This Week on Books Direct -
20 October 2013
Here's
a list of the articles you may have missed this week:
"Green Families" - Brought to you by Bundle of the Week.
Learn
how to make healthier choices for your family with this week’s bundle. At almost
90% off, this collection of ebooks offers tips for saving money on organic
groceries and developing healthy eaters as well as making your own natural
remedies, skin care products and more!
"23 Signs You're Secretly An Introvert" - Article by Carolyn Gregoire for HuffPost The Third
Metric.
Not
sure if you're an innie or an outie? See if any of these 23 telltale signs of
introversion apply to you. Well, I already thought I was an introvert, but this
proves it!
"16 Outrageously Successful Introverts" - Article by Laura Schrocker for HuffPost Healthy
Living.
Abraham
Lincoln and Emma Watson have something in common. So do Eleanor Roosevelt and
Christina Aguilera. They, like an estimated one third to one half of the
population, are introverts.
"Offensive e-book Controversy Highlights Issues with Self-publishing" -
Article by Jamie Rigg for Engadget.
Several
ebook vendors including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo and others are
scrambling to remove certain kinds of erotica from their stores. Is this
censorship?
What
do you think about recycling books into craft projects?
A
list of 25 books selected by readers.
These
bookends are so good, you don't even need the books!
October
13-19 is Teen Read Week, and Open Road Media created an awesome flowchart to
help you decide what to read next! Every book presented here is included in
Open Road’s Teen Read Week 50 Ebooks at 50% off offer. Check it out and expand
your reading horizons!
"Ever read a post on writing a great book? Yeah, me too. This isn't one of them." - Article by Carmen DeSousa.
Carmen
read a post on writing a great book… This is what she thought...
Plus
Carmen's running a great giveaway at the moment. Don't forget to tell her I
sent you!
"How to Say 'I Do' to Shared Bookshelves Without Ruining Your Relationship" -
Article by Rebecca Joines Schinsky for Book Riot.
Rebecca
offers a few words of advice about merging your bookshelves when you take the
plunge.
Enough
said.
"Bad Habits for Writers – Highlighting the Problems" - Article by
Lorrie Porter for This Craft Called Writing.
As
writers we develop bad habits. It would be simple if we all had the same ones.
That way we'd know what to look out for. But every writer has their own little
foibles, and if we're going to get to grips with them it's important that we
find out what they are.
Are
books in danger in this digital existence?
Are
you ever going to have the time to read all the books you want to read?
