Water for Elephants coming to a screen near you in mid-April! Here's the trailer for it.
What I'm Reading: Audiobook Reviews Round-Up
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Monday, December 20, 2010
An early look at 'Water for Elephants'
An early look at 'Water for Elephants'
Water for Elephants coming to a screen near you in mid-April! Here's the trailer for it.
Water for Elephants coming to a screen near you in mid-April! Here's the trailer for it.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Top Audiobooks for 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Best of 2010
Sick of lists of Best Books yet?? Just in case you're not, here's Kirkus's version. Enjoy!
Saturday, December 11, 2010
More Best Books of 2010!
Friday, December 10, 2010
Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Best Adult Books 4 Teens 2010
Good books not only for teens, but the couple of these I've read have been excellent!
Thursday, December 02, 2010
Calibre eBook Manager
This might be a good tool for those really tech-y people to use to translate eBooks into a format they could use on their eReaders.
Caution: Only for those who are proficient with computers and patient about self-teaching.
Caution: Only for those who are proficient with computers and patient about self-teaching.
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Google Set to Launch E-Book Venture
This is probably the most mind-blowing change in book selling and marketing I've ever seen. This is a must-read article!
"Google Editions hopes to upend the existing e-book market by offering an open, "read anywhere" model that is different from many competitors. Users will be able to buy books directly from Google or from multiple online retailers—including independent bookstores—and add them to an online library tied to a Google account. They will be able to access their Google accounts on most devices with a Web browser, including personal computers, smartphones and tablets."
Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704369304575632602305759466.html#ixzz16sX4IURo
"Google Editions hopes to upend the existing e-book market by offering an open, "read anywhere" model that is different from many competitors. Users will be able to buy books directly from Google or from multiple online retailers—including independent bookstores—and add them to an online library tied to a Google account. They will be able to access their Google accounts on most devices with a Web browser, including personal computers, smartphones and tablets."
Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704369304575632602305759466.html#ixzz16sX4IURo
Technology Petting Zoo
Not sure if this is might ever happen at Cook, but I love the idea of a Technology Petting Zoo!
The Fairfield, Conn., Public Library offers a "Technology Petting Zoo" where patrons "can now try out new e-book readers and other emerging technologies... Currently the library has an Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader, Barnes & Noble Nook, and an Apple iPad for patrons to demo," the Sun reported.
The Fairfield, Conn., Public Library offers a "Technology Petting Zoo" where patrons "can now try out new e-book readers and other emerging technologies... Currently the library has an Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader, Barnes & Noble Nook, and an Apple iPad for patrons to demo," the Sun reported.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Kids Would Read More If They Had E-Readers
Great NYT article which articulates what seems to me to be an obvious observation......if we put e-readers in kids' hands, they would read more!
What an exciting time to be in the library/book business!
What an exciting time to be in the library/book business!
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
A Judge Writes about Ellen Hopkins YA series on Meth
One of the more frequently challenged YA series is written by Ellen Hopkins who personalizes the meth crisis. The books are brutally honest and frankly describe the many horrors of addiction to meth. This is an incredibly thoughtful and informative essay by a judge about his experiences in his courtroom with meth addicts and how Hopkins's books have helped him gain insight into the addicts' psyche.
Celebrate Banned Books Week by reading a banned book---the list is long and filled with some really good books.
Celebrate Banned Books Week by reading a banned book---the list is long and filled with some really good books.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Ten Best e-Readers
Friday, September 17, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
First Look at New Sony eBook Readers
These look to be the most promising for those looking to check out eBooks from the library!! Unfortunately, they aren't as affordable as the Kindles.
Hunger Games & Yom Kippur
Fascinating take on the moral aspects of Hunger Games as they relate to Yom Kippur (and Eat, Pray, Love).
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Size of Books & E-Readers Determined by Medieval Sheep
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Sony Releases Redesigned, Upgraded Suite of Digital Readers
Sony Releases Redesigned, Upgraded Suite of Digital Readers
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Upgraded their readers AND raised their prices. The eReader price wars might be coming to an end. Just sayin'.
Upgraded their readers AND raised their prices. The eReader price wars might be coming to an end. Just sayin'.
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Hugo Awards 2010 Announced
The Hugo Awards for 2010 have been announced. These are the best new science fiction stories, books and authors for the year.
Man Booker Prize Shortlist Announced
Judges decide on six shortlisted titles
7 September 2010
Peter Carey, Emma Donoghue, Damon Galgut, Howard Jacobson, Andrea Levy and Tom McCarthy are today, Tuesday 7 September, announced as the six shortlisted authors for the 2010 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. For over four decades the prize - the leading literary award in the English speaking world - has brought recognition, reward and readership to the outstanding new novels of the year. The shortlist was announced by Chair of judges, Sir Andrew Motion, at a press conference held at Man's London headquarters.
The six books, selected from the Man Booker Prize longlist of 13, are:
Peter Carey Parrot and Olivier in America (Faber and Faber)
Emma Donoghue Room (Picador - Pan Macmillan)
Damon Galgut In a Strange Room (Atlantic Books - Grove Atlantic)
Howard Jacobson The Finkler Question (Bloomsbury)
Andrea Levy The Long Song (Headline Review -
Headline Publishing Group)
Tom McCarthy C (Jonathan Cape - Random House)
Chair of judges Andrew Motion, comments:
"It's been a great privilege and an exciting challenge for us to reduce our longlist of thirteen to this shortlist of six outstandingly good novels. In doing so, we feel sure we've chosen books which demonstrate a rich variety of styles and themes - while in every case providing deep individual pleasures."
