Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is a Halloween Freebie. Ten Bookish Halloween Crafts Make these Altered Halloween Books by Lindsey at Better After. All you need are a few old books, some plastic novelty toys, paper… Read more »
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News 400 Years After His Death, Shakespeare’s First Folio Goes Out on Tour (NPR) ‘Mein Kampf’ Enters Public Domain; Arguably, Anne Frank’s Diary May, Too… Read more »
Need a last-minute gift? You can print — and even design — your own bookmarks. Printable downloads A number of shops on Etsy sell digital downloads of printable bookmarks. Here are three sets I really like, but you can find almost anything in any style, from country chic to geek fandom. Print… Read more »
Need a quick idea for last minute Halloween decorating? How about dressing up some of your books? Here are some printable book covers – just click the photo to go to the page where you can download them. Love these vintage-looking covers from Little House on the Corner! She suggests… Read more »
It’s World Book Day! The UK and Ireland are celebrating their version of Children’s Book Day, but there’s no reason those of us outside those countries can’t join in the fun. Here are some suggestions for celebrating: Read aloud to a child. Re-read one of your childhood favorites. Go to… Read more »
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. Books & Ebooks in the News: “Pew report: Young adults remain bound to libraries, printed books”. (Deseret News) Furthermore, “95%… Read more »
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. Books & Ebooks in the News: Today is Small Business Saturday, and author Sherman Alexie is asking book nerds to… Read more »
