“In 1994, over 70 percent of total fiction sales were accounted for by a mere five authors.” Just in time for the biggest book release in the history
The author of the popular Freakonomics book looks at the question, “If public libraries didn’t exist, could you start one today?” “But here’s the point I’m (finally) getting
LibrarianActivist has highlighted a couple sites in the past that offer free e-book downloads but this page has a comprehensive list of all the options online for getting
A classmate wrote recently and mentioned in passing that I should read The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed. This made me realise it
There are a number of astounding stats about The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan which came out during Saskatchewan's Centennial in 2005. Most pages of any book ever published in
Dave Margoshes is a Regina-based writer who's originally from the States. He sent the following anecdote to the Sask Writers listserv and has kindly allowed me to reprint
Britain’s biggest specialist book chain, Waterstone’s, asked its 5,000 staff to name their favourite five books written since 1982, the date Waterstone’s opened its first store. The list
Where is home? I've wondered where home is, and I realized, it's not Mars or someplace like that, it's Indianapolis when I was nine years old. I had
The book publishing industry recorded total revenues of just over $2.4 billion in 2005, up only 1.6% from 2004. This was in sharp contrast to the 19% growth rate that occurred from 2000 to 2004. Despite the
See below for some happy-making stats from a recently released survey. Two questions occur though – how do they correct for the people who over-represent their reading habits?
I started this blog in 2006 when I was doing my Master of Library Science degree at the University of Western Ontario.
6,912 posts and 3,356 comments since 2006.
Recent Comments