The link below is to an article concerning a memoir by Colonel Harland Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken. It is available for free via Facebook. To get it you need to like KFC on Facebook and authorize the app. With that being the case, you could argue it isn’t quite free.
For more visit:
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/kfc-to-republish-colonel-sanders-memoir-on-facebook_b52390
The link below is to an article concerning ebook company Kobo and their new self-publishing platform called ‘Kobo Writing Life.’
For more visit:
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/kobo-unveils-self-publishing-program_b52502
The link below is to a good news story about a school teacher who is helping students develop their own libraries.
For more visit:
http://www.good.is/post/arkansas-teacher-helps-students-build-home-libraries/
Library ebook distributor ebrary is soon to release an Android app, which will allow users of libraries to read ebooks they have borrowed from them – provided the library has a partnership with ebrary of course.
For more visit:
http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/ebrary-launches-an-android-app_b23563
The link below is to an article about book discovery (how books are discovered) and includes an infographic.
For more visit:
http://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/372-anatomy-of-book-discovery-a-case-study
The link below is to an article that looks into what libraries are likely to be like in 2020.
For more visit:
http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2012/libraries-2020-imagining-the-library-of-the-not-too-distant-future/
The link below is to an article where one reader dwells for a moment or two on traditional books and traditions associated with them.
For more visit:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/18/caught-between-nostalgia-for-print-and-the-practicality-of-digital/
The link below is to an article about how to build your own bookcases and bookshelves on the cheap.
For more visit:
http://www.wisebread.com/10-cost-effective-ways-to-make-your-own-bookshelves
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