This infographic comes to us via ebookfriendly. Looks pleasing though not sure about the Weights and Measures graphic for what does it have to do with reading . Beside, I haven't seen anyone (except a breed of bookseller) carrying around 30+ books in their hands on a regular basis. Also wonder about how green e-reading is in the long run - the graph gives us a 4 year comparison - then what - in all likelihood within 4 years you will be reading on a new device - I have numerous books that over 100 years old in my library...
The Life & Times of the Travel Guidebook
Inforgraphic produced for Cheapflights.co.uk Previously on Book Patrol: The End of the Travel Guide
Books Left Behind: The Travelodge 20
22,648 books were found left behind by Travelodge guests in the last year in the UK. Luckily, they were all tallied and once again E. L. James takes home the top prize. Last year the winner was Fifty Shades of Grey and this year it is the third volume in the best-selling series, Fifty Shades Freed. “Over the last three years our annual books left behind study has shown a decline in celebrity biographies but a rise in fiction, especially for thrillers and romantic trilogies,” said Shakila Ahmed of Travelodge. Without any further ado, here is the Travelodge 20: 1. Fifty...
The Most Loved Children’s Books
"The absence of parental involvement can lower average reading scores by 74%." First published by the Rossier School of Education in March 2012. Designed by Lemonwood Design.
Bookermania: The Man Booker Prize invades the Morgan
Check out what's coming up at the Morgan Library & Museum: HISTORY OF ENGLAND’S PRESTIGIOUS MAN BOOKER PRIZE IS THE SUBJECT OF NEW EXHIBITION AT THE MORGAN THIS FALL Bookermania: 45 Years of the Man Booker Prize September 13, 2013—January 5, 2014 New York, NY, August 22, 2013—England’s Man Booker Prize turnedPossession into an instant best seller, propelled The English Patientand Life of Pi onto the screen, and made a star out of an advertising copywriter named Salman Rushdie. Throughout its history, it has been a dynamic force in marketing literary fiction, while drawing attention to questions about the critical, popular, and economic influences that shape cultural value and...