Category Archives: Rambles

Sad day in this book blogging corner of the Internet

By Anysia | December 2, 2008

As you may or may not be aware, yesterday the little corner of the book blogging community that I inhabit learned that an avid book reader, respected book blogger and tireless community builder had passed away. She was known as Dewey and her book blog was The Hidden Side of a Leaf. Few of us [...]

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First two winners of the Hachette Holiday Season giveaway

By Anysia | December 1, 2008

According to random.org and my trusty spreadsheet, the first two winners of the Hachette Holiday Season 5-book pack giveaway are:
Shelly Burns
and
Mercedes
E-mail has been sent and I’m waiting for responses. If you haven’t entered yet, you can still do that. If you have already entered, you’re still eligible for the next draws. Don’t forget that sharing [...]

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Free Book Downloads - Part 23

By Anysia | December 1, 2008

It’s always nice to find an archive of free ebooks and I thought I’d come across them all but then they made another one. If you’re looking for DRM-free ebooks, then eBooks Just Published is your site. And lucky for you, they have a category for DRM-free, free book downloads.
There’s a rating system to help [...]

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Books make great gifts because …

By Anysia | November 29, 2008

In case you need more reasons to buy books this holiday season, a few authors and celebrities have filled in the blank of “Books make great gifts because ______.” This video is part of a campaign by Random House to promote books as gifts. Book bloggers are also running a campaign over at Buy Books [...]

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Interesting article on the future of science fiction

By Anysia | November 28, 2008

I was looking over the other half’s shoulder last night as he was reading and noticed that the issue of NewScientist in question had a special report on the future of science fiction. Since I didn’t want to wait to read it (I actually have about 6 months worth of NewScientist issues to read at [...]

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