• Wallingford comics shop Comics Dungeon is becoming a nonprofit. From the press release:

Seattle comic book store, Comics Dungeon, Inc., has made the change to leave behind its for-profit status to become a fully non-profit corporation.

Comics Dungeon, Inc will be changing its name to Comics for Community, Compassion and Culture, C4C3. “After being part of the community for over 25 years, we wanted our focus to be giving back to the very community that built our success,” said Scott Tomlin, C4C3’s president. The Comics Dungeon retail store name will remain the same.

• What kind of asshole lights a Little Free Library on fire?

• Here's an opportunity to win free tickets to the Hugo House's Literary Series event this Friday, which features authors Megan Kruse, Angela Flournoy, and Phillip B. Williams, with musical guests Crater.

Win tix to see Angela Flournoy @hugohouse @fredwildlife 2/17-to enter post pic of yourself reading in Seattle with #seattlereads by 2/15 pic.twitter.com/cJvMpjwAKN

— Seattle Library (@SPLBuzz) February 12, 2017

• Third Place Press, the publishing arm of Third Place Books, has compiled the final speeches of President and First Lady Obama into book form. Titled Be Vigilant But Not Afraid: The Farewell Speeches of Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, the book costs $7 and proceeds will benefit three very good causes. Find more information on their site.

• The Miami Herald paints a (depressing) picture of the (depressing) library of the future:

Virtual reality simulations, talking robots and a magic school bus — this is what happens when a theme park company designs a library.

Landmark Entertainment Group — the company responsible for the Spider-Man and Jurassic Park rides at Universal Orlando and Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas — has partnered with the city of Homestead to create the world’s first “Cybrary,” or cyber library.

“We are redefining what the library is,” said George Gretsas, Homestead’s city manager. “When you think about bettering this thing called a library, which has been around since before 300 B.C, do you turn to the library scientists — the librarians — to create a fresh and new thing, or do you turn to people who have expertise in the areas of entertainment and attraction?”

• Fantastic Washington DC bookstore Kramerbooks is currently in a state of disarray, with senior management resigning, supposedly in response to the store's new owner.

• A London bookshop is tweeting the first Harry Potter book at Piers Morgan.

• When will they officially change the name to Department of Edumacation?

Hey @usedgov you misspelled "Du Bois" as "DeBois", got busted & apologized, then you misspelled "apologies" as "apologizes" in your apology pic.twitter.com/J610rUE8D9

— Judah Friedlander (@JudahWorldChamp) February 12, 2017