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Books for kids about Dickens
Just in time for the 200th birthday of Dickens, there are three new illustrated books based on his life and the books he wrote. ●“ Charles Dickens: England’s Most Captivating Storyteller ” by Catherine Wells-Cole (Templar Books $19.99), uses pictures from his original books and photos and other pieces of art. Readers “see” Dickens’s life story and important parts of the stories in his books. By ...
Indigo Books profit falls on lower margins
TORONTO (Reuters) - Indigo Books & Music Inc reported lower quarterly earnings on Wednesday as discounts on print books and higher sales of low-margin e-readers pushed down gross profit margin even as revenue rose slightly. The company said the lower margins had not yet been offset by an expected gain in the sales of gifts and toys, which the company is putting more emphasis on. For the company ...
Do E-Books Threaten Democracy?
Do digital books threaten our democracy? Depends on who you ask. eBooks are on trial once again. This time, they represent nothing short of an existential threat to democracy itself. In the prosecutor's corner we have novelist Jonathan Franzen, playing the role of 'bookservative' and decrying the rise of these anti-democratic digital
Books or e-Books? Who cares as long as people are reading
AS sales of paper books drop, writer Adele Parks says how we read doesn't matter
E-Books Are Superior Tools To Physical Books
As Alan Jacobs says, 'books may be better objects, but e-books are better tools.'
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