I don't know where the time went, but I think I know how I spent it: I've been having way too much fun. Now it's suddenly dawned on me that Thanksgiving is next week, do I have the food I need, how much more do I have to do to get the house and lawn ready to be decorated... and on and on and on-- up to and including being behind on blog posts. Ack!
With no further ado, let me round up this week's links!
Bookish News & Other Interesting Stuff
- Scholastic is to donate one million books to Hurricane Sandy relief.
- Book genres are learning how to use social media for social good.
- Bookselling the old-fashioned way.
- A daughter makes her father proud by failing a gender bias worksheet in school.
- Amazon announces its Best Books of 2012 list.
- Turning the page at the famous Parisian bookstore, Shakespeare and Company.
- The Oxford American Dictionary names its word of the year.
- A brief defense of Amazon reviewers.
eBooks
- Why am I not surprised? A large segment of the population only uses an eReader once.
- Children's digital publishing is getting more and more industry focus.
- BookOS, the free online eBook resource.
- Kansas State Library uses a Facebook campaign to target top publishers' eBook policies.
Book Candy
- The Book Mountain lets readers in the Netherlands explore a pyramid of paper.
- The Seesaw Bookshelf.
- The inside of Bookman/Bookwoman in Nashville, Tennessee.
I ♥ Lists & Quizzes
- Famous literary exits
- The 10 grumpiest authors in literary history
- Gary Ross and the 10 kids' books he loves
- The 5 best Daniel Day-Lewis movie adaptations
- How much do you know about your library?
- 10 of America's best bookstores
- Dream homes built for books
- The 10 most difficult books to finish
That's it for this week. Don't forget to stop by next weekend when I'll have a freshly selected batch of links for your surfing pleasure-- and hopefully I'll have a better grasp of the time, too!
I'm not quite sure about that seesaw bookshelf -- I think it would drive me nuts.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean. I'd think it was cool until the morning I woke up in a not-so-good mood!
DeleteCathy - The older I get the more quickly time seems to go *sigh.*... Thanks for the links. Love the one that suggests ways to use social media for social good.
ReplyDeleteI really liked that one as well, Margot.
DeleteRe only using an ereader once: I should get my money back on my Kindle. I've given it the good old college try for about a year and I still hate it. Give me print every time. And for you younger folks, I hate to tell you but time goes faster every year of your life. Buckle up, it's a crazy ride.
ReplyDeleteDid you almost call me a young whippersnapper, Barbara? Thanks for a Feel Good Moment! LOL
DeleteI now have both a Nook and a Kindle. I find them very useful in many ways, but I will never, ever, willingly give up print!
I think my favorite to read out of this week's lists was the grumpy authors article.
ReplyDeleteI liked that one, too, Alyce!
DeleteThe lists are very good; I liked: best book stores, grumpiest authors, hardest books to finish & Daniel Day-Lewis! He's amazing in Lincoln; his performance is up there with his acting in My Left Foot and There Will Be Blood. What an actor!
ReplyDeleteI HAVE to see Lincoln! DDL is one of my favorite actors, and I have to see his portrayal of one of my favorite presidents.
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