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Check These Out at the Library: Blacksmithing, Bowling, Butchering
To draw crowds, some facilities are offering much more than books.
Need to Unplug From Thanksgiving? Curl Up With These Books
Emoji quiz: Can you identify these classic children’s books?
How to be a book with Human Library
A lot of thought goes into choosing the living, breathing, reminiscing tomes that constitute a Human Library
Books to film: Which is better?
Some the best movies and television series were born from the pages of a book. Here are five books that made it to the screen: Read them, and then see them and decide which version you like better.
Are You Obsessed With Books?
Funny things about books
Libraries to decide which Dr. Seuss books will remain on shelves
After Dr. Seuss Enterprises decided to stop the publication of six of Doctor Seuss’ books because they contain racial imagery, libraries are trying to figure out where the books will go.
9 Steps to Getting Your Self-Published Books into Libraries
Getting your books into libraries takes a great deal of time and effort. It does not just “happen.” Here are the main steps self-published authors need to take to be taken seriously by librarians.
Who repairs your busted books?
There was an audible gasp when Pam O’Hara took scissors to the book.
Wellness Trend: Adult Coloring Books
Adult coloring books can be viewed as a form of meditation, allowing us to focus on the moment through an unpretentious creative outlet ...
How Graphic Novels Became the Hottest Section in the Library
According to old stereotypes, it shouldn’t work—serious librarians should want nothing to do with the raucous, pulp world of comics—and for a long time it didn’t.
7 Ideas For a Child Who Thinks Books are Boring
If your child is a reluctant reader and says that books are boring, let's delve a little deeper to find out if books are really boring and then find strategies
Is That a Hand? Glitches Reveal Google Books' Human Scanners
Google Books exist in an intangible digital realm—one propped up by manual labor.
5 Books by Authors Who Risked Everything to Escape
Its time to tear yourself away from watching true crime documentaries on YouTube and Netflix and pick the stories up in your hands instead.
In the world of books: 25 boys who stand out
I read a lot. As in hundreds and hundreds of books a year. Many, yes, are picture books. But many are novels. 95% of these are middle grade and young adult novels. So, in some ways, I can say I …
Public Libraries: How Authors Can Increase Both Discoverability and Earnings
Libraries represent a valuable opportunity for a book discoverability and sales, but librarians may not know your book exists without marketing outreach.
Search Amazon And Find If Your Library Has The Book For Free
You can save a ton of money on Amazon by using this app to show if your local library has the same book, for free and available to borrow. #ebook #audiobook #book
5 Ways to Use Books to Build Interaction with AAC Learners
Looking for more ways to build AAC skills? Book reading can be incorporated into therapy sessions and instructional lessons, as well as part of the daily routine at home. Here are some ideas for us…
Which books can help my daughter with her fear of bees and wasps?
The Book Doctor buzzes around her heaving shelves to pull out the books that might help a child who is frightened of wasps and bees
12 Good Books I Know I’m Never Going to Read
Obviously, if I don't think I'm going to like a book, I won't put it on my TBR; sometimes, though, there are books that are super-popular and thought very highly of and that look really good that I
