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Tom Gauld nails it when it comes to buying books based on the best of the year rankings.
On this day, December 10, the first edition of Encyclopedia Britannica was published and advertised for sale in Edinburgh in 1768.
Here are a few fun facts about the oldest continuously published and revised work in the English language.
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In the 14th edition of Goodreads Choice Awards, almost 5.8 million votes were cast by the users of this most popular book community in the entire Universe 😄
In the second phase of the contest, the winners in 17 categories were chosen and announced on December 7, 2022.
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This innovative pillow stand will be extremely helpful for long reading sessions. It’s a combination of a pillow and stand, allowing you to place your e-reader at the right height and angle no matter which position you choose.
The patented construction includes a flexible arm. You can adjust its height and rotate by 360 degrees. You can put your e-reader into this flexible holder as it supports devices that are up to 7 inches. You can also put the e-reader on the pillow’s base thanks to a special hook.
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The Read Harder Challenge 2023 is here!
It will invite you to explore settings, characters, genres, and perspectives that might be outside your reading habits.
Just like before, it consists of 24 tasks, so the goal is to read on average one book in two weeks.
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Are you wondering what gift to give someone who loves audiobooks?
You can obviously buy an Audible membership gift plan or Kindle Unlimited gift plan.
But what if a person you are going to buy a gift is not an Amazon customer and just starts her or his adventure with digital books?
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OverDrive is a company that works with libraries all over the world to provide people with access to digital books.
Recently, the company celebrated a major milestone: they had 3 billion checkouts of ebooks worldwide!
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So far, in the 2022 Reading Challenge on Goodreads as many as 6.6 million users have taken part, pledging to have read 328 million books.
There are still 25 days to go, but the Goodreads team have already revealed 60 most read books in the 2022 Reading Challenge.
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Improving oral narration can help children who are at-risk for language and literacy difficulties.
It’s one of the finding of the study conducted by researchers from the Utah State University and the University of Texas.
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A few years ago, Neil Gaiman partnered with his longtime illustrator Chris Riddell to spread the message about why our future depends on books, libraries, and daydreaming.
Gaiman selected the passages from his writings on creativity, including Credo, Make Good Art, and On Libraries. Riddell drew fantastic illustrations.
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