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member name: Chris Steib
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December 24, 2007 04:12 PM EST --
I may regret announcing this resolution to my fellow Gatherers, but I have officially challenged myself to read 50 books in 2008. Quick math shows that I'm signed up to ingest a book about every . . .
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January 13, 2009 02:04 PM EST --
Blatant copyright infringement aside, I'm digging the efforts of this blogger at "Golden Gems" to bring to digital life some classic little golden (and other vintage) books. See this . . .
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October 23, 2007 04:45 PM EDT --
Here's a quickie for those interested in the slow, painful death of the printed word: Jeff Gomez, author of the forthcoming book Print is Dead: Books in Our Digital Age , is talking the talk . . .
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May 06, 2008 10:39 AM EDT --
This year, I decided to read 50 books for my New Year's Resolution . I'm a little behind schedule, staring down book #14 right now ( The Audiacity of Hope ), which I'm reading on my Sony Reader. . . .
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November 10, 2008 12:33 AM EST --
Okay, quick and dirty. I've been sitting on this post for a while, and I just keep adding books to it. So I'm going to blow through each review as fast as possible and still try to get across . . .
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November 20, 2008 10:30 AM EST --
File this one under "Award-winning books I will never read," the National Book Award in Fiction was given yesterday to Peter Matthiessen , a prolific novelist and non-fiction writer of more . . .
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November 30, 2008 04:19 PM EST --
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) announced earlier this month a 2% decrease in domestic net book sales from August to September -- with a 1.5% decrease year-to-year.
Hardcovers crashed . . .
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December 30, 2008 02:56 PM EST --
In what appears to be indicative of the overall economic kick-in-the-pants, book sales slumped more than 20% in October, according to the Association of American Publishers (AAP). Though only down 3.4% . . .
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January 12, 2009 10:35 AM EST --
According to the New York Times , a recent study by the National Endowment for the Arts showed that "the proportion of overall literary reading increased among virtually all age groups, . . .
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January 13, 2008 04:52 PM EST --
For those unaware, this year I pledged to read 50 books as my literary New Year's resolution. I'm on target so far, having read two and finishing my third today or tomorrow (depending on whether . . .
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June 03, 2009 11:00 AM EDT --
Print is dead...long live print! Defying struggling book sales and a sluggish economy, two award-winning book nerds set out to open a brick-and-mortar book store.
Jessica Stockton Bagnulo ( of the . . .
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August 03, 2009 05:33 PM EDT --
Feeling guilty about being an unproductive scribe? Enjoy your next coffee break(s) with this great list of 100+ Lit-Twitterers that will remind you that even the likes of Paulo Coelho get distracted . . .
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March 06, 2008 07:27 AM EST --
There's a lot of uncertainty and debate -- particularly among Gatherers -- about the future of books in the digital age, and I wanted to bring to light a few recent developments that may hint at a . . .
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August 22, 2008 11:32 PM EDT --
In this edition: Meth! Naked hula-hooping! Smellavision! Gunslinging amnesiacs! All in a fortnight's work.
Welcome back to the 50 Book Blog after my latest hiatus. Yeah, yeah. I know. Being . . .
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