Tuesday assorted links

1. Chinese bond yields are rising.

2. Google Books can go back to scanning.  As an author, I am happy.  As a reader and researcher, I am happy too.

3. A game-design competition for Robert Caro’s book on Robert Moses.

4. Do we need more of “the slow professor”?

5. 48 percent of the people who buy vinyl don’t listen to it.  7 percent have no turntable.