Barnes & Noble has announced two new series available on its Web site at http://www.barnesandnoble.com/bn-studio/ . I wasn’t aware of it but apparently B&N has a lot of original online programming.
Anyway, the two new series are Moving Paragraphs and Why I Read. Moving Paragraphs features writers narrating parts of their favorite books with original animation. (These features are free, but I would pay serious buckos to for an episode of Atlas Shrugged, narrated by Terry Pratchett, with animation from the people who do Aqua Teen Hunger Force.) The first episode features Richard Russo and Huckleberry Finn.
Why I Read is described as a “Man on the Street” program that asks folks in Los Angeles book-related questions. The first episode asks folks why they read and what books they love. The second episode will ask people in the street what literary character they most identify with (Jack Pumpkinhead!) and so on.
