Can Electronic Books Make Us Better Readers?

January 26, 2011

Steve Leveen of Levenger is a serious bibliophile who makes his living selling gorgeous products to booklovers.  After 8 months of reading on his iPad, he identified “7 Ways Electronic Books Could Make Us Better Readers.”

I’m a die-hard fan of the print book, but I’m gradually acknowledging more and more worthy uses of e-books. I’ve [...]

“Greenmantle” by John Buchan

January 17, 2011

If you’ve ever heard of John Buchan, it’s probably because of Alfred Hitchcock’s movie adaptation of his novel The Thirty-Nine Steps.
Buchan was an amazingly productive author of over 100 works of fiction and nonfiction, averaging five books a year from 1922 to 1936. He wrote a 24-volume history of World War I during the war, [...]