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And the two shall become as one

April 2, 2009

Back in ye olde days I started a blog called BookBoy in which I wrote about books I was reading, along with observations about the world of books, reading, and libraries. Then I had a flash of inspiration and started ReadingHacks.com which I thought was a smashing idea. And still do. It would be filled [...]

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Slim Ink book rental

April 1, 2009

Previously on ReadingHacks I wrote about a few book rental services, two from the US, and one, Slim Ink book rental, based here in Australia. Following that post Slim Ink invited me to try out the service for 3 months in order to provide a first hand review of their service.
The process of evaluating the [...]

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How books got their titles

March 28, 2009

How books got their titles is a blog that, as the name implies, explains how books go their titles. There is a new post every day, and they appear to be well researched.
The blog is written by Gary Dexter, author of Why Not Catch-21?: The Stories Behind the Titles
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More great stuff over at Bookshelf
Authonomy.com [...]

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WEbook collaborative publishing

September 24, 2008

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Authonomy, a sort of social writing and publishing site. WEbook is a similar enterprise although at first glance, there are at least two key differences.
WEbook has a strong emphasis on collaborative writing, rather than just individual writers submitting works to be voted up or down (as with [...]

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Authonomy.com – HarperCollins finds a clever way to handle their slush pile

September 10, 2008

One of the tough things about being a publisher, so they say, is dealing with the slush pile. Countless would-be (or wanna-be) authors are constantly submitting manuscripts hoping to get their big break. This means that publishers end up with countless manuscripts which they must read, browse, consider, and/or throw out.
HarperCollins have come up with [...]

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More great stuff over at Bookshelf

September 5, 2008

I was about to post about a couple of things I quite liked over Bookshelf, but then decided I should just give the whole blog a bit of a plug.
The blog Bookshelf as you might expect, features mainly bookshelves along with other assorted book related pieces. While some of them don’t appeal to me, I [...]

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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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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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