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February 15, 2017

For the Love of a Good Book

CONTEST! Tell us about a great book that changed your life and win 1 of 4 ARCs of Gutenberg’s Fingerprint from the publisher. (These unfinished galleys will soon be collectors’ items, they tell me.) Everyone who enters a comment in this week’s blog, or on the Facebook or Twitter posts—using the hashtag #GutenbergsRelease— is automatically entered […]


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Published on February 15, 2017 07:52

January 29, 2017

Cursive is Back!

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Published on January 29, 2017 10:46

January 14, 2017

December 31, 2016

December 2016 LitBits

Every few months or so, I’ll be sending a News!Letter of bookish bits and pieces that inform, intrigue, provoke, and, I hope, delight. Here is a wrap-up of 2016 LitBits, sent with best wishes on the last day of the year.   News From the World 2016 International Writer of Courage Early last year Margaret Atwood […]


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Published on December 31, 2016 16:34

December 10, 2016

December 4, 2016

December Give-Away

Dear Books Unpacked Readers, Gutenberg’s Fingerprint: A Book Lover Bridges the Digital Divide will be released in April 2017. In anticipation, ECW Press is giving away 5 Advance reading Copies (ARCs) through a Goodreads Draw. If you’d like to enter the draw, click here: http://bit.ly/2gMApIR And please—let me know your thoughts on some future BUB (oh dear, […]


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Published on December 04, 2016 06:17

November 27, 2016

A Freedom of Books

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Published on November 27, 2016 12:19

November 13, 2016

October 29, 2016

Paper—Life’s Hard Copy

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Published on October 29, 2016 18:12

October 26, 2016