books

A long time ago, I was talking to a history writer and author of many books - all with great titles. I asked him how he came up with them and he told me that none of his proposals had titles. What I never did was ask him how he pulled that off. Is there anybody doing that today? How could you?

All the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal. ... But with each passing year, and with each whimsical purchase, our libraries become more and more able to articulate who we are, whether we read the books or not. Nick Hornby

Electronic books are a bad thing because they cannot be accumulated on shelves to remind you of your past, to impress your neighbours and colleagues, and to help prevent divorces thanks to the sheer bother of arguing over who owns what. J. P. Donleavy

New blog post by Eva Ulian – discussions in this thread, please --- --- By @Eva Ulian Get the discussion going – post your thoughts & comments in the thread below…

Women over 45 love books – it's time the book trade loved them back COMMENTMAY 24, 2022BY HARRIET EVANS Patronised, pigeonholed and ignored, women over 45 are buoying up book sales but are rarely consulted or celebrated in publishing. I wasn’t surprised last week at a literary festival when...

Hi all, I keep seeing authors on X showing off (rightfully so) their amazing hardback books. They have fantastic artwork, embossed covers, gilded pages... The whole nine. How do they do that? What are the steps to making such a work of art? You can't do anything like that with KDP. I know my...

BBC on publishers trying to shrink the size of books, including thinner paper and better fonts #spoiler_alert No love for Garamond here... https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c24pqrvvll9o

New blog post by Claire G – discussions in this thread, please --- Well, it sort of is… I’ve been fascinated by dystopian fiction for many years – any story which explores a dramatic change in the way of life for a society, if not humanity (which can of course cross into the post-apocalyptic...

Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth. Wole Soyinka

“I write books because I have always been fascinated by stories and language, and because I love thinking about what makes people tick.” Lois Lowry

Books are the training weights of the mind. Epictetus

Books are frozen voices, in the same way that musical scores are frozen music. The score is a way of transmitting the music to someone who can play it, releasing it into the air where it can once more be heard. And the black alphabet marks on the page represent words that were once spoken, if...

Most books reviews aren't very well-written. They tend to be more about the reviewer than the book. Tibor Fischer

*New York Times bestseller- over 40 million copies sold* *The #1 Most Influential Business Book of the Twentieth Century* One of the most inspiring and impactful books ever written, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has captivated readers for nearly three decades. It has transformed the...

“I think books are like people, in the sense that they’ll turn up in your life when you most need them.” Emma Thompson

'The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry The books that we would like to read we are ashamed to buy The books that people talk about we never can recall And the books that people give us, oh, they're the worst of all.' Carolyn Wells

I think books with weak or translucent plots can survive if the character being drawn along the path is rich, interesting and multi-faceted. The opposite is not true. Michael Connelly

Yes, in my books I do edit myself to keep from becoming the village explainer. Thomas Perry

Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people—people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book. E.B. White

I’ve raced through my stack of books and need some recommendations! My preferred genre is novels: recent favorites that I highly recommend are Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens, Sing Unburied Sing by Jesmyn Ward, and Spill Simmer Falter Wither by Sara Baume. All three of these use language...