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Hood River News Video -- Kay Dahlquist: A loving life of books Hood River News Writing books was always a joy for Kay Dahlquist of Hood River, the Hood River News reported in its Feb. 1 edition. Reading them to children is an even greater one. The author, 97, still looks for opportunities to read to local school kids. and more »

Philadelphia Inquirer (blog) Book of the Week: This one will make you long for a cloudy day Philadelphia Inquirer (blog) I spotted "The Cloud Collector's Handbook" in a bin of shamelessly disregarded books near my editor's desk. I snapped it up. "Mind if I take a look?" "Sure." What a gem! So even though it's not new on the market -- I DO try to be current -- it's so ... and more »

Books, Books, Books! Huffington Post (blog) When we provide children the gift of books and language, we are providing them with imaginative experiences that are important in building a nation of creative thinkers and innovators. Early experiences with quality children's literature help to build ... Reading Is Fundamental Offers Expansive Multicultural Book Collection Aiming ...Sacramento Bee all 6 news articles »

The Guardian Self-published ebook author becomes Amazon's top seller The Guardian Kerry Wilkinson, 31, self-published Locked In, the first book in his Jessica Daniel series of detective novels, last year, only to find it shoot up the UK's Kindle charts. The three-book series has now sold more than a quarter of a million copies, ... Kindle For KidsExaminer.com Amazon might open its own retail store to sell Kindles and e-booksDVICE Amazon 'to open first physical shop'Telegraph.co.uk Wired News (blog) -Geeks are Sexy Technology News -MobyLives all 272 news articles »

Macworld UK Path app under fire for copying address books Washington Post Developer Arun Thampi first pointed out the behind-the-scenes uploading in a blog post Wednesday, after discovering that his phone's entire address book, including full names and e-mail addresses, was being sent to the company without his explicit ... Mobile Social Network Caught Uploading Users' Address BooksPCWorld iOS Social Apps Leak Contact DataInformationWeek Should mobile address books be more secure?PhoneDog TG Daily -Fiercemobilecontent -Macworld UK all 59 news articles »

The Book Nook: 'Home Front' by Kristin Hannah; 'Defending Jacob' by William ... Advocate Weekly Ever craved a good book and just not been inspired by anything you see? Or felt annoyed that you bought a book that was merely so-so? Or closed a book and JUST wanted to talk about it? Or wished you had a place to discover new books? and more »