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Will Google Book Search Help Or Hurt Libraries And Book Sales? (Search Engine Land)
The NY Times runs a longish article about Google Book Search , its outlook and some fears surrounding its further development. Book Search was freed from legal entanglements when Google settled a class action suit against it.
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Henry Alford's 'How to Live: A Search for Wisdom From Old People' is completely engaging -- and very wise new book (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
Great account of conversations with aging Americans
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Bad Economy = Good News For Used-Book Sellers (Arts Journal)
"The consensus of the economic pundits seems to be that 2009 is going to be awful - every bit as bad as 2008. ... In the search for silver linings, I conclude that this can only be good news for secondhand book dealers.
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Top 10 Comic Book Series of 2008 (The Oklahoman)
Periodical comic books are still staples of comic-book stores, and the origination point for many great storylines. While Marvel and DC Comics dominate the sales charts for comic books, they aren’t the only ones publishing great material. The following are the top 10 periodical comic book series of 2008. 1. Action Comics Writer Geoff Johns and artist Gary Frank took Superman to new heights in ...
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Verizon to include Microsoft Live Search on phones (IT World)
Microsoft has struck a five-year deal to pre-install its Live Search as the default search engine on Verizon mobile phones.
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Volunteer pens book about Lebanon Soup Kitchen (Lebanon Express)
Running a soup a kitchen is a lot like writing a book; they both take a leap of faith.
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Wibe7.tv: Visually Oriented Search for YouTube (ReadWriteWeb)
Searching by terms is great. But some things are just easier to find when you can actually look at them - especially if you tend to be more visually oriented. Book dust jackets, album covers, and product packaging, for example, tend to register with some people far more easily than names. And, then of course, there's video. When you're looking for a video, you're likely looking for that ...
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Book Review: The Yellow Rain by Julio Llamazares (Blogcritics.org)
The Yellow Rain describes the decay and death of a Pyrenean village and its last inhabitant. Life and death tragically intertwine. The Yellow Rain by Julio Llamazares is thankfully a short novel that describes life, or rather the end of it, in a Pyrenean village called Ainielle. Andres, the book’s narrator, has lived there all his life in a house he calls Casa Sosas. By the time we meet him, he ...
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Geriatric Gems (The New York Observer)
How To Live: A Search for Wisdom From Old People (While They Are Still on This Earth) By Henry Alford Twelve, 262 pages, $23.99 The cover of Henry Alford’s margarine-flavored book of old people’s advice starts with the misleading title, How to Live , continues with a picture of a wrinkly pooch, then hits with the sub–Hallmark Channel subtitle, A Search for Wisdom From Old People ...
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Book on elderly wisdom offers few real insights (AP via Yahoo! News)
"How to Live: A Search for Wisdom From Old People (While They Are Still on This Earth)" (Twelve, 262 pages, $23.99), by Henry Alford: Actor and writer Henry Alford had a simple yet captivating idea: People must learn something in seven or more decades on Earth, and the younger set could probably benefit from what their elders have learned.
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