The link below is to an article that looks at words book lovers should know.
For more visit:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/oliver-tearle/10-words-every-book-lover-should-know_b_5297284.html
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Article (with gif gallery): 17 Problems Only Book Lovers Will Understand
The link below is to an article with a gif gallery concerning problems that book lovers often have.
For more visit:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/harpercollins/17-problems-only-book-lovers-will-understand-9npd
Article: Bad Uses for Books
The link below is to an article that will probably upset book lovers everywhere, myself included – unless of course the books used were really bad and the previous best use would have been for winter warmth.
For more visit:
http://ebookfriendly.com/2013/05/22/examples-of-book-love-gone-wrong-pictures/
Article: Literary Board Games for Book Lovers
The link below is to an article that looks at 10 board games for bibliophiles.
For more visit:
http://www.flavorwire.com/363897/10-literary-board-games-for-book-nerds
Article: Homes for Bibliophiles
The link below is to an article that looks at homes for book lovers.
For more visit:
http://www.flavorwire.com/346427/dream-houses-built-for-books-and-the-nerds-who-love-them
Article: Chairs for Book Lovers
Not my cup of tea – the link below is to an article that looks at some rather odd chairs for bibliophiles.
For more visit:
http://style-files.com/2006/11/19/chairs-for-book-lovers/
BiblioCupid
Dating Service for Book Lovers
The following link is to a site begun by AbeBooks, which is for a dating service for book lovers. It is said to start from April 1st – is it an April Fools prank? One can only hope so.
For more, visit:
http://www.abebooks.com/books/dating-service-love-literary-romance/biblio-cupid.shtml
Page 99 Test: Testing Books Out Before You Buy
Page 99 Test is a social network for authors to post page 99 of their book so that users of the site can test their book. The theory is you open page 99 of any book to get the feel of it and to see if it is something that you would like to read – does it grab you enough for you to want to read more? So authors post there page 99 for book lovers to read and then to rate and comment on. So it is a site that you can give feedback to an author prior to the book being published. Anyhow, have a look at the links below and learn more.
You can listen to a podcast about Page 99 Test and the founders of it at:
http://5by5.tv/founderstalk/3
Visit Page 99 Test at:
http://page99test.com/
Bookish: A New Social Network Coming Soon
I have come across an article about a new social network for book lovers called Bookish. Check out both the article and the site below.
For more visit:
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/hachette-penguin-simon-schuster-aolhuffpo-team-up-for-bookish_b29478
Visit Bookish at:
http://bookish.com/
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