So I thought I’d do a bit of self-promotion and post a link to my Book Art board on Pinterest, which you can find below. If you have anything similar be sure to let me know.
For more visit:
http://pinterest.com/particularkev/book-art/
Daily Archives: 16 June 2012
Free Book: Unglue.it Wants to Make a Creative Commons for Ebooks
The link below is to an article about the website and organisation known as Unglue.it, which wants to make ebooks available for free and able to be shared for free.
For more visit:
http://mashable.com/2012/06/14/unglueit/
Article: Updates to Kindle Apps To Better Support Books With Pictures
The link below is to an article that provides more information on the latest updates to the various Kindle Apps.
For more visit:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/amazon-updates-its-kindle-apps-to-better-support-books-with-pictures-updates/
Article: Burning Books to Save the Library
The link below is to an article concerning a campaign to save the local public library. The novel approach involved the burning of books.
For more visit:
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/15/burning-books-to-save-the-library/
Article: Latest Kindle App Updates
The link below is to an article reporting on the latest updates to the Kindle Reading Apps. If you use Kindle, this is an article you may be interested in.
For more visit:
http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/kindle-app-adds-childrens-books-comics-graphic-novels_b23792
Article: 7 Tiny Books That Packed a Big Punch
The link below is to an article reporting on seven books important to history – in some way. There’s a fair chance that you won’t agree with a lot of the selections.
For more visit:
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/14/7-tiny-books-that-packed-a-big-punch/
Article: Fifty Shades of Grey Merchandise
The link below is to an article reporting on the coming merchandise for the Fifty Shades of Grey book series – there is always someone that will peddle this stuff and others that will buy it.
For more visit:
http://entertainment.time.com/2012/06/13/sex-sells-get-ready-for-fifty-shades-of-grey-merch/
Article: Recent History of Books and Bookshops – A Golden Age of Books?
The link below is to an article reporting on the recent history of books and bookshops and asks ‘are we in a golden age of books?’
For more visit:
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/12/06/a-golden-age-of-books-there-were-only-500-real-bookstores-in-1931/258309/
Book Art: Mark Zuckerberg’s Face Sculpted into a Stack of Books
The link below is to another example of book art. In this example the artist has sculpted the face of Mark Zuckerberg into a stack of books. As to whether the sculpture is worth as much as a stack of Facebook shares, I couldn’t say.
For more visit:
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/hong-yi-red-facebook#
Article: Publishing and the Personal Cloud
The link below is to an article concerning publishing and the personal cloud.
For more visit:
http://www.wired.com/cloudline/2012/06/publishing-perished/
At the BookShelf 