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The last Random Articles across the Web offering for the year.  While reading through these articles I would recommend a basic espresso .  Use a quality coffee, my favourite is Ethica Coffee , check it out, you won't be disappointed. Sieghart Report warns of “absolute disaster” in UK library services Bezos: 'books are too expensive' Give boys screen time and they’ll start to read Bestselling books of 2014: did the booksellers get it right? Announcing the publication date of Mistborn: Shadows of Self! From the archives: Good Food for Men - Gabriel Gaté

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This weeks RAW offerings to enjoy with your favourite beverage.   This weeks beverage recommendation is Bicerin .  If your a fan of Mocha Latte / Cafe Mocha, then this is one for you.   Let me take this time to wish all my readers a joyous Christmas and pray that you remember the reason for the season.  The first two article listed below may help you during this time. Bilbo’s Last Goodbye Home for the Holidays: Your Survival Guide Kids Experiencing Massive Problems with Book Discovery The Bookseller's Books of the Year B&N Expects Brick and Mortar Bookselling to Wither Over the Next Decade Bilbo’s Last Goodbye desiringgod.org - This is it for the Bagginses. At least for now, on the big screen.  The great insight of Tolkien’s “On Fairy Stories” is that the Christian story “is the greatest and most complete conceivable eucatastrophe" The Birth of Christ is the eucatastrophe of Man’s history. The Resurrection is the eucatastrophe o...

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This weekends RAW selection, to enjoy with your favourite beverage.  Saturday morning I will be enjoying a simple Long Black . Five Digital Publishing Questions for Rick Chapman Gaming the system: Simon Scarrow's Cato, Macro, and the boys Hachette Had An EBookstore Which Could Go Head-To-Head With Amazon, But They Won’t Launch It Update on above story:Hachette Confirms The Demise Of EBooksForAll, Their Anti-Kindle EBookstore And don't forget my latest post: Proxima - A Different Approach to Storytelling Here is a hard Sci-Fi book where none of the characters are interested in discovery.  But forget what is in the book, the book description is a study on how to turn away readers.   Read more  ...

Proxima - A Different Approach to Storytelling

Here is a hard Sci-Fi book where none of the characters are interested in discovery.  But forget what is in the book, the book description is a study on how to turn away readers...

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Grab your favourite beverage, this time I would suggest an Americano , and enjoy it with this weeks RAW selection. How Reading Fiction Can Help You Live a Better Life 14 innovations that improved the world in 2014 'We are now close to breaking even': James Daunt on bringing Waterstone's back from the brink - and how it plans to turn a profit 14 Best Books of 2014 And for some fun have a read of my latest post: Four+ Things To Do This St Andrews Day wolfsbooks.com.au - here are four+ ways to celebrate Andrews Day, which falls every 30th November... Read more />