Tag: paper books

  • Should You Annotate Books?

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    Reading can sometimes be treated as an almost sacred activity. Some believe that books have to be kept pristine, their pages untouched except for the occasional bookmark slipped between chapters. Writing in the margins or folding corners is considered by many readers to be a form of damage. Today, however, attitudes are changing. Across social…

  • The Changing Classroom

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    Education systems are navigating a period of notable change. The digitisation of the past two decades has reshaped classrooms, offering new ways to access information and deliver lessons. At the same time, it has raised questions about how digital tools affect learning, concentration, and development. As schools have rapidly adopted these technologies, there is a…

  • Why Generation Z Prefers Print Books

    Young People Are Reading More And More Books In Print, Driving Sales And Shaping The Industry In the continued tussle between print books and e-readers, it seems print books are winning, especially in the eyes of the young. A new report by Pew Research has shown that Generation Z (Gen Z) – those born between 1997 and…

  • Penguin’s Book Vending Machine

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    When Did You Last Read A Book On The Train? Imagine sitting in a hushed train carriage where all that can be heard is the sound of the train on the tracks and the occasional rustle of paper as pages are turned. If you have been on a train lately, you will be aware of…

  • Wondering What Book To Read Next?

    Whether you’re an avid reader or someone who would like to read more, deciding what book to read next can be a challenge, particularly when you consider the overwhelming choice of titles available. Back in 2010, Google Books did a count of the number of books that had been published since the invention of the…

  • Becoming a Writer: An Authors Insight

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    With approximately 2.2 million books being published worldwide each year, the importance of paper is not only appreciated by authors, but fundamental to their craft. In an interview with Bethany Arrowsmith-Cooper, author of the poetry collection The Soul Garden, we delve into the topics of writing, hear an author’s insight of the publishing process, discuss the importance of books,…

  • 15 tips to get back into reading

    Losing that love for reading can happen to avid and casual readers alike. Fortunately, we have compiled 15 tips to get back into reading. Formulated by book-based Instagrammers, or bookstagrammers for short, they share their top tips to help you rediscover your need to read. A study from the University of Sussex showed that reading…

  • Why digital content could be bad news for the brain?

    A steady diet of digital content is turning us into a world of skim-readers, which is bad news for our brains. Here’s a stat to mull over: the average human mind will consume around 34GB of data every single day. That data comes in the form of TV, music, adverts, videos, emails, websites and apps.…