BookReporter.com’ blog posted an entry that begins:
“I love to read and I love to swim. Watching Michael Phelps this week I was thinking that the way he swims is like plotting a memorable book.
He takes off from the wall like a great novel grips you and pulls you in. As he moves down the lane, […]
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DogEared
From the About page:
“What is DogEared?
DogEared is a blog ALL about books.
Good books, funny books, adventure books. Books about animals, friendship, pirates, faraway places… Books about, well, almost EVERYTHING!!
So why did we call it DogEared and not, the, um, bookblog?
Hmm…good question, smarty pants!
You know when you read a book and you turn the […]
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Now a Bookstore Cafe is not such a new idea but when is the last time you have seen a Bookstore Cafe that featured ‘Job Training’? Here is one!
“Two weeks ago, More Than Words, the nonprofit bookstore in Waltham, Mass., opened a cafe that, like the bookstore, is staffed by troubled young adults aged […]
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Saw this on Shelf-Awareness.com and found it to be interesting…
“Cool Idea of the Day: Bookstore’s Gasoline Giveaway
Beginning in August, Merritt Bookstore, which has locations in Millbrook and Red Hook, N.Y., will hold monthly drawings to give away $50 gift certificates for gasoline at local gas stations, one certificate for each store. Customers will be entered […]
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John Mutter, editor-in-chief, of the Shelf-Awareness newsletter announced their 3rd anniversary via the newsletter. If you aren’t familiar with the newsletter these highlights will help you become more familiar. You may sign up for the FREE newsletter and see back issues at Shelf-Awareness.com
“Yesterday marked the third anniversary of our first issue. […]
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UNIVERSITY PRESSES START TO SELL VIA KINDLE
An Inside Higher Ed email delivered on June 24, 2008 led me to this interesting article about university presses selling books as Amazon’s Kindle eBooks.
Just months after Amazon’s Kindle , a portable eBook reader launched , academic
publishing houses are starting to sell books via this method. http://insidehighered.com/news/2008/06/24/kindle
“By the […]
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Entrepreneur Magazine (May 2008) had a good and consise article on getting started blogging. The article, written by By John Jantsch, is entitled The New Frontier: These days, everyone’s blogging. Is it time for your business to join the club?
I would add:
Is it time for your book club to join the club?
Is […]
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LibX: Browser Plugins for Libraries
By Laurie N. Taylor
LibX is a browser plugin for Firefox and Internet Explorer that provides direct access to your library’s resources. It’s an Open Source framework from which editions for specific libraries can be built. Currently, 330 academic and …
Digital Library Center Blog | UF - […]
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lifehacker.com had a good post on finding free Books on Saturday. It was sharing a post from FriedBeef.com, Top 10 Best Places to Get Free Books. The comments to the lifehacker post are as good as either of the actual posts. There are lots of ideas here! DailyLit.com even emails […]
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Steve Weber of WeberBooks.com had a posting about libraries ‘Throwing good books into the dumpster‘. This IS a problem and often goes against the wishes of the librarian or media specialist. Some public library systems and school systems have policies against giving away or selling discarded books. Any experience with […]
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