There’s no better travel companion than a book. There’s no better life companion than a library. read more There’s no such thing as enough books. read more Three of Jane Austen’s novels were published after her death (posthumously): Northanger Abbey (1818); Persuasion (1818); Lady Susan (1871) read more Time flies when I read. read more To become a New York Times bestselling author, one must sell 5,000~10,000 copies of his/her book in one week, and these sales must be diverse sales, coming from multiple entities such as personal website, Amazon and brick-and-mortar bookstores. read more Toni Morrison didn’t start writing until her 30s. Her first book The Bluest Eye was published when she was 39 years old. The story was about a little black girl who wished she had blue eyes. Her Pulitzer Prize winning novel Beloved was published when she was 56. read more Treasure Island’s author Robert Louis Stevenson wrote Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde during his vacation. His wife woke him up when he cried out in horror. He was annoyed: 'Why did you wake me? I was dreaming a fine bogey tale!'. The nightmare became a novella in 6 days. read more Tsundoku. A Japanese word meaning “let reading materials pile up in one’s home and never read them.” read more Twitter ranks as the 14th most popular social network in terms of the number of active users, according to Statista. read more Under financial pressure, Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol in just six weeks, according to the National Endowment for the Arts. read more United States Postal Service is honoring American author and Nobel laureate Toni Morrison (1931-2019) with her own Forever stamp, announced on March 7, 2023. USPS chooses about 30 out of 30,000 ideas for new stamps each year. The stamp is a Forever stamp and will never expire. read more Urban Dictionary defines “reading slump” as a reader's worst nightmare. read more «« « 35 36 37 38 39 » »»
There’s no better travel companion than a book. There’s no better life companion than a library. read more
Three of Jane Austen’s novels were published after her death (posthumously): Northanger Abbey (1818); Persuasion (1818); Lady Susan (1871) read more
To become a New York Times bestselling author, one must sell 5,000~10,000 copies of his/her book in one week, and these sales must be diverse sales, coming from multiple entities such as personal website, Amazon and brick-and-mortar bookstores. read more
Toni Morrison didn’t start writing until her 30s. Her first book The Bluest Eye was published when she was 39 years old. The story was about a little black girl who wished she had blue eyes. Her Pulitzer Prize winning novel Beloved was published when she was 56. read more
Treasure Island’s author Robert Louis Stevenson wrote Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde during his vacation. His wife woke him up when he cried out in horror. He was annoyed: 'Why did you wake me? I was dreaming a fine bogey tale!'. The nightmare became a novella in 6 days. read more
Tsundoku. A Japanese word meaning “let reading materials pile up in one’s home and never read them.” read more
Twitter ranks as the 14th most popular social network in terms of the number of active users, according to Statista. read more
Under financial pressure, Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol in just six weeks, according to the National Endowment for the Arts. read more
United States Postal Service is honoring American author and Nobel laureate Toni Morrison (1931-2019) with her own Forever stamp, announced on March 7, 2023. USPS chooses about 30 out of 30,000 ideas for new stamps each year. The stamp is a Forever stamp and will never expire. read more
