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doctorwho: ‘Doctor Who’ Fans Offer 14,000 Free Books To UK...

Sat, 04 May 2013 17:27:49 -0400

‘Doctor Who’ Fans Offer 14,000 Free Books To UK Schools

Speaking of “it’s nice to do something nice for someone” this is pretty cool:

When David Dovey came across a post on eBay proffering some 11,000 mint condition Doctor Who novelisations in a massive job lot, he immediately considered what his next best step would be.

So, while talking to a few friends on the internet, a plan was hatched. They would club together and buy the books, and then donate them, in batches of six or so, to schools.

In the end, the auction finished at just £656 (around $1015), and the friends made a website and invited schools to get in touch if they wanted some of the books.

Already some 300 schools have signed up, and 1,400 of the books have been sent out. Through various donations their original haul has increased to 14,000, and this is just the beginning. The consortium hope to encourage all Doctor Who fans to donate one book to their nearest school, whether it’s part of their collection or one that has been specially purchased.

Read the rest at Anglophenia

Do you ever look up from reading a book and get disoriented because you’re actually in your bedroom or class or somewhere that isn’t the story?

Thu, 02 May 2013 20:00:01 -0400

teachingliteracy:

idreaminwords

futurejournalismproject: Not Your Ordinary...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:18:55 -0400

futurejournalismproject:

Not Your Ordinary Bookstore

Argentina’s El Ataneo Grand Splendid opened as a theater in 1919, later became a cinema and is now a bookstore.

Images: El Ataneo Grand Splendid, via Atlas Obscura.

From, “Peek at the Staff Picks Shelves From Indie Bookstores...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:48:57 -0400

From, “Peek at the Staff Picks Shelves From Indie Bookstores All Over America.”

New forum is up...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:11:15 -0400

http://bibliographica.freeforums.net/
It’s more generic than the previous forum. Registration requires acceptance. Come say hi.

Wish

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:22:58 -0400

I wish I was artistically talented enough to design book covers.

homedesigning: Reading in bed again

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:15:39 -0400

homedesigning:

Reading in bed again

maxalfiemurdoch: Jacket designs for some of the works of F....

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 20:15:36 -0400

maxalfiemurdoch:

Jacket designs for some of the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald, by Lydia Nichols

What's Your Story?

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 17:45:45 -0400

I got this in my email today and just had to share.

Turn your iPad 2/3 or Kindle Fire into a hardcover book with Out of Print’s new eBook jackets.

Made by the oldest bookbinder in the U.S., our cases are made to look, feel and wear like an actual book.

Click here to pre-order these cases as part of our Kickstarter project.

What’s your story?

www.outofprintclothing.com

bookmania: Bookstore Shelves, Harvard Square (by...

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:59:17 -0400

bookmania:

Bookstore Shelves, Harvard Square (by dirtynine)

I’ve been to that bookstore.

"Being rich is not about how much money you have or how many homes you own; it’s the freedom to buy..."

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:31:13 -0400

“Being rich is not about how much money you have or how many homes you own; it’s the freedom to buy any book you want without looking at the price and wondering if you can afford it.”

- John Waters

(via balltillifall)

"Suddenly the reader’s eyes were filled with tears, and a loving voice whispered in his ear: Why are..."

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:20:08 -0500

“Suddenly the reader’s eyes were filled with tears, and a loving voice whispered in his ear: Why are you crying if everything in that book isn’t true?
And the reader replied: I know; but what I feel is real.”

- Ángel González (via excessivebookshelf)

laphamsquarterly: Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Dickens!

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:44:20 -0500

laphamsquarterly:

Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Dickens!

Doomsday Book of the Month Club. Interested?

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:02:00 -0500

2012. This is it. The year the world is supposed to end. (Again.) But this is the big time, people. The real deal. Or whatever. So in celebration I’ve decided that I want to read a doomsday book a month. Metaphysics, historical, current affairs, fiction, ect.

The selection for January is, “2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl” by Daniel Pinchbeck. Why? I already own it.

The forthcoming months will be voted on via a poll that I’ll link to. Discuss the book as frequently or infrequently as you wish either here, or at this message board. (But send me a note if you wish to register at Bibliographica because I have to manually approve everyone.)

So… who’s in?

Be a Book Angel. Please.

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:30:07 -0500

Be a Book Angel. Please. :

rhymeswithnothing:

meloukhia:

Hey, you! Yes, you.

I know there are a lot of demands for charity at this time of year, but this happens to be one of my most favourite causes: Getting books into the hands of kids who need them. My local independent bookstore has an annual Book Angel programme that provides brand new shiny books to low-income children.

There are four more days to be a Book Angel, and they happily accept online donations. So please, go forth and donate, if you can.

Thanks.

This is essentially at least half of my job, y’all. Support!

thedailywhat: Cheeseburger Wrapping Paper of the Day: Just in...

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:50:15 -0500

thedailywhat:

Cheeseburger Wrapping Paper of the Day: Just in time for Christmahanakwanzika, Sarah Fay and Justin Colt’s Gift Couture — “a start-up creative and innovative wrapping paper company” — introduces the mouth-watering Cheeseburger wrapping paper set.

They’re still several thousand dollars shy of their Kickstarter goal from making this available to the wrapping public, but, for a pledge of $20 or more (plus $8 for international shipping), they’ll send you one complete set of Cheeseburger wrapping paper.

$40 gets you 2 complete sets, and $60 gets you 3. $300 gets you 10, plus a “hand-crafted golden cheeseburger trophy.”

Come on. You know you want that trophy.

[szymon.]

booksandnerds: (By: anthonyturducken)

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:05:33 -0400

booksandnerds:

(By: anthonyturducken)

Book for Book by BetterWorld.com

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:14:55 -0400

Book for Book by BetterWorld.com

thedailywhat: Book Trailer of the Day: Procrastinate a little...

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:52:58 -0400

thedailywhat:

Book Trailer of the Day: Procrastinate a little while longer and watch this video about procrastination, which is actually a smart promotion for David McRaney’s new book You Are Not So Smart — “a book about all the wonderful ways you delude yourself everyday.”

[devour.]

That moment when you're reading a book and the whole world around you does not exist anymore.

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:10:15 -0400

Bibliograpica

doctorwho: ‘Doctor Who’ Fans Offer 14,000 Free Books To UK...

‘Doctor Who’ Fans Offer 14,000 Free Books To UK Schools

Do you ever look up from reading a book and get disoriented because you’re actually in your bedroom or class or somewhere that isn’t the story?

futurejournalismproject: Not Your Ordinary...

From, “Peek at the Staff Picks Shelves From Indie Bookstores...

New forum is up...

*Wish*

homedesigning: Reading in bed again

maxalfiemurdoch: Jacket designs for some of the works of F....

What's Your Story?

It’s time to put the “book” back into eBooks.

bookmania: Bookstore Shelves, Harvard Square (by...

"Being rich is not about how much money you have or how many homes you own; it’s the freedom to buy..."

"Suddenly the reader’s eyes were filled with tears, and a loving voice whispered in his ear: Why are..."

laphamsquarterly: Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Dickens!

Doomsday Book of the Month Club. Interested?

Be a Book Angel. Please.

thedailywhat: Cheeseburger Wrapping Paper of the Day: Just in...

booksandnerds: (By: anthonyturducken)

Book for Book by BetterWorld.com

thedailywhat: Book Trailer of the Day: Procrastinate a little...

That moment when you're reading a book and the whole world around you does not exist anymore.

Wish