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It is interesting to look occasionally at the Bestseller Lists from the major online booksellers.  Currently dominating the Top 20 (actually Top 21) with both Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com are two very recently popular authors, Suzanne Collins and the late Steig Larsson.
Both authors’ books are part of trilogies.  Suzanne Collins’ latest release Mockingjay (The Final Book of […]

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Tags: Amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, Bestsellers, Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games), Mockingjay (The Final Book of the Hunger Games), Steig Larsson, Suzanne Collins, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, The Girl who Played with Fire, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Hunger Games

BookExpo America, an annual gathering of booksellers, publishers and authors ended last Thursday, May 27th.  Approximately 30,000 people were in attendance.  Wouldn’t it be exciting to be surrounded by that much “book talk, book people, and book promotions?” Read a complete story from USA Today which highlights all the excitement of BookExpo America 2010 and features […]

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I picked up my local newspaper (The State, Columbia,SC) and was happy to see a headline on the front of one of the sections that read “Raising a Reader”.  Reading has been such an important part of my life, and I’ve enjoyed it so much, that it is very important to me that my 7 […]

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Tags: NEA, Read Across America Day, RIF

Jenny Sanford, the first lady of South Carolina, has had her new book released as of today, Friday February 5, 2010.  The book, titled “Staying True”, is from Ballantine Books.  In a promo ad from the publisher they state: “In this candid and compelling memoir, the first lady of South Carolina reveals the private ordeal […]

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Tags: Autograph Parties, Barnes & Noble, First Lady of S.C., Governor of S.C., Jenny Sanford, Mark Sanford, Memoirs, Staying True

On Wednesday (January 27, 2010), Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled his company’s newest contribution to the high tech world - the iPad.  It is a “tablet computer”, that has a 9.7 inch, high-resolution screen.  It is only 1.5 pounds in weight and is only 0.5 inches thick.  With the iPad, users can surf the Internet; […]

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Tags: Apple, e-books, e-mail, iPad, USA Today

I just finished reading the book “The Noticer”, written by Andy Andrews, published in 2009 by Thomas Nelson Publishers. I was hesitant about reading the book, because I had just recently read “Return to Sawyerton Springs” by the same author, and I was less than impressed. It was just a very light reading novel, with […]

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I am big on buying and selling books.  I supplement my income by selling books on Amazon.com.  Therefore, I am obviously interested in keeping people interested in buying books!  But sometimes there are ways that people can get books at a much lower cost than buying  the book online or in  a bookstore. 
I am thinking […]

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I always enjoy “End of the Year” editions of magazines and newspapers, where they list the most popular celebrities, biggest news events, most popular songs, etc. for the year.  Even better is a year like this year where we are ending a decade and are getting the “Best of … “  for the decade.  In […]

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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.
Shelfari has a page which […]

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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. 
Upon reading the […]

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