The fundamental drive to read is the desire to be transported to some place new — and like Harry Potter yearning to escape his dreary muggle life, the number one… Read More
If you’re looking for a holiday read or you want to gift a great book to a loved one, consider a crowd-sourced recommendation. Goodreads, Amazon’s online book recommendation community, collected… Read More
To say Bill Gates is a voracious reader is an understatement. The Microsoft co-founder has been gobbling up books of all shapes and sizes since he first learned to read. He… Read More
Fans of the late science-fiction humorist Douglas Adams know that the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything is 42 – but what’s the answer to the annual… Read More
Apple fanboys and girls who aren’t satisfied with just spending $700 on a new iPhone or $1,800 on a new MacBook have another type of book that they can drop… Read More
Readers who have exhausted their Facebook feed as some form of catharsis in the wake of this week’s presidential election results are apparently turning to a longer-form coping mechanism. The 1935… Read More
Commercial spaceflight seems to be hitting its stride right about now, thanks in part to the launch programs funded by billionaires such as SpaceX’s Elon Musk, Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos… Read More
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield says he wanted to be an astronaut ever since he was a kid – but he had to get over one big problem: Outer space is dark.… Read More
Audiobook platform Libro.fm is Mark Pearson’s small rebellion against Amazon. As CEO of the small publishing company Pear Press and an avid reader, he observed independent booksellers struggling to compete… Read More
The battle between digital and analog is a David and Goliath match. But peddlers of antiquated products do have a magic slingshot: Nostalgia. It’s a powerful weapon, one that made the… Read More
Seattle science-fiction author Neal Stephenson’s tale about the moon’s destruction and what happens next, “Seveneves,” has won a place on President Barack Obama’s summer reading list. Obama, who’s beginning his… Read More
Amazon is rolling out a new service, called Singles Classics, that allows anyone with the Kindle app to purchase famous essays and articles from decades past. The articles, written by authors… Read More
Summer reading is often light and airy, but those are qualities that don’t usually apply to science books. Now that school’s out, summer blockbusters are showing up in the theaters,… Read More
Jeff Reifman has written a lot in recent years about Amazon, offering his opinion on what the company has done to Seattle with its explosive growth. Now he’s bringing that viewpoint down… Read More
For 45 years, Powell’s Books has defined what success means in the bookstore business. Now, the highly-regarded Portland bookstore is getting some serious competition in its hometown from a company… Read More
Amazon released its annual list of the 20 Most Well-Read Cities Tuesday and named its hometown of Seattle the most bookish in America. It’s the second year Seattle and Portland,… Read More
Summer came early in Seattle this year and Northwest native Bill Gates just released his recommended beach reads to help you celebrate. In an ongoing tradition, the voracious reader and… Read More
This season’s plot twists on HBO’s “Game of Thrones” are closely guarded secrets, but you can bet you’ll be hearing a lot from the horse lords known as the Dothraki,… Read More
During his year in space, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly said he could do another year if he had to. But now that Kelly has returned to Earth and retired from… Read More
Just four months after opening its first physical bookstore in Seattle, Amazon.com is poised to open its second location, choosing the Westfield University Towne Center Mall in San Diego. New signage… Read More
According to Amazon, Washington is the most romantic state in the United States. Maybe it’s all of those lovey-dovey engineers working at Amazon’s Seattle headquarters. The online retail giant released its annual… Read More
In this age of e-readers, there are still occasions when it’s nice to have a book printed on actual paper – like holiday giving, for instance. But which book works best as a gift for… Read More
When you’re developing technologies that sound like science fiction, why not use science fiction stories to show what you’re up to? That’s the motivation behind “Future Visions,” a free e-book from Microsoft… Read More
Blueprints for the site of a rumored Amazon bookstore offer new clues about what might be the e-commerce giant’s first full-fledged retail location. The documents, unearthed by GeekWire at the Seattle planning department, show… Read More
[Editor’s Note: Seattle-based author Josh Maher shares an excerpt from his newly released book, Startup Wealth: How the Best Angel Investors Make Money in Startups, with GeekWire. In this excerpt… Read More
SPOKANE, Wash. — “Game of Thrones” author George R.R. Martin acknowledges that HBO could air the final episode of the show based on his books even before the last book… Read More
Do we have your attention? That’s our question on the GeekWire radio show this week, with our guest Ben Parr, the Managing Partner of venture capital firm DominateFund, former Mashable co-editor… Read More
Mark Zuckerberg has selected his personal challenge for 2015, and he’s inviting his more than 31 million followers to join him. The Facebook CEO announced on Friday night that he will… Read More
The original Microsoft CEO, Bill Gates, has practically created a third career for himself by reading and recommending books, so why shouldn’t the current Microsoft CEO get in on the… Read More
With the holidays coming up, finding the right gift can be a tough task. If your recipient is a book worm, however, Amazon’s best-sellers list of 2014 might be a… Read More