Posts Tagged ‘Steven’
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
Terrible, terrible news: Iain Banks has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Apparently he has been given less than a year to live. Let’s hope he’s one of those rare individuals that defies medical science and will live and write for many a year to come!
- In which Amazon buys something else most of us loved for the precise fact that it was independent: Goodreads “joins the Amazon family”. JeroenW and I are rather less than ecstatic, although apparently Goodreads will remain independent. Let’s hope so.
Many thanks to Tom, JeroenW, Sigrid, Steven and Joke for several of the above links! If you have any book-related news links you want to share, mail blog@abc.nl.
Tags: awards, Book News, Bookbits, Children's Books, cool librarians, dutch authors, Fiction, goodreads, granta's best young british novelists, happy birthday little prince, iain banks, JeroenW, joke mestdagh, lists, moleskine, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Sigrid, starbucks bookclub, stephen king on tv, Steven, Tom, writers and their typewriters
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013
- Robert Langdon returns! On May 14th, to be exact, when Dan Brown’s newest thriller Inferno hits the shelves.
- P. G. Wodehouse fans (and I’m sure you are legion): my apologies. I am dreadfully tardy with the news that the Blandings books has been turned into a BBC 6-parter. The first two episodes have aired already, but you can still catch the next four every Saturday (and see the iPlayer app to catch up). Thanks to Sigrid for the link, which was well in advance; I’ve just been lagging!
- Quiz! The Guardian commemorates the inauguration of Barack Obama with an American Presidents in Literature quiz. I scored a paltry 7/15 and earned the stinging Guardian judgement of “No, you can’t. You make W look like Umberto Eco.” Ouch!
Tags: awards, biography, blandings hoo-o-o-o-ey, color everywhere, Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction, Hans, interview, joke mestdagh, looking forward to 2013, Mysteries & Thrillers, pining for 2012, Poetry, Politics/Current Affairs, quiz, Sigrid, Steven
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Monday, January 7th, 2013
What stories and information do you want to pass on to the people around you or even to the world at large? What is your legacy?
People who have written about their life experiences to let their children and grandchildren know what came before often come to us Espresso Book Machine operators, to have their memories put in tangible form. Sometimes it’s not even a story, but simply a collection of old black-and-white photos, sketched-out family trees and other historical findings, like family recipes. Journals visit the EBM frequently, be it a travelogue or a collection of thoughts from a particular period in personal history. And we have companies chronicling the past of retiring employees, collecting anecdotes by their colleagues to remind them of the time spent together and to let them know that they will be missed.
Drop us a line if you have a tale to tell or a book to be printed for a special occasion. If you know someone whose story you would love to hear, encourage them by buying them an EBM gift certificate! Call us for more info or e-mail ebm@abc.nl (Amsterdam) or ebmdh@abc.nl (The Hague).
- Steven, Senior Operator Espresso Book Machine Amsterdam
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Monday, December 17th, 2012
- A new literary trend? The Independent highlights the rise of ’steamies’ – teen erotic fiction. My first, rather Puritan, reaction was “what?!?”, but then I remembered all those Mills & Boon books I used to read around that time. So, perhaps not a new trend, but rather a spotlight for one that’s been around since books were first published.
Have tips for the Bookbits? Mail blog@abc.nl!
Tags: 007, animated tributes to books, awards, Bookbits, fairy tales, hines vs scalzi oh yeah, interview, JeroenW, lists, literary trends, quentin blake, Rick, Steven
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Friday, December 14th, 2012
Ellora’s Cave titles now printing at the American Book Center!
Need something steamy to get you through the cold months of winter, but inexplicably not in the mood for Fifty Shades? ABC delivers – and fast!
Through Espresso Book Machine magic, can get you can get any title that saucy romance publisher Ellora’s Cave has in print printed for you at the American Book Center. The titles can generally be picked up the same day you order or are delivered one or two days later to your home by mail.
(Same-day delivery is also an option, in case of romantic emergency! Mail us at info@abc.nl or call us for more information.)
Tags: EBM, ellora's cave, Romance, saucy books, Steven, The ABC Espresso Book Machine, trust us these titles are very very steamy!
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Awards! Argentinian illustrator Isol won the 2013 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. I just posted a round-up of the major Science Fiction & Fantasy awards. Not included there is the fact that Dutch author Thomas Olde Heuvelt is nominated for a Hugo Award in the Novelette category, for his short story The Boy Who Cast No Shadow. Hup, Thomas, Hup!
Happy 70th birthday to The Little Prince! Flavorwire lists the most eye-popping merchandise connected to the book.
