“Boo” and more in Bookish Tweets of the Week

Up first this week is Melville House, reliably keeping it light and getting into the Halloween spirit:

boo

— Melville House (@melvillehouse) October 17, 2014

Boston Public Library’s infographic quantifies how much a community uses and needs its libraries:

Learn some fun facts about the #Boston Public #Library http://t.co/DUTptBeybJ #innovation #books #bosarts pic.twitter.com/2X2c5uNBuE

— BostonPublicLibrary (@BPLBoston) October 19, 2014

Author Diane Cook demonstrates how Amazon’s recommendation algorithms get just a wee bit off track:

Customers who bought Man V. Nature also bought Swiffer Sweeper Dry Sweeping Cloth Refills, 48 Count

— Diane Cook (@TheDMC) October 17, 2014

And finally, Jeff Sharlet, bestselling author of The Family (2008), had a few things to say about the wage gap in the publishing industry, based on recent Publisher’s Weekly salary survey results.

Average publishing CEO salary, male: $288,500. Female: $46,000. Yes, you read that correctly. No, it's not missing a digit.

— JeffSharlet (@JeffSharlet) October 21, 2014

Publishing online marketing manager, male: $60 k. Female: $40,500. Biology, folks! Men have greater upper body strength to tap those keys.

— JeffSharlet (@JeffSharlet) October 21, 2014

Even worse is the racial disparity, from the same survey:

PW survey says 1% of publishing's black. & 39% think that's not a problem or not a big problem.

— JeffSharlet (@JeffSharlet) October 21, 2014

Oof. The survey is honestly devastating. Have a read and let me know what you think.