The link below is to an historical piece on book collecting for soldiers overseas during World War I.
For more visit:
http://twentytwowords.com/2012/10/19/a-massive-monument-of-books-collected-for-soldiers-overseas-1919/
Category Archives: Books – General
Article: Writing in Books
The link below is to an article about writing and doodling in books.
For more visit:
http://bookriot.com/2012/10/18/the-naughty-magic-of-writing-in-books/
Website: Awful Library Books
The link below is to a website that highlights awful library books – worth a quick look.
For more visit:
http://awfullibrarybooks.net/
Article: Book Piles
The link below is to an article that considers book piles and what they say about the maker of them.
For more visit:
http://bookriot.com/2012/10/17/what-your-book-pile-says-about-you/
Article: The Lost Ebook Backlist
The link below is to an interesting article on the book treasures that are on the digital backlist – somewhere.
For more visit:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/oct/14/ebooks-backlist-titles-bloomsbury-reader
Article: Bad Books and Reading
The link below is to an article that looks at the relationship between bad books and reading.
For more visit:
http://therumpus.net/2012/10/on-the-comfort-of-bad-books/
Article: Google Book Scanning
A lot has been said about Google and its book scanning projects. In one case Google has won a case for scanning books as a search project. Will this also prove useful in their case for scanning books for the Google Books project?
For more visit the article linked to below:
http://gigaom.com/2012/10/11/why-google-is-right-and-the-authors-guild-is-wrong-on-book-scanning/
Article: Amazon’s Author Ranking
Amazon has recently introduced an author ranking system. The link below is to an article that looks at the ranking system and what it means for authors.
For more visit:
http://bookriot.com/2012/10/12/amazon-author-rank-useful-or-useless/
Article: DIY Book Clutch
I’m not too sure just where to categorise this one. The link below is to a tutorial on making your own ‘book clutch.’ It really is just another way to destroy a book.
For more visit:
http://runwaydiy.com/2012/02/02/diy-book-clutch/
Article: All Books are Digital
The link below is to an article that reports on the fact that all books are more-or-less digital these days.
For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/all-books-are-e-books-now-and-they-have-been-for-decades/
At the BookShelf 
You must be logged in to post a comment.