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A Great Looking Read: Cardon Webb and Sam Potts

Who doesn’t love when a series of books has a secret design trick up its sleeve? Sometimes, when you get the whole set assembled, you find the spines line up to reveal a panorama. In the case of this set, written by Oliver Sacks, designer Cardon Webb took a different approach. Since these books are [...]

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Thursday Quote: Matthew Arnold

“Have something to say, and say it as clearly as you can. That is the only secret.” Matthew Arnold

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Thursday Quote: Samuel Butler

“Books want to be born: I never make them.  They come to me and insist on being written, and on being such and such.” Samuel Butler

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A Great Looking Read: Leatherbound Volumes

If you love to read snazzy looking books, check out the Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classics Series. Over 50 titles, including multi-books (such as The Chronicles of Narnia, or the Complete Works of William Shakespeare). While not every cover is a work of art, each is tastefully done -with lovely details, even on the spine and back cover. The [...]

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The Making of a Book Cover

This video is a fast-forward through making a book cover, for the third in a series.

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Thursday Quote: T.S. Eliot

“If you start with a bang, you won’t end with a whimper.” T.S. Eliot

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Works of Fiction by Grant Snider

Works of Fiction by Grant Snider

Check out Grant Snider’s website.

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Ira Glass on Storytelling

A great all-type video: Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo.

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Word Book Night

Want to share a great book? Volunteer to be a Book Giver on World Book Night. Find out how at: www.us.worldbooknight.org

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Thursday Quote: Edna Ferber

“Life can’t ever really defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer’s lover until death – fascinating, cruel, lavish, warm, cold, treacherous, constant.” Edna Ferber

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