omnivoracious — I know it's terrible sleep hygiene, but I love reading in bed. As an editor on the Amazon Books team, it's a delightful (and sometimes overwhelming) part of my mission to tear through several books a week to uncover the next month's gems, so most nights find me reading after...
blog.betterworldbooks — Guest blog by BWB Change Agent, Activist & Author, Pattie Baker You think you get 80 years. Steve Jobs’ recent death knocked the wind out of that one, and snapped back into focus for me that we have one day (this day) to live our fullest lives. Jobs had barely been...
paulocoelhoblog — Em todos os países da Escandinávia é difícil encontrar alguém que não conheça esta lei. Embora ela já exista desde o início da civilização, foi enunciada oficialmente apenas em 1933 pelo escritor Aksel Sandemose na novela “Um refugiado ultrapassa seus limites.” A triste constatação é que a Lei de Jante...
paulocoelhoblog — It is hard to find anyone in any of the Scandinavian countries who does not know this law. Although the law exists since the beginning of civilization, it was only officially declared in 1933 by writer Aksel Sandemose in the novel “A refugee goes beyond limits.” The sad truth is...
alanrinzler — Is it OK to write a book that crosses genre lines, like a mystery with time travel, or a romance with extraterrestrials? The short answer is “Yes, absolutely!” That’s the truth, despite the fear that agents and publishers will avoid a book that falls into more than one genre. But since this...
paulocoelhoblog — EN ESPANOL: Las señales We may think at times that the only thing life offers us tomorrow, is to repeat everything we did today. But if we pay close attention, we will see that no two days are alike. Each morning brings a hidden blessing; a blessing which is unique...
paulocoelhoblog — IN ENGLISH: Finding the signs Podemos pensar que todo lo que la vida nos ofrece mañana es repetir lo que hicimos ayer y hoy. Pero si ponemos atención, nos daremos cuenta de que ningún día es igual a otro. Cada mañana nos trae una bendición escondida, una bendición que...
omnivoracious — For many years, the Alt-Universe time travel division of the United Nations has colluded with the nefarious Star Trek splinter group the “Federation for One SciFi Reality” to stamped TOP SECRET on the most technical and exacting specifications for various Star Wars spaceships. Certainly, there have been reveals and leaks...
omnivoracious — Today marks the 50th anniversary of a children's book classic, A Wrinkle in Time. To celebrate this milestone Farrar, Straus and Giroux (who published the book 50 years ago) have released gorgeous commemorative editions with the original hardcover and paperback jackets and new extras that include an introduction by...
blog.betterworldbooks — Here’s a top 10 Tuesday list that should be very helpful in your book-browsing endeavors. Check out these BWB fan favorite authors to find your next great read. 1. Terry Pratchett Co-Author of “Good Omens” with the number two pick. Pratchett also wrote “Unseen Academicals,” “The Wee Free Men,” “The Color Magic,”...
paulocoelhoblog — Looking back toward the dawn of civilization: we could not survive alone. So we were obliged to come together. We lived in a symbolic world in the classic (holistic) sense. Not because it was politically correct or because it was imposed by society or because it was good for our...
jwikert.typepad — Three articles have sparked my thinking on this post. The are: The Charlie Stross piece entitled Cutting their own throats, Joseph Esposito's insightful post on How B&N Can Take a Bite Out of Amazon, and The New York Times article, The Bookstore's Last Stand Stross talks about how the publishing industry has allowed Amazon...
paulocoelhoblog — Videocast #5 – Paulo Coelho talking about changes and vampires. Videocast #5 – Paulo Coelho falando sobre mudanças e vampiros. Videocast #5 – Paulo Coelho hablando acerca de cambios y vampiros.
omnivoracious — Author Paulo Coelho has made a series of videos on writing. Here's the first one:
paulocoelhoblog — A widow from a poor village in Bengal did not have enough money to pay for her son’s bus fare, and so when the boy started going to school, he would have to walk through the forest all on his own. In order to reassure him, she said: ‘Don’t be...
paulocoelhoblog — The Pirate Bay starts today a new and interesting system to promote arts Do you have a band? Are you an aspiring movie producer? A comedian? A cartoon artist? They will replace the front page logo with a link to your work. To check how can you be in their...
omnivoracious — As if the title weren’t enough of a clue, X-Men: Schism spotlights a pivotal moment in X-Men history: a rift in ideology from its two biggest guns--Cyclops and Wolverine. In the wake of a mutant extinction-level event, perennial team leader and wet blanket, Cyclops, rallies the X-Men to an...
omnivoracious — Ever wondered what “Black Hawk Down meets the X-Men” might look like? According to bestselling author Peter V. Brett, that’s exactly what readers get in Myke Cole’s debut novel Control Point the first in his Shadow Ops series from Ace. The praise doesn’t end there, with another bestseller, Ann Aguirre,...
omnivoracious — On Monday, January 30th, John Green is coming to Amazon for an interview. Needless to say, we're excited to talk to him-- but we've been talking amongst ourselves, and he's got such a vibrant and involved fan base, we thought we'd ask our readers a question first: what question would...
omnivoracious — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences should tack a couple more words onto that mildly pretentious name of theirs... The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and books. This morning, the Academy announced their nominees for the Oscars, and books were well-represented. In fact, many of the...
podiobooks — That’s my summation of conversations I’ve had with Nicole Op Den Bosch, Associate, Content Acquisition, Business Development and Jennifer Bassuk, Senior Director, Content Acquisition and Business Development for the company. I spoke with Nicole via telephone Thursday morning, and then with her and Jennifer Monday morning. All after recommending hundreds...
omnivoracious — Ever finish a book and feel like you were losing some of your best friends? Or ever get addicted to a series just because you had to see what happened to the characters, plot be damned? Finishing a book can be ruthlessly traumatic because the characters you have spent so...
paulocoelhoblog — As if nothing had changed overnight, the warrior takes another wrong step and dives once again into the abyss. Ghosts provoke, loneliness torments him. Now that he is more aware of his acts, he did not think this would happen. But it did. Shrouded by darkness, he talks to his...
kindlereader.blogspot — One lives in the hope of becoming a memory - Antonio Porchia. Given the burgeoning popularity of social media on the Internet, it is not surprising that biographies and memoirs are among the most popular reading choices of Kindle readers. Whether you enjoy reading of exemplary lives or living vicariously through...
omnivoracious — I was looking up a book on Amazon today when I stumbled across the Amazon Books customer discussions at the bottom of the page. I decided to read a few of the comments and quickly realized that there are some really interesting and insightful discussions going on. I even responded to...