Washington Post
The Library of Congress's diverse list of 'Books That Shaped America' ... Most great book lists concentrate on works of the highest literary or scholarly merit.
Library of Congress's book list highlights #booksthatshapedme
Washington Post (blog)
Dirda writes: “When first published, these books shocked people, made them ... I don't know exactly how many times I've re-read that book (it's definitely one of ...
Can you borrow e-books from your library?
CNET
Only 22 percent of those polled said they know their library carries e-books, while ... Even those who would take advantage of e-book lending are unsure of their ... authors and readers," American Library Association president Molly Raphael ...
Library e-book borrowing is just crawling along, study shows ...
Washington Post
NEW YORK — E-book readers have been relatively slow to borrow digital works from ... how to download a book from siouxlandlib.org onto an e-reader. ... Around 60 percent of those 16 and older couldn't say whether their libraries had e-books. ... goals ...
E-book readers slow to borrow from library
USA TODAY
Just 12 percent of e-book users 16 years and older downloaded a text from the library... of those 16 and older couldn't say whether their libraries had e-books. ... goals of connecting authors and readers," library association president Molly ...
USA TODAY
Most US readers unaware of e-books at libraries: poll
msnbc.com
Though Kindles and Nooks are becoming almost as common as books, ... On Thursday, book publisher Penguin agreed to digitally lend its books to ... interested in learning how to use an e-reader or download e-books. ... The lack of knowledge about ...
Most U.S. readers unaware of e-books at libraries: poll
Chicago Tribune
"The most important thing libraries can do is make sure e-books are ... May, the director of strategy at the New York Public Library, about raising e-book lending awareness. ... On Thursday, book publisher Penguin agreed to digitally lend its books to ...
Pew study: library patrons largely unaware of e-book offerings
Christian Science Monitor
Many patrons are unaware that their libraries offer e-books, according to a new ... 56 percent of those who responded said they'd tried to borrow an e-book at ...
Christian Science Monitor
E-Book Borrowers Scarce at US Libraries
PC Magazine
The eink is on the walls for electronic-book readers, publishers, and carriers. ... Despite the rise in tablet and e-reader popularity in the last few years, the American ... collected data pointing away from public knowledge of libraries' ebook ...
Most US Readers Unaware Of eBooks At Libraries
Huffington Post
The lack of knowledge about libraries and e-books means many readers still buy; 55 percent of e-book readers with library cards prefer to buy their e-books, ...
Libraries target growing e-book audience
STLtoday.com
Most U.S. libraries lend e-books, but most people don't know about it: Only 22 ... Second-grader Deja Winters, 7, reads the first page of an e-book on a Nook tablet ... Study: Ebook sales bypass stores · Related: Bad news for libraries on e-book ...
E-book library borrowing takes slow pace
Columbus Dispatch
E-book readers have been relatively slow to borrow digital works from the ... that reports around 12 percent of e-book users 16 years and older downloaded a text ... the New York and Brooklyn library systems that will make e-books available six ...
Columbus Dispatch
Yeah, e-books are great — but libraries are in a tough spot
paidContent.org
In addition, 48 percent of e-reader owners (Kindles and Nooks) didn't know if their library lends e-books, and 47 percent of people who read an e-book in the ...
paidContent.org
New ebook says Karla Homolka now a mother of three in the ...
Canada.com
The details of her life after 12 years in prison are detailed in an 46-page ebook by journalist Paula Todd, titled "Finding Karla." "No matter how much we might ...
'Books That Shaped America' from the Library of Congress
USA TODAY
The Library of Congress has a list of 88 books that have shaped America. ... to The Autobiography of Malcolm X, to the "Big Book" of Alcoholics Anonymous .
USA TODAY
Libraries, publishers skirmish over electronic books
Kansas City Star
I want my, I want my e-book free. ... more and more Americans are turning to their public library to feed their e-literary desires. ... our authors to readers” and it supports libraries owning their e-book titles in perpetuity. .... Libraries ...
Kansas City Star
Book outlines Rielle Hunter's flight from reporters, battles with ...
Boston Herald
Her appearance is part of a publicity blitz for her book, "What Really Happened," which will be released June 26 by BenBella Books. A copy of the book, which ...
Books that shaped America, Melissa Joan Hart explains it all
USA TODAY
What's buzzing today? The Library of Congress names the 88 books that shaped America, Janet Evanovich will write more books and more.
USA TODAY
News Summary: Study shows slow pace for library e-book ...
Washington Post
STUDY RESULTS: E-book readers have been relatively slow to borrow digital works from the library. The study comes from the Pew Research Center.
Book giveaway set for Richmond library
San Jose Mercury News
More than 500 books will be given out to young people from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the main branch of the Richmond Public Library, 325 Civic Center Plaza, ...
Homolka living in the Caribbean, book claims
Canada.com
A new e-book says Karla Homolka is now a mother of three living in the Caribbean. ... Then she freezes," Ms. Todd writes in the 46-page e-book. "We reach into ...
News Summary: Study on Library E-Book Borrowing
ABC News
News Summary: Study on Library E-Book Borrowing. ... STUDY RESULTS: E-bookreaders have been relatively slow to borrow digital works from the library.
ABC News
US library picks 88 'Books that Shaped America'
Sacramento Bee
WASHINGTON -- The Library of Congress is celebrating "Books that Shaped America" with a ... The library released its picks of the most influential books Friday.
Most US readers unaware of e-books at libraries - poll
Chicago Tribune
readers don't know they can borrow e-books from their local library, a Pew Center poll ... particular e-book while 52 percent found there was a waiting. Copyright ...
E-book trend slow at US libraries: study
Phys.Org
The Pew Internet & American Life Project found just 12 percent of Americans ages 16 and older who read e-books say they have borrowed an e-book from a ...
"Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" author speaks out
CBS News
Author, screenwriter and producer Seth Grahame-Smith said that the ... I mean you know, which would probably make a pretty good book now that I think of it." ... not a good writer - considering how many books he's sold, Grahame-Smith said, ...
CBS News
US computer scientist, Indian literary critic, Japanese biologist win ...
Washington Post
TOKYO — An American regarded as the father of computer graphics, an Indian literary critic and a Japanese molecular cell biologist are winners of the annual ...
Most people don't realize libraries lend e-books, poll finds
College Times
LOUIS - Most U.S. libraries lend e-books, but that's news to the general public: ... And even fewer _ 12 percent of e-book readers_have borrowed an e-book from ... to the University City library at $19.95 for a hardcover, but a single ebook cost $85 ...
Penguin slinks back into e-book lending for New York City libraries ...
By Jon Fingas
Under the terms of the one-year project, the libraries will pay retail-level prices once a year to keep any given e-book available, no matter how many times it's virtually borrowed by residents in the boroughs. The book publisher is taking a page ...
Engadget
John Travolta Sued By Author of Bathhouse Sex Book | TMZ.com
By TMZ Staff
John Travolta is being sued by an author who claims Travolta spread lies about his mental health in order to diminish his credibility ... while the author was trying to sell a book in which he claimed he personally witnessed Travolta engaged in ...
TMZ.com
A Book of Beards | Uncrate
Straggly or sleek, full-bodied or selectively styled, there are tons of beard varieties in the world — and you'll find gorgeous portraits of 86 of them in A Book of Beards ($45). Spawned from idea to photograph local beards in West ...
Uncrate
Two books a year - Blog - Murderati
By Murderati Members
In the E Reader Age, a Book a Year is Slacking. And the article links this new phenomenon to the e book revolution. Well, I would strongly disagree. MOST of the authors I know who make a good living at just writing books have been writing AT ...
Murderati
E-book trend slow at U.S. libraries: study | The Raw Story
By Agence France-Presse
The Pew Internet & American Life Project found just 12 percent of Americans ages 16 and older who read e-books say they have borrowed an e-book from a library in the past year. The study found most Americans are not aware they can ...
The Raw Story
NewsDaily: Most U.S. readers unaware of e-books at libraries: poll
By Joseph O'Leary
"The most important thing libraries can do is make sure e-books are accessible through the rest of the library system," said Micah May, the director of strategy at the New York Public Library, about raising e-book lending awareness. Of those who had ... On Thursday, book publisher Penguin agreed to digitally lend its books to the NYPL, joining Random House and HarperCollins to become only the third of the "Big Six" publishing companies to lend e-books through libraries. Simon and ...
NewsDaily: Top Headlines
Book Review Podcast - ArtsBeat Blog - The New York Times
By By JOHN WILLIAMS
Hirshman's book, drawing from an arsenal of archival records, firsthand interviews, court documents and previous histories, is a sprawling account of juicy trysts, hushed political meetings, internecine movement skirmishes, sudden mutinies ...
ArtsBeat
Read the Plano bombing suspect's e-book - Dallas Morning News
By Avi Selk
Chi's got quite the background: model, author, criminal fugitive and a self-declared tax evader. Below, you can read his 2008 e-book, based partially on his own life, in which his main character rages against the government (among other ...
Crime Blog
By Avi Selk
Chi's got quite the background: model, author, criminal fugitive and a self-declared tax evader. Below, you can read his 2008 e-book, based partially on his own life, in which his main character rages against the government (among other ...
Crime Blog
Great Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors Who Lived Abroad
By Charlie Jane Anders
Science fiction and fantasy are all about reaching beyond the horizon — so it's not surprising that many of the greatest speculative fiction authors have broadened their own horizons. And you can see it in their writing, ... The author of Brown Girl in the Ring, Midnight Robber, The New Moon's Arms and several other great books was born in Jamaica, and then lived in Trinidad and Guyana before immigrating with her family to Toronto, Canada at the age of 16. In an interview, she talked ...
io9: Top
Book Blogger Hop: June 22-28 - Crazy-for-Books
By Jen
Blogging Question: Do you immediately write a review upon finishing a book or do you wait and write multiple reviews at once? 2. Enter the link to your post in the linky list below (enter your Blog Name, Genre you review, and direct link to your ...
Crazy-for-Books
What's Cooking on 1060: Based on the Book, Based on the Art ...
By Ed Fischer
A new "pop-up" restaurant is based on an exhibit at the Art Museum; a chef has designed a menu based on a best-selling book; and a South Philadelphia restaurateur opens a second version in Old City.
CBS Philly
Books - Flavorwire
Fun fact: Back in 1935 an American publisher named George Macy paid Henri ... the story goes that the famed painter never even read Joyce's massive book, ...
www.flavorwire.com/.../check-out-henri-matisses-illustrations-...
This Week In Photography Books – Christian Patterson
Then, in March, I found myself sitting in the lovely, bright offices of MACK, the book's publisher. Poppy, the super-nice media contact, handed me a copy, with ...
www.aphotoeditor.com/.../this-week-in-photography-books-c...
Kids' Book Versions Of R-Rated Movies
Kids' Book Versions Of R-Rated Movies: Pixar illustrator Josh Cooley made a ... made a collection R-rated movie scenes in the style of children's picture books.
www.buzzfeed.com/.../kids-book-versions-of-r-rated-movies
Kids' Book Versions Of R-Rated Movies: Pixar illustrator Josh Cooley made a ... made a collection R-rated movie scenes in the style of children's picture books.
www.buzzfeed.com/.../kids-book-versions-of-r-rated-movies
No comments:
Post a Comment