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The New York Times is to begin including ebooks in its bestseller lists.
A mobile app known as Social Books is designed to make reading more social.
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Cynthia Leitich Smith interviews author Beth Fehlbaum about her book Courage in Patience.
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Amanda Rutter reviews the very creepy The Snowman by Jo Nesbo.
Musings
Michael Pryor reflects on writing diseases.
Richard Handler reflects on Douglas Couplands work.
Laura Wright reflects on her book Eternal Hunger.
Just for fun
Atom books has good fun at its book blogger night.
Author birthdays
Happy birthday, Robert Louis Stephenson, Stephen Baxter, and William Gibson!
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None of my work has met my own standards. ' William Faulkner
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Im not sold on the whole social reading thing. I mean, I know blogging is pretty socialbut I like my alone time with my books, you know? I dont want to be constantly thinking, Ooh, I should totally tweet that line! And then getting distracted on Twitter. Maybe Im old fashioned.
As for the NY Times ranking eBooksI guess that means theyre here to stay!
Reading time is definitely quiet time for me, although I love to discuss books after the fact.
I think its great that ebooks are here to stayalthough the NYT seems to be a bit behind the times when it comes to adding books to its lists. Didnt it only recently add the juvenile/young adult list?