Amazon has announced three finalists for the 2009 Breakthrough Novel Award. The award, sponsored by Amazon.com, Inc., Penquin Group (USA), and CreateSpace, drew several thousand nominations. The finalists are Ian Gibson for Stuff of Legends, James King for Bill Warrington’s Last Chance, and Brani Lynn Ryder for In Malice, Quite Close.
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I just finished reading Michael J. Fox’s new book, “Always Looking Up“. I had ordered it from Amazon.com and read it in just a few days after its arrival. It is an “easy” read, but is very inspiring. Fox, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in 1991, has stayed upbeat and positive throughout the ordeal […]
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I was scanning some emails I receive and saw an interesting promotional idea. Author David Meerman Scott, who has a blog site titled WebInkNow, is offering his latest book, World Wide Rave, free to Kindle owners for a five day period. The five day offer ends Sunday March 15, 2009. Scott writes books on motivation, leadership, […]
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I have sold a few books and calendars on Barack Obama through Amazon.com since he was elected in November. Today I was curious as to the current price of one particular book on President Obama. So I looked it up on Amazon.com. I just typed in Barack Obama as the search and was amazed at […]
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In the Tuesday January 27, 2009 issue of Shelf Awareness, I came across an ad for a book on achieving happiness that looked very good. The book is titled A Course in Happiness: Mastering the 3 Levels of Self-Understanding That Lead to True and Lasting Contentment and it is written by Mardi Horowitz, MD.
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I am a constant book store shopper, both “in-store” and “online”. I like to keep up with what is really selling and I also like to come across those quiet little books that have made their way on to the book store shelves, but will never be a bestseller (unlesss it is an amazing story […]
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During the Christmas holidays, all of my immediate family came to our house to visit for a few days. We had a great time being together, and everyone seemed relaxed and enjoyed each other’s company. Each person sort of settled into their own comfortable niche over the few days and I hope they enjoyed themselves. […]
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2008 has come to an end. I’ve done a good bit of reading this year and have read some really enjoyable books. Amazon.com has a page on their website titled Best Books of 2008. They have a list of Top 100 Editor’s Picks, Top 100 Customer Favorites, and Best Book Covers. I was interested in […]
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One of the best sources for great movies comes directly from books. It seems that more and more good (and not so good) books are being made into movies. And they are often big box office hits. Bookreporter.com’s latest newsletter which just came out features the books that are being made into movies that are […]
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Do you love to read? Do you have a favorite author and you want to read more books by that author? What about a favorite genre, subject or style that you enjoy and want to read more of? In reading the “Newsletter of Irmo Branch Library”, part of the Lexington County (SC) Public Library System, which […]
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