The link below is to a book review of ‘Under the Volcano,’ by Malcolm Lowry.
For more visit:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jan/05/100-best-novels-observer-malcolm-lowry-under-the-volcano
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Tracking Books
The link below is to an article that looks at the way one person tracks books by using a book journal – perhaps you will find the suggestions helpful and useful. Or, you can do what I do and use Goodreads. There are other ideas in the comments for that article.
For more visit:
http://bookriot.com/2015/01/04/track-reading-book-journal-2/
Reasons to Read Ebooks
The link below is to an article that looks at seven reasons for reading ebooks and I think it’s a pretty good article.
For more visit:
http://ebookfriendly.com/ebooks-new-year-resolutions/
Mark Zuckerberg has made reading books his 2015 challenge
Scribd Raises $22M For Its Subscription E-Book Service
Encourage Kids to Read This Holiday Season
The link below is to an article that looks at how you can encourage your kids to read during the holiday break.
For more visit:
http://theconversation.com/preventing-your-kids-summer-reading-slide-34361
Not My Review: Sharing Our Lives Online – Risks and Exposure in Social Media, by David R. Brake
The link below is to a book review of ‘Sharing Our Lives Online – Risks and Exposure in Social Media,’ by David R. Brake.
Ebooks in 2015: Dull new world
Ebooks are feeling a bit hungover heading into the new year. The 50 Shades of Grey exuberance of 2011 and 2012 feels long ago. The first seemingly viable ebook subscription services launched at the end of 2013 (Scribd, Oyster) and Amazon launched its own ebook subscription service, Kindle Unlimited, mid-2014.
The main difference between Kindle Unlimited and Scribd and Oyster — all of which cost around $10 a month — is that Kindle Unlimited has way fewer books that people have heard of. That’s because Scribd and Oyster have been able to attract big-5 publishers (HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, likely soon Macmillan) that hope to shake Amazon’s dominance in the ebook market, so they see no reason to make their books available on Kindle Unlimited.
Kindle Unlimited (KU), meanwhile, is attracting a bunch of negative press coverage as indie authors become disillusioned by it. The general bad feeling has…
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Not My Review: Ukraine Crisis – What It Means for the West, by Andrew Wilson
The link below is to a book review of ‘Ukraine Crisis – What It Means for the West,’ by Andrew Wilson.
For more visit:
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2014/12/16/book-review-ukraine-crisis-what-it-means-for-the-west-by-andrew-wilson/
Not My Review: In the Name of the People – Angola’s Forgotten Massacre, by Lara Pawson
The link below is to a book review of ‘In the Name of the People – Angola’s Forgotten Massacre,’ by Lara Pawson.
For more visit:
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2014/12/17/book-review-in-the-name-of-the-people-angolas-forgotten-massacre-by-lara-pawson/
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