From the monthly archives:

July 2008

Insomniac linkage

July 27, 2008

I am currently wide awake in the middle of the night. In order to see some benefit from this, I’ll share a few things that have been open in my browser for the last few days:

The Globe and Mail has an article about why reading fiction is good for us. Just in case me telling [...]

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Literary action figures

July 24, 2008

Some people laugh at me when I tell them I have a librarian action figure on my desk at work. She has a push button “shushing” action too. They usually stop laughing when I tell them I also have the deluxe librarian action figure. For the record, the action figure is based on real life [...]

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Why I like LibraryThing

July 24, 2008

When I decided to start a blog about tips and tools to enhance your reading life, it was a no-brainer that LibraryThing would get a mention early on. It will probably pop up now and then in the future too.
I assume that most people who are keen about books and have been active internet users [...]

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Book dispensing machines

July 20, 2008

Users of the Contra Costa County Library no longer need to panic if they forget to take a book on the train. They can just grab one from a book dispensing machine.
Brilliant. I’m a big fan of making libraries more accessible so this sounds great.
You can also read the official press release from the library, [...]

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eBooks on the iPhone

July 17, 2008

Back in the days before ReadingHacks.com existed, I suggested that the Amazon Kindle might turn out to be the tipping point for ebooks. By this I meant that having the backing of a well established bookstore like Amazon might make ebooks a bigger deal in the mainstream. My biggest concern has always been the cost. [...]

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