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Top Ten Books I Read in 2013

Top Ten Books I Read in 2013

  Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.  This week’s topic is Top Ten Books I Read in 2013.    Here are my picks.  Some were published in 2013, some earlier.  These earned 5 stars:   I rated the next set 4 stars, but they… Read more »

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News & Notes – 12/21/13

News & Notes – 12/21/13

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: A first edition of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was recently discovered in the Cleveland… Read more »

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News & Notes – 12/14/13

News & Notes – 12/14/13

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 »

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News & Notes – 11/30/13

News & Notes – 11/30/13

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 »

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News & Notes – 11/23/13

News & Notes – 11/23/13

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: The National Book Award winners for 2013! Goodreads is now available on the Kindle… Read more »

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News & Notes – 11/16/13

News & Notes – 11/16/13

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: Google Books book-scanning ruled ‘fair use’; Authors Guild will appeal (Andrew Albanese, Publishers Weekly)… Read more »

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News & Notes – 10/12/13

News & Notes – 10/12/13

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: Alice Munro, © shapton 09 “Alice Munro wins Nobel Prize in Literature” (Publishers Weekly)… Read more »

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News & Notes — 10/05/13

News & Notes — 10/05/13

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: Library of Congress main reading room. The Library of Congress is closed during the… Read more »

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News & Notes — 8/10/13 (abbreviated)

News & Notes — 8/10/13 (abbreviated)

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. This week’s News & Notes is abbreviated, because I’m on vacation. Books & Ebooks in the News: “Washington Post to… Read more »

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