You may only remember a library from your time in school. Who doesn’t remember being in your schools library?
I think for most young children it is a magical experience that is greatly anticipated. Is it time to go to the library yet?
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I don’t know about you, but I have done so many things for so long that multitasking is second nature to me now.
Sitting down at my kitchen table for a quick lunch is no longer just lunch, but an opportunity to pick up my tablet and read, facebook, read emails…
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You may have read our previous post about the written word. If so you remember it mentioning the history and challenges of writing centuries ago.
But, now with technology and ease of printing, we have a multitude of options to obtain books to read.
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Of course they do! However their reading habits and genres are different than women.
You would guess that women read romances, but besides that specific genre of fiction, women overwhelmingly read more novels than men. Men tend to read much more self help books, history, and true crime books.
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The very first copies of Huckleberry Finn had errors! Today these editions are considered rare and very valuable. Those copies can go for as much as $15,000 each and all because they had mistakes.
The dust jacket on Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises had an error stating that he was also the author of In Our Times. This led readers to think that In Our Times came before The Sun Also Rises. If you can find a copy with that error on the dust jacket and want to buy it, the price you would be asked to pay is anybody’s guess! But I am confident it would be in the 10’s of thousands.
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One of the earliest practices of man was writing. We have historical transcripts that date back centuries.
The oral word was used to carry story after story from fathers to children. But oral accounts can falter and vary. If you have ever played the childhood game of Gossip, then you know that when a phrase is first said, by the time it reaches the last ear, it has no resemblance to the original phrase.
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If you have been around the writing world for longer than a day, you have probably heard the word genre. But do you really know what it means?
Continue readingWebster’s Dictionary describes it this way: a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content
We love books. Everyone loves a book that has been signed by the author, with their name in it. This is usually obtained by attending a book signing at a local bookstore, like Best of Books.
Book signings at Best of Books are beneficial to everyone in the book community. From the author who writes the book to the bookstore, to the reader who feels special with their newly signed prize.
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