The link below is to a brilliant article on how to save web articles to read later on your Kindle ebook reader. It’s a tutorial on how it’s done. The article includes Instapaper as an option, which is the application that I use. There are other possibilities included. A great little tutorial.
For more visit:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/save-web-articles-read-nontablet-kindle/
The link below is to an article reporting on how an abandoned Walmart became a public library – the McAllen Public Library in McAllen, Texas.
For more visit:
http://grist.org/list/this-abandoned-walmart-has-been-reclaimed-as-a-public-library/
I’ve seen a bit about this book mentioned in the article linked to below. Apparently you buy the book and when you unwrap it the ink begins to fade away. After two months there is no ink left. What do you think of this gimmick?
For more visit:
http://www.odditycentral.com/news/the-book-that-cant-wait-literally-disappears-if-you-put-it-down.html
Mobile libraries are nothing new, but the mobile library system in Venezuela is, well, not new. The mobile libraries there are taking a step back in time and have become library mules.
For more visit:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6929404.stm
It appears as though book art is not confined to using books to make various forms of art, such as book sculptures – book art can also involve the use of the bookcase and bookshelf as well.
For more visit:
http://laughingsquid.com/skull-bookshelf-sculptures/
The link below takes an in depth look at Amazon and book selling.
For more visit:
http://www.thenation.com/article/168125/amazon-effect
The link below is to a perfume for booklovers – not my thing, but perhaps yours. If you like smelling like an old book, perhaps this is for you.
For more visit:
http://steidlville.com/books/1312-Paper-Passion.html
The link below is to an article that features a bookcase that also ‘hides’ other pieces of furniture.
For more visit:
http://grist.org/list/bookshelf-that-hides-extra-furniture-is-small-apartment-genius/
The link below is to an article that looks at the future of books and the written word. In short its about books.
For more visit:
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/06/the-incredible-resilience-of-books/258677/
In perhaps a sign of the times, the various books written by Winston Churchill are to be published as ebooks for the first time.
At the BookShelf 
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