The Pillow Book

readings. If the readers want to know about a book without having to read page by page, read has a shortcut to way to briefly understand the reading. Reading a book title and table of content or catalog will give general information on the books, but it won’t give the total understanding of the writer purpose. Summary “How to Talk About Books You Haven’t Read’ by Pierre Bayard argues…

However, Glassbook’s most prominent feature was its ability to loan eBooks to others. Kawell explained, “If you buy an e-book produced with Glassbook software, you can download it to a friend’s computer so he can read it. You can even define a time for the loan…At the end of the loan period, the borrower’s digital copy expires, and the original buyer’s text is turned on again” (Hilts 14). Through this method of lending, Glassbook created the illusion of competition in the digital marketplace.…

I read the book It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini. It is about a young boy who battles anxiety. The book is also full of very many lessons that are important to all of today’s teenagers. Things like dealing with your problems and being in control of your own life. Ned Vizzini the author of this book began writing at the young age of 15. Vizzini’s first publishing job was with The New York Press. When Ned was 19 years old, he published his very first book, Teen Angst? Naah… which ended…

Books: Why I Still Read. I remember walking into my local mall growing up and begging my parents to take me to the bookstore after the toy store. Most children of today will never know the excitement of thumbing through a new paperback book on their way home. The popularity of E-book is becoming more and more popular with society. For hundreds of years, books were the main source of entertainment. Now today, the inventions of such things as the television and computer games, it seems like…

There’s nothing high school students hate more than having to do school work over the summer. My classmates and I never had to do much. That is, until the summer before ninth grade. Upon receiving the list of potential literary works, students often based their selections on two criteria: which novel is the shortest and which one can be explained by his/her parents who’ve already read it. Assignments were distributed before the end of the prior academic year, and were to be completed based on…

Writing and marking up books is a very strange and uncomfortable concept to many people. From a very young age, people have been taught that writing in a book would take away from the literature. However, after reading “How to Mark a Book” by Mortimer Adler, I feel differently about what I was once taught. Adler makes it known that by marking books will help us all become a better reader by being more engaged with the literature. Adler coins the term “writing between the lines”. This to me is a…

whether they prefer reading books or watching movies, the responses will vary. In any case, some people will prefer reading books, and some will prefer watching movies. While reading books and watching movies are both entertaining pastimes, it is certain that they are exceedingly different. Although books and movies have many differences, they have many factors that are alike, as well. In the world today, book reading is not as popular as it once was. Reading an interesting book is one of the…

professional handling, and the legitimacy of being part of the "anyone can write a book" club. Effortlessness of publishing by electronic means is both an asset and flaw as it renders illegal reproduction just as easy (Rambo). In addition, the lack of professional support is why the market is flooded with poorly written, edited, and presented E-books (Collings). Thus, legitimacy is an important concern as the deluge of deficient E-books further complicates matters for those seeking to establish…

that the protagonist is a boy. “Incredible” and “book eating” further reveal the theme of the story; the word “incredible” implies an evaluation of the main character, which may disclose the opinion and focus of the narrator. The cover also foreshadows what the story may be about. Each word is represented in different fonts and sizes on the cover (2007 edition): “incredible” forms an arch in eye-catching red; “book”, which is a collage of pages from books and notebooks, seems to be slightly…

Electronic Books One of the main reasons that people tend to like electronic version of books is the convenience of it. The process of getting a printed book involves actually going somewhere or waiting days to receive it in the mail. As opposed to the method of buying electronic books, where you can instantly download the book. In 1997 amazon requested a patent on what shoppers today know as the “buy now with 1-click” button. This makes the process even faster by adding this button on their…