The link below is to an article that takes a look at audiobook sales growth.
For more visit:
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/audiobooks-revenues-reach-1-6-billion_b84212
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Article & Infographic: The Rise of Ebook Reading
The link below is to an article and infographic that looks at the growth of ebook reading.
For more visit:
http://mashable.com/2012/09/19/e-reader-infographic/
Article: Self-Publishing
The link below is to an article that considers the rise of self-publishing.
For more visit:
http://www.varsity.co.uk/culture/4836
Book Review: The Bourne Identity, by Robert Ludlum
I am a big fan of the Jason Bourne movies (the first three anyway). I don’t know what the fourth one (The Bourne Legacy) will be like without Matt Damon, but I’m still keen to see it. So it was having watched the movies that I decided to read the books. Wow, what a massive difference between the movie and the book. There are obvious similarities, but they are quite different from each other just the same.
‘The Bourne Identity’ is action all the way and is a great read. It is a book that is always on the go and suspense carries you foward through the book. You want to read on and see what happens to Jason Bourne next. Will
he be able to rise to the next challenge that is thrown in his way, especially given that he is trying to figure it all out as he goes along, as well as trying to figure out just who he himself is – while also seeking to protect a woman he has picked up along the way.
This is the spy book of spy books. It is an action read at the top of its game. Jason Bourne is the master spy relearning his craft as the memory of who he is and what he is returns to him with each thrilling piece of the jig saw that is ‘The Bourne Identity.’ Once you start, you want to keep on reading and as the pace quickens you find yourself seemingly reading with an increased tempo, as you’re right there with Jason Bourne every step of the way.
An excellent first read in the Jason Bourne series. I am very much looking forward to the next volume with great expectancy. I highly recommend this book.
Buy this book at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Bourne-Identity-A-Novel/dp/0553593544/
Article: More Kids Reading Ebooks in the UK
The following link is to an article reporting the rise in ebook readers among kids in the UK.
For more visit:
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/uk-children-under-10-read-ebooks-on-laptops_b51531
Article: Ebook Sales on the Rise
The link below is to an article about the exploding rise in ebook sales.
For more, visit:
http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/ebook-sales-rose-117-in-2011_b22325
Article: Pew Research Center – The Rise of E-reading
The following link is to an article reporting on the rise of e-reading in the United States. The Pew Research Center conducted research into e-reading and the full report is availble via the link below.
For more, visit:
http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2012/04/04/the-rise-of-e-reading/
Not My Review: ‘The Richer Sex – How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners is Transforming Sex, Love, and Family,’ by Liza Mundy
The link below is to a book review that I didn’t write. The book being reviewed is ‘The Richer Sex,’ which delves into a future world where women rise above the generally accepted position of the ‘second sex.’ A review worth reading as a gate way to the actual book.
For more visit:
http://www.npr.org/2012/03/20/148688643/rich-mom-poor-dad-women-become-breadwinners
The History of the English Baptists – Update
from the Reformation to the Beginning of the Reign of King George I, by Thomas Crosby
As noted in a previous post, I have been reading ‘The History of the English Baptists from the Reformation to the Beginning of the Reign of King George I,’ by Thomas Crosby. I have also been adding this work to my website (a link to this book appears at the end of this post).
I have now completed reading and adding the preface, table of contents and part of the first chapter.
The preface covers the period from the early church through to the first Baptists in England, tracing the origins of the Baptists and disproving their rise to that of the Anabaptists at Munster and the disaster that occurred in that city as a result of the Anabaptist rebellion.
Though a lengthy preface, it briefly touches on such as the Albigenses, the Waldenses, Wickcliff, Donatists, etc. Crosby goes back through history, from the reformation to the first century finding evidence of Baptistic beliefs and practices. It is a very interesting study, even though it is brief. Another interesting aspect of this study is the evidence for early Baptistic existence, even in the writings of Paedobaptist authors and the evidence against the early practice of infant-baptism in the early church.
To read the preface and further, please follow the link below:
http://particularbaptist.com/library/Crossby-Thomas_Vol1_HistoryEnglishBaptists_contents.html
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