National Year of Reading: The Reading Hour

I realised that I haven’t yet covered this clearly on this blog, so here we go!

http://www.thereadinghour.org.au

What is The Reading Hour?

The Reading Hour will be officially held on Saturday 25th August 2012 from 6pm-7pm, time in your city.

Find out more 

Wizardry takes us to the future of Digital Rights Management – Harry Potter ebooks released without DRM.

Finally, all seven Harry Potter books are now available as ebooks!  But news to us muggles is that no DRM may be the future of DRM.

With J.K.Rowling’s release of all the Harry Potter books exclusively through Pottermore this week, without DRM, publishing companies and booksellers have realised that a new way of protecting ebooks may be here, thanks to wizardry.

TONIGHT 8pm AEDST – Australia-Wide Twitter Session

Take part in Australia’s Third TWEETING session for the National Year of Reading. Find out how you can tweet to other bookworms about your favourite books which make you #think!

Be there or be a square.

 

NYR Twitter Session – Australia-wide! Tomorrow 8pm AEDST

Take part in Australia’s Third TWEETING session for the National Year of Reading. Find out how you can tweet to other bookworms about books which make you think..

National Year of Reading – @ a library near you!

 

 

 

If you’ve visited your local library this year, you may have noticed National Year of Reading signage and activities!

I’ve compiled some ( but certainly not all! ) activities happening around NSW this month to get you in the NYR spirit.

Encyclopaedia Britannica Stops the Presses after 244 years…

  After 244 years of continuous printing,Encyclopaedia Britannica has announced it will stop the presses and cease producing printed versions of the encyclopaedia.  Reflecting the digitalisation of today’s information age, Encyclopaedia Britannica’s move will enable a greater range of products and services to be provided…

Check out our 2012 National Year of Reading Easter Poster for your library!

 

 

More Posters are available on our Resources page.

PRINTING INSTRUCTIONS

1. Save the file by right clicking on the picture, then ‘save picture as’

2. Use the printing preferences to select A3 or A4, and then select ‘fit to page’. For best results, do not have borders/margins.

3. Print!

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More Posters are available on our Resources page.

From ebook to print, a publishing feat the first of its kind…

The New York Times broke the news this weekend.  First as an e-book through The Writer’s Coffee Shop, now as a $1million deal with Random House publishing.  For most works, the traditional publishing path has been to be discovered by a publishing house, then released as an eBook and print.  But newly discovered author E.L.James has created something out of the linear order.

Wimp’s the word…Diary of a Wimpy Kid the new Harry Potter…

The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series written by Jeff Kinney is closing in on J.K.Rowling’s Harry Potter series.

Aimed at younger readers, the cartoon-based novel have been translated into 33 languages and over 80 million copies of various books in the series have been sold worldwide.

Books that stay with you forever….books which make you #think

Mmmm….It’s March and it’s #think time for the National Year of Reading.   Thought provoking books are ones which stay with you for a while, even after you’ve finished them.

Enjoy the reads! See the list….