E. M. Forster

acquired Fictionwise, one of the biggest electronic book proprietors in North America, and two months later launched e-bookstore and Nook e-reader in October 2009, but it was still two years behind Amazon. Although B&N spent hundreds of millions of dollars to compete with Amazon and Apple in the market for tablets and e-readers, B&N continued to lose money on the Nook, as well as on the e-book market share. According to an article in CNN Money (September 10, 2015) titled, ‘Can Barnes & Noble…

from C.R. Boxer in 1951, collected by J.C. Pabst and is currently held in the British Museum collection in London. Deshima Prostitute with Fan is a good example of Nagasaki-e prints, which are recognizable through their depictions of Dutch people, ships and exotic animals. A derivative of the popular Ukiyo-e print genre, Nagasaki-e prints were mainly created as souvenirs for the Japanese middle class. Background The Edo Period (1769 - 1868) saw the end of ancient feudal…

I read Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis. It was published by HarperCollins Publishers. It was published by HarperCollins Publishers in New York City in 2001. There are two hundred and twenty-seven pages. This book was a 7. I gave this book a 7 first because it was a really good book. It explains very difficult things with illustrations that make sense. The reason it did not score higher is that I did get bored occasionally because it was not a storyline but individual ideas discussed. It was at…

Ignorance As human technology advances quickly, paper-printed books are no longer needed. Companies such as Google and Amazon create digital books, that are known as ebooks, to replace paper-printed books. Ebooks are often cheaper than paper-printed books, and conservative consumers will choose to buy a Kindle or read an ebook in their computer to boost their savings. Slowly, all books will eventually be digitized, and paper-printed books are no longer existed. The society have abridged the…

Wall-e is a new, dare say one of the best upcoming roller coasters and it is based off of the sensational movie Wall-e made by Disney’s Pixar. In the movie, the plot takes place in 2805 where humans have abandoned Earth on the account of it was not in the ideal shape for humankind to live in. Therefore, humans left robots to clean up the mess they had made where after some time, the Earth became habitable once more. Mankind had been sending extraterrestrial vegetation evaluators or EVE to Earth…

publicly traded company. A publicly traded company is a company that “issues stocks that are traded on the open market.” Through research and study, Barnes and Noble’s history, leadership structure, and financial health will be addressed. In 1873 Charles M. Barnes started a business in Illinois which would later lead to Barnes and Noble according to the Barnes and Noble website. With the help of Leonard Riggio, Barnes and Noble is a “Specialty Retailer” “specializing in publishing and retail…

There are many books that educate or teach a lesson to the reader but they are usually boring to read. My most favorite book I have read in high school was the Lords of Discipline. It was written to entertain and educate the reader, by using detailed descriptions and having a talent for writing. The lessons that Pat Conroy is trying to teach are very apparent and attention grabbing to the reader. The main lessons of the book are: discipline, brotherhood, and respect. The Lords of Discipline…

I always felt like reading was a waste of time unless it was something very interesting. I always loved reading stories with topics about history, romance, twisted stories about death and other things. I was sitting in the hard, black school chair when Ms. Seitz came in the warm, cozy classroom flipping her orange hair. We have this daily routine where we go over the agenda and announcements. I was sitting beside my classmate, Javier, when Ms. Seitz, with a smile on her face, announced that…

during the five years to 2016” (2016). Industry revenue is forecasted to decline at a rate of 4.4%. There has been a decrease in print book sales, but electronic books (e-books) have begun to increase; therefore, publishers are seeking to increase revenue through e-book sales. “20% of [Canadian] book-buyers reported buying one or more e-books over the year… the United States reported figures closer to 30% over the same year” (IBIS World, 2016). If all publishers were to decide to focus their…

As a child, I didn’t like to read; I wasn’t very good at it. It always seemed that everyone else around me was better at it, so I kind of gave up. If I could get away with not reading, I would! On the contrary, I loved hearing stories and having people read to me, but I couldn’t, and wouldn’t, do it myself. Reading had always intimidated me; the words, the meanings, nothing ever made since to me. Making me read was like pinning someone to a cross, pure torture in my eyes; I only read when I had…