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I received an interesting email this week announcing the merging of two of Australia's largest Christian book distributors.  This is indicative of the Australian book-selling industry as a whole, where Australia seems to heading away from opening more bookstores and either merging or closing existing ones. In other news this week I came across a few articles about the 'surprising' convenience of reading ebooks on your phone!  What do you think about that?  If you have any comments on this issue head over to my YouTube channel Have You Considered 'Going Digital' With Your Reading?   and leave me a comment. Now it's time to sit back with your favourite beverage and enjoy the weekend reading... Bible Society Australia Partners With Koorong The Rise of Phone Reading Pocket-sized screens are in again: The rise of smartphone e-reading Random House Germany Goes Halfway, Adopts “Soft” DRM Simon & Schuster to Give Away eBooks via Hotels.com ...

Who would have guessed that introversion would become such a popular subject?  I have been seeing many articles about the introverted personality and have have been reading with interest as, I too, am one of those shy personalities who get energy from being alone.  The last article by Tim Challies points out we shouldn't use the generalised traits as an excuse for our overall behaviour.  Allow this research to inform you but don't let it define you or dictate your behaviour. Whether you are introvert or extrovert, I hope you enjoy your weekend, a good book and a tasty beverage.  Today, I am enjoying a long  macchiato , in my Penguin Classics 1984 mug. J.R.R. Tolkien's The Story of Kullervo Will Be Published In October MacDonald named first Scots Scriever Sampling: How a research fiend saves money on e-books Syfy Keeps Making Scifi TV Shows, Puts Frederick Pohl's Gateway in Development Two Books You Must Read If You Care About the Future of H...

Hello to you all!  Here is this weeks offering of random articles.  The one I was really interested in this week was the last article by Gizmodo titled   The Future Will Be Full of Lab Grown Meat .  In many Sci-Fi books I have read it is common to see synthetic meat, synth-meat, vat grown meat and all its variations used as a way of feeding the crews and inhabitants of futuristic space stations or fantastical starships as they zoom around the galaxy.    So it was interesting to read of the struggle and amount of work it takes to actually bring this product into reality.  It also mentions the possibility of a kitchen-top meat making appliance which may be available in 20-30 years time.  I would definitely want try out one of these... at least once.    Also something which brought a smile to my face was the picture in the article titled  Penguin to Let Londoners Read eBooks for Free on the Underground .  In the mid...