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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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Black Friday Sale: Cheap books now cheaper for four days!

By Anysia | November 27, 2008

There is something called Black Friday in the United States that, I have to admit, I don’t fully understand and have never experienced. The closest we have in Canada is Boxing Day sales but since crowds pushing and shoving to save a few dollars are not my idea of a good time, I haven’t experienced [...]

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The bumpy road of book blogging

By Anysia | November 15, 2008

Negative reviews are the risk of publishing a book. No matter how a book gets to a reader, they have the right to express an opinion of the book — these days that opinion frequently ends up on online cataloging sites, online retailers, and yes, book blogs. Most authors, 99.9% I would venture to guess, [...]

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Free Book Downloads - Part 19

By Anysia | November 3, 2008

There are a couple free book downloads this week, so if you don’t win anything in my book giveaways this month, you can still pick up some free books each week if you don’t mind digital versions. This week there is a book download of Emissaries from the Dead, a short story download of A [...]

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