This Week on Books Direct -
4 November 2018
Here's a list of some great articles you may have missed this week. Enjoy!
Man Pays Fine For Mother's Overdue Library Book — She Checked It Out In 1934 by Associated Press for LA Times
A man who returned his mother's very overdue library book is paying her fine — even though he didn't have to.
Previously Unknown Beeton's For Sale by Scott Monty for I Hear Of Sherlock Everywhere
The first appearance of Sherlock Holmes was in A Study in Scarlet, which appeared in Beeton's Christmas Annual of 1887, which the Antique Trader Vintage Magazines Price Guide called “the most expensive magazine in the world”. There were previously 33 known copies in existence but a 34th copy has been listed for $75,000.
10th Annual Goodreads Choice Awards on Goodreads
Vote in the 10th Annual Goodreads Choice Awards, the only major book awards decided by readers.
Antarctic Scientist “Stabs Colleague Who Kept Telling Him The Endings Of Books He Was Reading On Remote Research Station” by Will Stewart for The Sun
A scientist accused of attempted murder in Antarctica stabbed his colleague because “he was fed up with the man telling him the endings of books”, it has been claimed.
How To Build An Online Form That Converts by Ecem Keskin for Medium
To collect the data you need, we have to start with the bare bones of a form. Every high-converting form is built with smart, savvy information architecture.
NaNoWriMo 2018 Word Counting Calendar by Dave Seah
Grab your free word counting calendar for November 2018’s National Novel Writing Month!
Happy National Author’s Day! by Staci Troilo
Every year on November 1, millions of people celebrate authors and the books that they write on National Author’s Day. After her grandmother’s death in 1968, Sue Cole promoted the observance of National Author’s Day.
7 Reasons NOT To Use Hootsuite by Ian Anderson Gray for iag.me
There are lots of great things about Hootsuite. But this article focuses on the problems and disadvantages and why you might not want to use it.
Creativity. Finding Your Unique Voice by Karolina for But First Tea
What is creativity? Can only certain people create? Is creating always about art?
How Do You Move A Bookstore? With A Human Chain, Book By Book by Laurel Wamsley for npr
When October Books, a small radical bookshop in Southampton, England, was moving to a new location down the street, it faced a problem. How could it move its entire stock to the new spot, without spending a lot of money or closing down for long? The shop came up with a clever solution: They put out a call for volunteers to act as a human conveyor belt.
The Inciting Incident (Where The Story Really Begins) by Catherine E. McLean for Writers Cheat Sheets
Catherine answers this month's question: What exactly is “The Inciting Incident”?
Harvard’s Jorie Graham Wins Library Of Congress Poetry Prize by Lillian Brown for Boston Globe
Poet and professor Jorie Graham will be the recipient of the Library of Congress’s 2018 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry, for her 2017 poetry collection, Fast.
Remember When Longer Tweets Were The Thing That Was Going To Ruin Twitter? by Will Oremus for Slate
A year ago, Twitter lifted its famous character limit from 140 to 280. On Tuesday, the company released a handful of data points that suggest the change has not been nearly as profound as critics feared.
Twitter Getting Rid Of Likes? Not Anytime Soon by Andrew Hutchinson for Social Media Today
So, is Twitter really getting rid of its Like button? Maybe. Not really. Probably not at all.
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