An overstuffed bookcase (or e-reader) says good things about your mind. Lifelong learning will help you be happier, earn more, and even stay healthier, experts say. Plus, plenty of the smartest names in business, from Bill Gates to Elon Musk, insist that the best way to get smarter is to read. So what do you do? You go out and buy books, lots of them.Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
[ Fast Company | 2018-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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William Cooper, author of 'Behold a Pale Horse,' did not plan to make his life into a harrowing saga of American despair, but that’s how it turned out. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Secret pebble pictures featuring famous book covers encourage children to delve into stories. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2018-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Statesman editor Jason Cowley, formerly news editor at The Bookseller, is publishing a collection of his journalism with Norfolk indie Salt. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scottish Book Trust has received £40,000 funding for Glasgow Reading Buddies, a project that encourages reading for pleasure in primary schools in Glasgow. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'The main barriers to reading books in Lithuania are the lack of time and the lack of interest.' In a handsomely forthright assessment, the Lithuanian Publishers Association looks at its challenges. The post New Warnings from Lithuania of Competition to Books: ‘Reading Is Being Replaced’... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sean Spicer, the former White House press secretary, signing a copy of his new book, “The Briefing,” this week. In interviews on his book tour, Mr. Spicer has acknowledged some fault for perpetuating falsehoods from the lectern. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2018-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From July 31 to August 5, IKEA Wembley shoppers in London can book slots in its new Reading Room, featuring books on the 2018 Man Booker Prize for Fiction longlist. And they'll get to take their book home free of charge. The post IKEA and the Man Booker Prize Create Reading Rooms With Free Books... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Given a chance to speak to an audience of consumers, translation specialists brought together by the National Book Foundation, spoke about cultural distinctions, the challenges to finding readership, and bookselling tactics for the uninitiated. The post At the National Book Foundation’s... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In some ways, it has never been easier to become an author – but in others, it has never been harder. While self-publishing, blogging and crowdfunding have opened up opportunities, there are also unprecedented financial pressures that determine who can and can’t afford to write, with books... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nick White, author of 'Sweet and Low,' picks books by Kiese Laymon, Jill McCorkle, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blending autobiography, literary criticism poetry and philosophy, Little Boy will be published in March 2019, the author’s centenaryThe 99-year-old poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, one of the last surviving members of the Beat generation, has sold an “experimental” new novel to a major American... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple's iBooks app may not have buried the Kindle, but it's still one of the most prominent digital bookstores out there. Today at WWDC, Apple announced a total redesign of iBooks, complete with a new name. Apple Books will replace iBooks; it now has... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2018-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It's hard enough getting John Dunmore to stop and sit down; getting him to talk about himself is almost impossible. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BAFTA-winning broadcaster and television presenter Dan Snow is publishing On This Day in History with John Murray Press. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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His annual beach reading list includes a biography of da Vinci, award-winning fiction, and new ways of thinking about global progress. Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates may spend heavily on vaccines and aid programs, but he seems to recognize that the one of the things that money can’t buy... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2018-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Targeting a niche in the thriving audiobook market, Triangle Interactive has released an initial list of 1,000 English and Spanish-language children's ebooks from a variety of publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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President Trump’s immigration policies, L.A.’s homeless crisis, the women’s movement and the culture of food were just a few of the topics covered during the first day of the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on the USC campus. The 23rd annual festival, which celebrates reading and... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend this weekend’s Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, the largest event of its kind in the country. The 23rd annual festival, which celebrates reading and storytelling, got underway at 10 a.m. Saturday at the USC campus near downtown L.A. Authors... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Abortion, gun violence, the global refugee crisis and the degradation of the Great Lakes were among the subjects of books honored Friday at the 38th annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes. The awards were presented at USC’s Bovard Auditorium on the eve of the two-day L.A. Times Festival of Books,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PBS kicked off 'The Great American Read,' its forthcoming eight-episode documentary on reading in American Culture, by revealing the show’s list of America’s 100 best loved books in front of a lively crowd at the Morgan Library in Midtown Manhattan Friday morning. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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