Love2ReadTV is an exciting video collection celebrating Australia’s National Year of Reading 2012! The collection features many Australian author and librarians, with the full Librarians episode to be published shortly.
The project is coordinated by Timothy Chan, Friend of the National Year of Reading. Read Tim’s interview at Kids Book Review!
Or go straight to the website to check out the latest Love2ReadTV Episodes.
The National Year of Reading 2012 theme is Cry.
I know what you’re feeling right now. You’re feeling sad just because of this month’s theme. Time to change the stigma!
This month, you don’t have to be sad or miserable if you don’t want to. You might cry out of laughter, or have tears of enjoyment drop onto your cheeks when you finish a good book. Remember, the best books are the ones which make you feel different after you finish.
Some people also cry when they achieve a goal. Think about olympic champions and race finalists. What reading goals will you set this month to make you cry?
Read on and also download the NYR12 Theme: Cry Poster.
When August 2012 started, and the NYR theme changed from Question to Grow, it got me thinking. Is it through questioning that we grow?
Leading eReader manufacturer and eBook distributor Kobo has unveiled a new range of exciting eReaders.
Courtesy kobo.com
The new eReaders include one which can fit in your pocket, as well as an eReader which has an adjustable soft glow to enable reading at night.
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Due to lack of resources & funding, low levels of indigenous literacy has hindered the lives of many of Australia’s Indigenous people.
Low levels of literacy can lead to education and employment barriers, social isolation, and personal insecurity. Statistics show that only 15% of Indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory meet the minimum literacy benchmark. 33% of indigenous Australians aged 15 and over will face considerable difficulties in their lives due to their literacy skills.
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation helps Indigenous Australians in remote areas learn to read. Your donation is important to help keep the vision of the ILF alive, so that more books can be provided to children across the nation.
Find out more at http://www.indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au/
The National Year of Reading theme for August is Question!
What will you question this August?
>> Posters for download
Richard Glover, columnist, broadcaster and fantastic ambassador for the NYR talks about his younger son’s new embrace of reading…and reading in his own life too. And it was all kicked off by one of the greatest stories of all time, Sherlock Holmes.
Read the entire article at the SMH: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/readership-riddle-solved-by-sherlockloving-son-20120726-22s3b.html
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eReading in a walled garden
Are e-books entering a new phase of the digital revolution?
The first generation Kobo eReader (Source: Kobo)
3 years since eBooks hit the market by storm, the eBook revolution is now entering a new phase. Phase 1 can be summed up with two words: ‘market capitalisation’, with Kobo, Amazon, Sony and the ‘Nook’ (Barnes & Noble’s exclusive eReader) emerging as the top four bestselling eReaders around the world. Australia’s uptake has been slower, in part due to the closure of Borders bookstores in 2011, which ended for several months distribution of the entry-level Kobo eReader. Competitors such as Dymocks did not, at the time, have any entry-level eReaders – their offers were in the ~A$3oo range.
But now that the eReader fight has subsided, with eReaders being sold widely, not just in bookstores, the fight has turned to content licensing. And the field isn’t a pretty one.
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