Australian author Peter Carey is one of only two authors to have won the prize twice, in 1988 for Oscar and Lucinda and in 2001 for True History of the Kelly Gang. Should he win this year, he would become the only author to have won three times. He was also shortlisted in 1985 for Illywhacker. South African author Damon Galgut has previously been shortlisted for his book The Good Doctor in 2003 and Howard Jacobson has been longlisted twice before for his novels Kalooki Nights in 2006 and Who's Sorry Now? in 2002. Irish author Emma Donoghue is, at 40, the youngest author on the shortlist.
The winner of the 2010 Man Booker Prize for Fiction will be announced on Tuesday 12 October at a dinner at London's Guildhall. The announcement will be broadcast on BBC News across television, radio and online.
The winner will receive a cheque for £50,000 and worldwide recognition. Last year's winning novel, Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, has now sold over half a million copies in the UK alone. Each of the six shortlisted authors, including the winner, receives £2,500 and a designer bound edition of their shortlisted book.
Chaired by Andrew Motion, former Poet Laureate, the 2010 judges are Rosie Blau, Literary Editor of the Financial Times; Deborah Bull, formerly a dancer, now Creative Director of the Royal Opera House as well as a writer and broadcaster; Tom Sutcliffe, journalist, broadcaster and author and Frances Wilson, biographer and critic.
On Sunday 10 October, two days before the winner is announced, the shortlisted authors will appear at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall. It is the only public opportunity to join the 2010 shortlisted authors for readings from their books, discussion and an audience Q&A.
In addition, the Man Booker Prize has teamed up with the Victoria and Albert Museum and the London based private members' club The Groucho Club, who will both host events with some of the shortlisted authors for their members.
Last month the prize announced exciting new digital plans for 2010. The Man Booker Prize App is now free to download from the App Store to an Apple iPhone or iPod Touch and is the UK's first app for a literary prize. The prize has also partnered with T-Mobile via the digital book retailer GoSpoken. T-Mobile users can access content on their mobile phones and GoSpoken has provided free audio extracts from all the 13 longlisted titles which can be downloaded to subscribers' mobiles.
Read the full press release here.
Q&A interviews with each of the shortlisted authors can be found in Perspective.
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7 September 2010
Peter Carey, Emma Donoghue, Damon Galgut, Howard Jacobson, Andrea Levy and Tom McCarthy are today, Tuesday 7 September, announced as the six shortlisted authors for the 2010 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. For over four decades the prize - the leading literary award in the English speaking world - has brought recognition, reward and readership to the outstanding new novels of the year. The shortlist was announced by Chair of judges, Sir Andrew Motion, at a press conference held at Man's London headquarters.
The six books, selected from the Man Booker Prize longlist of 13, are:
Peter Carey Parrot and Olivier in America (Faber and Faber)
Emma Donoghue Room (Picador - Pan Macmillan)
Damon Galgut In a Strange Room (Atlantic Books - Grove Atlantic)
Howard Jacobson The Finkler Question (Bloomsbury)
Andrea Levy The Long Song (Headline Review -
Headline Publishing Group)
Tom McCarthy C (Jonathan Cape - Random House)
Chair of judges Andrew Motion, comments:
"It's been a great privilege and an exciting challenge for us to reduce our longlist of thirteen to this shortlist of six outstandingly good novels. In doing so, we feel sure we've chosen books which demonstrate a rich variety of styles and themes - while in every case providing deep individual pleasures."
Australian author Peter Carey is one of only two authors to have won the prize twice, in 1988 for Oscar and Lucinda and in 2001 for True History of the Kelly Gang. Should he win this year, he would become the only author to have won three times. He was also shortlisted in 1985 for Illywhacker. South African author Damon Galgut has previously been shortlisted for his book The Good Doctor in 2003 and Howard Jacobson has been longlisted twice before for his novels Kalooki Nights in 2006 and Who's Sorry Now? in 2002. Irish author Emma Donoghue is, at 40, the youngest author on the shortlist.
The winner of the 2010 Man Booker Prize for Fiction will be announced on Tuesday 12 October at a dinner at London's Guildhall. The announcement will be broadcast on BBC News across television, radio and online.
The winner will receive a cheque for £50,000 and worldwide recognition. Last year's winning novel, Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, has now sold over half a million copies in the UK alone. Each of the six shortlisted authors, including the winner, receives £2,500 and a designer bound edition of their shortlisted book.
Chaired by Andrew Motion, former Poet Laureate, the 2010 judges are Rosie Blau, Literary Editor of the Financial Times; Deborah Bull, formerly a dancer, now Creative Director of the Royal Opera House as well as a writer and broadcaster; Tom Sutcliffe, journalist, broadcaster and author and Frances Wilson, biographer and critic.
On Sunday 10 October, two days before the winner is announced, the shortlisted authors will appear at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall. It is the only public opportunity to join the 2010 shortlisted authors for readings from their books, discussion and an audience Q&A.
In addition, the Man Booker Prize has teamed up with the Victoria and Albert Museum and the London based private members' club The Groucho Club, who will both host events with some of the shortlisted authors for their members.
Last month the prize announced exciting new digital plans for 2010. The Man Booker Prize App is now free to download from the App Store to an Apple iPhone or iPod Touch and is the UK's first app for a literary prize. The prize has also partnered with T-Mobile via the digital book retailer GoSpoken. T-Mobile users can access content on their mobile phones and GoSpoken has provided free audio extracts from all the 13 longlisted titles which can be downloaded to subscribers' mobiles.
Read the full press release here.
Q&A interviews with each of the shortlisted authors can be found in Perspective.
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