HOW TO KEEP UP WITH NEW BOOK RELEASES It can be daunting keeping up with new book releases. So many new books come out EVERY! WEEK! (every Tuesday, to be precise) and there’s so much information and so little time and *hyperventilates*. Have no fear. We’re here to help. Here are nine Read more…
HOW TO TELL IF A BOOK IS A FIRST EDITION Chances are if you’re an avid book collector, you’ve looked at your shelves and thought, “I wonder how valuable some of my books are!” Or maybe you’re a used bookstore patron and you’ve stumbled upon really pristine, really old copies Read more…
HOW TO REMOVE STICKERS FROM BOOKS You know when you get a great book but the cover is marred by a terrible sticker? So you peel off the sticker, but it either refuses to budge, or leaves a terrible, sticky residue? Or, worst of all: The sticker must remain in Read more…
Literary Etsy Costumes If you’re like me and wondering how it’s October already and how the heck you’re expected to have already picked out a costume, I have good news. Well, sort of good news. The good news: this list of literary Etsy costumes will definitely satisfy all your costume Read more…
Stephen King’s home 👻 will become a museum and writers’ retreat Today in “Stephen King is a good literary citizen” news: the writer’s home in Bangor, ME (the AKA the real-life Derry, where the sewers are perfectly normal thank you very much) will soon house an archive of his work and a Read more…
Who doesn’t read books in America? BY ANDREW PERRIN PEWRESEARCH.ORG Roughly a quarter of U.S. adults (27%) say they haven’t read a book in whole or in part in the past year, whether in print, electronic or audio form, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted Jan. 8 to Feb. Read more…
One-in-five Americans now listen to audiobooks BY ANDREW PERRIN PEWRESEARCH.ORG Americans are spreading their book consumption across several formats, and the use of audiobooks is on the rise. Roughly seven-in-ten U.S. adults (72%) say they have read a book in the past 12 months in any format, a figure that has Read more…
ARGH! Plank walking good phrases for Talk Like a Pirate Day Ye want to celebrate National Talk Like A Pirate Day, eh? Well, grab ye eye patch and gather ’round, maties! Even though we usually wait until January when the pirates invade, it’s time to spit out ye favorite pirate lingo. If Read more…
Does Reading Literary Fiction Improve Empathy? Reading fiction has been said to increase people’s empathy and compassion. But does the research really bear that out? By Claudia Hammond • BBC 3 June 2019 Every day more than 1.8 million books are sold in the US and another half a million Read more…
