AboutThoughts on books and the bookish life from an ardent bibliophile and former bookseller. The author, Lisa Guidarini, is the adult program coordinator for the Algonquin Area Public Library and reviews books for a variety of publishing house and periodicals. Lisa is a member of the National Book Critics Circle. Recent Posts:Library Thing
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The Book’s The ThingAugust 13, 2008 Misc. bits and bobs in the book worldAmazon’s big prediction for the ”Kindle” From The Register UK: ” Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader will sell more than 380,000 in 2008, according to analysts at CitiGroup. UK retailer Waterstones agrees that e-books are the future and is putting Sony Readers into its high street stores. ”
The Shame of Book Abuse … From The Guardian blog: “ If you have a book, you have a purpose and a shield. This is fine to an extent, but usually belittling to the books you’re escaping into. When I’m abusing a book, I lapse into a kind of ravenous trance, reading too fast, remembering too little. When you can study a book review from start to finish without realising you’ve already read the novel in question, you can be pretty sure you’ve been perpetrating abuse. ”
Judging a book by its cover From the New York Times: Most authors have no control over their book covers. Roth, Palahniuk and Murakami are exceptions to the rule. posted by Lisa at 12:13 pm | Comments (1) 1 Comment » |
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