The link below is to a book review that I didn’t write. Every so often I’ll be posting a link to a book review with, ‘Not My Review.’ The book reviewed in this ‘Not My Review’ is ‘If Walls Could Talk – An Intimate History of the Home,’ by Lucy Worsley.
For more visit:
http://www.npr.org/2012/03/13/148296032/if-walls-could-talk-a-history-of-the-home
The link below is to an interesting article on the battle over ebooks in the USA particularly – an interesting article.
The link below is to an article on Encyclopedia Britannica going digital only after 244 years.
For more visit:
http://money.cnn.com/2012/03/13/technology/encyclopedia-britannica-books/index.htm
The link below is to an article on 15 strange and weird books.
For more visit:
http://www.businesspundit.com/15-weird-and-mysterious-books/
The link below is to an article on book carving, which isn’t something I would do to my valuable books. Then again, you can get some rubbish from time to time.
For more visit:
http://www.visualnews.com/2011/12/22/mountains-of-books-become-mountains/
The link below is to an article on various bookshelf designs – some of which seem a bit not so practical as perhaps required. Anyhow, there could be some ideas for your own library here.
For more visit:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/melismashable/20-insanely-creative-bookshelves
The link below is to an article reporting on the recent discovery of 500 new fairytales that have been discovered in an archive in Germany.
For more visit:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/mar/05/five-hundred-fairytales-discovered-germany
Download Free Audio Books as mp3s, iPod or iTunes Format
Books Should Be Free provides a large number of free audio books to download. All of these recordings are of books in the public domain. So if you’re busy and can’t actually read a book yourself, but perhaps travelling, maybe a free audio book is something to consider.
To visit:
http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/
The link below is to an article investigating whether ebooks are overpriced or not. Worth a read I think.
For more visit:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57393834-93/go-feds-e-books-are-way-overpriced/
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