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Sisters Grimm Fairy Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley read by L.J. Ganser « Goshendirector's Weblog

By admin | Published: August 26, 2012

Sisters Grimm Fairy Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley read by L.J. Ganser I can’t believe that I didn’t write anything about this before because I did indeed listen to this before … maybe it was in that spell when I didn’t do much writing of my thoughts on books. I love this series because it [...]

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Lending e-books has hit a snag at libraries

By admin | Published: August 9, 2012

Public libraries are under fire from – of all groups – book publishers. The conflict involves e-books, which are electronic versions of traditional print books that can be read by using a personal computer or an electronic reader such as an Amazon Kindle, Nook, Sony Reader, iPhone or iPad. Three major publishers – Penguin Group, [...]

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Can you borrow e-books at the library? Most don’t know

By admin | Published: June 24, 2012

(Credit:Amazon) Do you know if your local library lends e-books? if not, you’re in good company. A full 62 percent of people recently polled by Pew Internet admitted they had no idea whether they could borrow electronic books from their library system. even among active library card holders, 58 percent expressed the same confusion. Only [...]

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Children's Stories – Submitting Manuscripts to Publishers

By admin | Published: January 21, 2012

If you haven’t read many children’s books since you were a child yourself, spend some time in the local library or big bookshop looking at what is on offer, what is being published at the moment. and read read read in your chosen genre! Picture books are a very specialized skill. You need to know [...]

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Kindle Library Borrowing is Now Online

By admin | Published: October 15, 2011

In a move designed to prevent me from doing anything productive for awhile, Amazon has announced that its library borrowing services for the Kindle are now online. so now Kindle and Kindle-app owners can borrow e-books from any local library that has e-book borrowing services through Overdrive.   Here’s more from the press release: “Starting [...]

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Christmas Short Stories: Reading Holiday Favorites Together

By admin | Published: September 5, 2011

Ready to start a fun new tradition using great Christmas short stories? Most families have a Christmas tradition or two that they look forward to sharing together year after year. Traditions draw us closer together and allow us to slow down and enjoy the Christmas season; they’re also something special to share with future generations. [...]

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