Tag Archives: book

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Article: Bad Books and Reading

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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/

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Article: Google Book Scanning

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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/

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BookCrossing

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BookCrossing is simply giving a book an identity and releasing it into the world, then watching its progress from person to person via the BookCrossing website, where each book has its own unique profile. 

Some time ago I registered with BookCrossing and released a book ‘into the wild.’ What happened to that book is unknown to me as nothing was ever registered on the BookCrossing site. It has since been a long time and I’m about to release another book. 

I have a box of books ready to go, but have been limited by a lack of a car from participating too much in the BookCrossing experiment. Now I’m ready to go again and hope to find good places to release books, where others will pick them up and read them, then pass them along (or keep them if they like – that is fine with me).

The link below is to my profile at BookCrossing:
BookCrossing – particularkev’s Bookshelf.

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Article: DIY Book Clutch

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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/

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Article: All Books are Digital

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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/

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Article: A Book’s Monetary Value?

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The link below is to an article that considers the monetary value of a book – how much should one charge for an ebook?

For more visit:
http://www.futurebook.net/content/what-book-worth

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Article: Generate Better Online Sales

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The link below is to an article that looks at ways to generate online sales. This article makes 25 suggestions.

For more visit:
http://www.futurebook.net/content/25-ways-generate-better-online-book-sales

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Article: Making a Book/Ebook

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The link below is to an article that looks at how a book/ebook comes together and reaches its final form.

For more visit:
http://www.futurebook.net/content/story-nobody-tells

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Article: The Ebook Price War

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Will the book/ebook industry benefit from the current price war in the book industry? Will the current benefits to book buyers result in overall losses for book buyers in the long run? These are questions that are worth asking. The link below is to an article that reports on the price war within the book industry.

For more visit:
http://www.futurebook.net/content/price-war-could-kill-industry-and-indeed-so-could-industry

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Book Art: DIY Projects

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The link below is to an article that features five DIY book art projects. Book art is something that can be done with rubbish books, but I certainly wouldn’t be destroying valuable books for it.

For more visit:
http://bookriot.com/2012/10/05/get-your-craft-on-5-diy-projects-with-old-books/