Do you prefer audio books over print? Apparently many readers in the UK do. The Guardian reports that last year the sale of print books dropped while there was growth in audio book sales.
Do you prefer audio books over print? Apparently many readers in the UK do. The Guardian reports that last year the sale of print books dropped while there was growth in audio book sales.
A man in India told his to-be in-laws that he did not want a dowry. Instead they surprised him with a gift of books. Read more here from the Telegraph.
Do you like Harlequin romance novels? If so, brace yourself. Harlequin now has its own film studio which will draw from Harlequin books. Read more from Publishers Weekly.
The library at the University of Southern Denmark recently discovered that 3 books in their collection have high levels of arsenic in their covers. The books date back to the 1500s and 1600s. Micro x-ray fluorescence discovered the poison while library personnel were trying to determine if the materials used to make the covers were old documents that could be read. What a surprise! :0
Do you have a copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone? Rare, first editions are selling for thousands. Here are the details.
Artists in the Netherlands have created beautiful murals of bookshelves on apartment buildings featuring the favorite titles of the residents who live there. What titles would be on your house/building? 🙂
A library in Ireland had a book returned last week that was nearly 82 years overdue. Better late than never?
Last week the library at the University of Canberra was evacuated due to the smell of gas. The culprit? Someone had left a durian in the trash. Apparently the smell of this fruit is so strong that it has been banned in some public places in Asia. A little over a year ago, another Australian university library had to be evacuated due to the fruit’s strong smell.
A woman in Idaho was faced with the removal of a large, dying tree in her yard. What did she do? Turn it into a Little Free Library of course!
Have you seen the list of Pulitzer Prize winners for 2019? The winner for Commentary is from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch!
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