The book publisher Random House recently announced that it will be
releasing thousands more of its books in digital format over the next few months. The idea is that while the market for regular ol' words-on-paper books is struggling, electronic books have grown by leaps and bounds over the past year, thanks to Amazon's Kindle (
Oprah's favorite gadget), among other things.
Still, the overall number of people buying electronic books is still estimated to be pretty small — which got me wondering how you're reading books these days.
Today I'm bringing you my final
gift ideas for female friends and sisters, before I move onto pressies for the men in your life next week. This gift guide is for those pals of yours who love to read and then compare the book with the film adaptation.
First up I've got The Secret Life of Bees, about female solidarity in segregated 1960s South Carolina: the
film version hits our cinemas next week.
On Sunday night, I witnessed the unveiling of a new art piece consisting of LED-lit books, hung high above a square in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco. Called "
Language of the Birds," artists Dorka Keehn and Brian Goggin participated in the literal unveiling — at first, each book was shrouded and unlit, and one by one, a string was pulled to reveal each book, which were then lit up as the night darkened.
If you find yourself in the city, go by Columbus and Broadway at night, for it's not everyday you can see a flock of illuminated books in flight.
So far we've brought you
gift ideas for your older and younger family members, and this week it's the turn of those other wonderful women in your life, like sisters, best friends and cousins.
Each day I'll bring you a new themed
gift guide, and today I've got a selection of recent biographies and autobiographies for those people in your life who just love finding out celebrities' secrets!
I'll start off with Jonathan Ross' book, which was published just before
Manuelgate, and Russell Brand's Booky Wook, which came out in paperback in the summer.
We all know that author Nicholas Sparks wrote
The Notebook, which became a movie starring the sweet duo Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams. Before The Notebook Sparks's novel Message in a Bottle became a movie. Later came A Walk to Remember starring Mandy Moore, and this year his book
Nights in Rodanthe arrived on the big screen towing Richard Gere and Diane Lane in its wake.
We love our kids despite their imperfections much like they love us. The book
Always ($11) celebrates this sentiment and assures youngsters that the love stands when they're well behaved and when they aren't.
The pages are filled with questions a son poses to his mother like, "Do you love me when I eat my peas?"
Most tots like to move around as much as they love to sit down with mommy for a good book.
Gallop!: A Scanimation Picture Book ($11) unites both in a fun book for everyone to enjoy.
Unlike any text I've seen, Gallop!
Today we're sharing our
gift ideas for grandmas across the Sugar sites, so I've chosen a selection of books and audio CDs for those grandmothers who just love to curl up with a great read.
In honour of the 90th anniversary of Armistice Day, I've selected three fascinating books about wartime: The Last Fighting Tommy, Kitchener's Last Volunteer and Nella Last's Peace.
For the fiction lover, there are new offerings from Maeve Binchy, Joanna Trollope and Danielle Steel, and those who favour a romantic read can enjoy Jackie Collins' latest bonkbuster.
Do you spend too much time ensuring that all of your coffee-table books maintain perfect jackets? In a
recent LA Times article, Trey Russell, owner of Laguna Beach gift boutique
Aris tells you to ditch that thinking — and those jackets. Russell maintains
that "Book jackets just get torn, anyway, you might as well get rid of them .
What did you learn in history class? That the Rosenbergs were innocent? Gorbachev, not Reagan, ended the Cold War?
