How I Organize Our Library Books (From 9 Different Sources) (Book Riot)
Our home is a veritable borrowed book disaster. Each human occupant of our apartment (there are four of us) has their own New York Public Library card. My two daughters go to different schools, and we have library cards from each one.
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A Culture of Reading, or a Culture of Buying? (Dear Author)
Last week’s post on digital book prices for commercial fiction engendered a lot of great responses, reflecting some really passionate opinions on how books are priced and how readers make their purchasing decisions.
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The Long Story Behind GigaOm’s Sudden Demise (Re/Code)
When Gigaom’s managers announced the tech news publisher was laying off all of its employees on Monday, the news came as a shock to the site’s staff and its many admirers.
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Boys Are Falling Behind in Reading (GalleyCat)
The reading skills of school-aged boys is slipping behind, according to a new study from think tank OECD.
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Kindle Daily Deal: The Towers of Tuscany (and others)
On Buying and Reading: I must confess to buying more than I’m able to read. For example, yesterday I bought dirt cheap copies of A Clockwork Orange and Lord of the Flies – books I’ve read and own in paperback. Maybe I’ll read them again some day maybe not. But they were cheap so who cares?
Would I have paid $9.99 to $12.99 for either of them if I was ready to reread? Yes for Clockwork Orange because my paperback is an American edition that dropped the last chapter and needed replacement. No to Lord of the Flies – I would read the paperback. Now I can get rid of the paperbacks.
As for other new fiction, I guess it depends. I don’t read a lot of new (hot off the press) fiction, but I wouldn’t say no because of the price if that is what I wanted at the time.
The blog doesn’t say anything about non-fiction – biography or history – where $9.99 plus prices are par of the course.