaaaang! We can’t think of a joke.  Maya Angelou is dead killer! We wish we were her.</blockquote><p><a href="http://thecopia.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/hella-sexy-author-pic-of-the-day-maya-angelou/">View Post</a></p>http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/45768660898http://thecopia.tumblr.com/post/45768660898Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:35:01 -0400