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Article: eBook Hoarding


I’ve always had a thing for books. Well, certainly since I was able to afford buying them when I began my working life anyway. I devour books – have done for years. Many years in fact. Traditional books are everywhere in my house and have been in every house wherever I lived, whether a small place or large. Even when living in a caravan park for a while, with the vast majority of my books in storage I kept at it – buying and hoarding books. Not rubbish books – I don’t collect garbage! Which makes me a little different from the author of the article linked to below.

With the advent of ebooks, my hoarding ways have continued. Sure, I have stopped hoarding traditional books (more of them anyway – at any great speed – just the odd one here and there). I now hoard ebooks and I have a virtual truckload of them – possibly two. However, I still refuse to collect rubbish.

For more on hoarding ebooks visit:
http://www.northcentralpa.com/feeditem/2012-07-14_ebook-hoarding

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Video: Random House – Making a Book (Behind the Scenes)


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Article: Oz Pod eBooks


The link below is to an article about a service that gets your book printed or distributed as a Kindle ebook in Australia.

For more visit:
http://www.techlife.net/lifestyle/how-tos/2012/7/going-into-print-with-oz-pod-ebooks/

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Article: Taking a Book’s Temperature


The link below is to an article that reports on ‘taking a book’s temperature.’ In other words, is it cold, hot or warm?

For more visit:
http://bookriot.com/2012/07/13/hot-reads-cold-reads-taking-a-books-temperature/

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Video: The Book Fountain


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Article: What Makes a Book a Classic?


The link below is to an article that looks into what makes a book a classic.

For more visit:
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/07/06/italo-calvinos-14-definitions-of-a-classic/

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Video: How Much is My Book Worth?


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Video: The Disappearing Book


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Article: The Disappearing Book


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

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Video: Is My Harry Potter Book Valuable?