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How “Fifty Shades of Grey” Became a Bestseller and Hollywood Movie

In a thread where a poster is trying to show that “Fifty Shades of Grey” is not representative of the BSDM community like so many people think it

Sure, Let’s Just Close The Libraries and Get Everyone A “Kindle Unlimited” Subscription

I’m seeing lots of discussion (and some hand-wringing) about the threat to libraries after Amazon announces the “Kindle Unlimited” plan which gives you access to 600,000 e-books plus

How To Trick Your Kids Into Reading All Summer Long

No minimum page counts. No incentives. No countdown clocks. No video game ban threats. Instead, according to this article, just put books in front of kids in the

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

Here are a few things that caught my eye this past week… What are the best new products nobody knows about? (Quora) How We Die – Then and

I Work At A Public Library…

…which is why I find this Tumblr so funny!

My Book Themed Interview

I saw an interview with author, Joshua Ferris, in a recent Entertainment Weekly and thought the series of book-themed questions they asked would be fun to answer for

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

Some of the times science fiction led to science fact What Your Country Says About Your Reading Habits What’s the single biggest mistake parents can make? (AskReddit) 40

Coldplay Sends Fans on Quest to Find Hidden Lyrics in Libraries

No matter what you think of Coldplay, this is a pretty cool idea that might promote libraries to some folks who otherwise wouldn’t come through our doors (although

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