Recently, here at Book Patrol, we reported on the author who was giving away free Kindles to promote her book via Twitter.Now, on the other side of the pond, Ben Benson is giving away £1m of his own money to promote his new book; The New Rules of Wealth. For the book Benson, a "property tycoon," talked with 200 entrepreneurs to find out how they made it big.Here's how it works:Each copy of the book comes with a unique number.Benson will announce a winning number online every two months.There will be 10 winners, each will receive £100,000.Though the book has...
ABC’s of Book Collecting: Armorial
ARMORIALAs an adjective, used of (1) a binding blocked with the coat of arms, usually in gilt, of its original or a subsequent owner, and (2) of bookplates based on, or incorporating, the owner’s arms. As a noun, used colloquially for an armorially decorated book.Previous ABC's of Book Collecting postsCarter, John & Nicolas BarkerABC's of Book Collecting. 8th EditionNew Castle, Delaware : Oak Knoll Press, 2004Buy a copyThanks to Oak Knoll Press for permission to reprint
Up the Book Staircase
or as Debbie at HarperStudio aptly puts it. A "Stairway to Heaven"Image via
Book Domino
It was billed as the "World's Longest Children's Book Domino Rally"The folks at HarperCollins Children's Books decided to line up and knock down some books. A lot of books.I'm not sure what it says about the state of the publishing industry but it sure looked like fun. And, to boot, they executed flawlessly.Just imagine all the book domino possibilities; the potential settings, using particular titles, authors, etc.This could be the start of something.
Bill Maher’s Gift to Jay Z
During his interview with Jay Z on the latest episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, Maher presents Jay Z with a one-of-a-kind book containing all of Jay Z's published lyrics. Jay Z seems genuinely touched by the gesture. A shining example of the power of books as gifts.Note: The sound has been acting funny on the clip. Might need to turn up the volume