Weblogs on Books

If you’ve never used WordPress and hosted your own blog or Website NOW is the time to give it a try! WordPress 3.0 has just been released and looks awesome! Check out the features via the introductory post about it
OR
the video below…

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Got to see it to believe it!   This video even features Big 6’s Michael Eisenberg and Nancy Pearl (author of ‘Book Lust’)
Bib 2.0: Mental Health Break…

Continue Reading Funny Librarian Video: ‘Librarians Do Gaga’

Looking for a good ‘bookstore blog’ to follow?   AccreditedOnlineColleges.com posted a good list of  ‘50 Really Cool Bookstore Blogs‘.   Blogs are listed in the following categories:

For Booksellers
For Readers and Book Clubs
Local News and Events
Industry (‘industry news about book selling, buying, trading and publishing’)
Miscellaneous

Check them out!

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The New York Times had an interesting essay called, ‘Steal These Books’.  To quote:
‘With the recession, shoplifting is on the rise, according to booksellers. At BookPeople in Austin, Tex., the rate of theft has increased to approximately one book per hour.’
You won’t believe what the most frequently stolen book is! 
Read on….http://www.nytimes.com

Continue Reading Bookstore Clerk: ‘Where did that book I recommend often go?’

On Saturday morning I had the pleasure of seeing Jon Scieszka share his favorite children’s books on CBS’s Early Show .  A posting on ‘The Early Show’s’ Website, ‘Holiday Reads for Your Kids‘, described Scieszka’s expertise:
‘In 2008, Scieska was appointed by the Library of Congress to be the first National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. [...]

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‘AASL is promoting two resource lists, each honoring Internet web sites that enhance learning and curriculum development. Developed by an AASL task force, the sites are all free and user friendly.
The Top 25 Web sites for Teaching and Learning focuses on websites that foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation and collaboratin.            [...]

Continue Reading Best Websites for Teaching and Learning from American Association of School Librarians (AASL)

Not surprisingly, KimKomando.com introduced me to another great resource!  Tabbloid.com EASILY lets you create a ‘pdf’ magazine from your favorite RSS feeds and have it delivered whenever and how often you want it.  Check it out!  www.tabbloid.com

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Shelf-Awareness.com says, “Beginning with today’s edition, the bestseller list published every Thursday in USA Today will include Amazon Kindle book sales in its overall rankings…”     Read the post…http://news.shelf-awareness.com
Read the USA Today announcement: http://www.usatoday.com

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Matt Cutts, a Google Software engineer has shared how ‘Using a simple USB-powered barcode scanner, Matt shows how you can easily add your books from off your bookshelf at home to the My Library feature in Google Books….You can then use Google Books-powered search to browse just the books in you own home library.’
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Continue Reading Use a Barcode Scanner to add YOUR books to Google Books’ “My Library feature”

The folks at ZDNet.com do their part in introducing the new Kindle DX.  Read on…http://blogs.zdnet.com

Continue Reading “Live from New York: Amazon’s Kindle press conference”