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Article: Leaders Need to Read

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The link below is to an article that suggests that to lead you need to read.

For more visit:
http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/08/for_those_who_want_to_lead_rea.html

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Infographic: Ebooks Explosion

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The link below is to an infographic on ebooks – quite interesting.

For more visit:
http://www.creditdonkey.com/ebooks.html

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Photo: Garage Door Painted as BookShelves

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The link below is to an article that includes a photo of a garage door that has been made to look like a set of bookshelves.

For more visit:
http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2012/08/la_garage_door_painted_to.php

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Article: Who Bought the Most Books in the USA in 2011?

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The link below is to an article that answers this most pressing question – who bought the most books in the USA in 2011? Ok, maybe not so pressing.

For more visit:
http://www.good.is/post/generation-read-millennials-buy-more-books-than-everybody-else/

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Cartoon: How Hollywood Converts Novels Into Movies

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The link below is to a cartoon that looks at how Hollywood turns a novel into a movie – good for a laugh.

For more visit:
http://thedoghousediaries.com/4499

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Article: On Bookstores

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The link below is to an article that looks at the role of bookstores and why they are still needed. What do you think?

For more visit:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-petrocelli/who-needs-publishers-bookstores_b_1803155.html

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Article: The Personal Library

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The link below is to an interesting article to ponder – ebooks, traditional books and the personal library. This is something I’m currently working through myself.

For more visit:
http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2012/08/20/e-books-and-the-personal-library/

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Article: The Pricing Debate

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The link below is to an article that looks at the current debate over the pricing of various forms of media, including ebooks.

For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/apps-books-coffee-the-media-pricing-debate/

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Blog Update: Computer Issues & Illness

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Hi all (and an especially large hello to regulars), just a bit of an update on the Blog. I haven’t posted much in the last week due to illness and was about to start doing so again when my computer bit the dust – died, gave up the ghost, packed it in… Anyway, I have now a new computer and currently I am in the process of setting it up, moving my files about, installing software, etc. It will still be a few days until I have everything sorted out and I am able to resume normal service.
Thankfully I have been able to salvage all my content and data.

I’ll be seeking to bring the Blogs back online over the next few days – hopefully one or even two may be back with fresh posts tonight. Thanks for your patience.

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Book Review: Collapse, by Richard Stephenson

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Collapse‘Collapse’ by Richard Stephenson is book one in the ‘New America’ series and I believe Stephenson’s first novel. The novel is set in the year 2027, with the USA falling apart. It is in the grip of the 2nd Great Depression and is at war with the Great Empire of Iran. The state of Florida has been devastated by a hurricane that has left over 1 million people dead and Texas is about to face the same fate. The government is about to fall. The people are descending into anarchy. What will become of the USA?

Though a first novel, the suspense and action of the novel is first rate. It is very easy to read and carries you along quite easily. However, there are serious issues with the grammar and spelling, as well as some fairly obvious errors in the actual text of the story. A good proof reader should have picked up on these mistakes and that would have resulted in a far more polished and professional  product.

There is also a short sex scene tacked onto the end of the story which I thought was somewhat tacky and unnecessary. It did nothing for the story as a whole and was completely out of place in the overall development of the novel.

If you can see past these obvious flaws without too much prejudice, the novel is a very good read and I do look forward to picking up the story when the next book in the series is released in 2013.

Buy this book at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Collapse-Richard-Stephenson/dp/1477654631/