Books Books After Words is a television series on C-SPAN's Book TV. Like Booknotes before it, the concept is one book, one author, one hour. Unlike Booknotes, a guest (an expert on the particular topic) acts as host, and discusses the book's topic with the author. After Words airs on Saturday at 8:00pm, with encores on Sunday at 6:00pm and at 9:00pm. ...more on Wikipedia about "After Words"
Bibliography is the study of books. It can be divided into enumerative or systematic bibliography, which results in an overview of publications in a particular category, and analytical or critical bibliography, which studies the production of books. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bibliography"
The term bibliomania is used to describe an obsessive-compulsive disorder involving the collecting of books to the point where social relations or health are damaged. One of several psychological disorders associated with books, bibliomania is characterized by the collecting of books which have no use to the collector nor any great instrinsic value to a genuine book collector. The purchase of multiple copies of the same book and edition and the accumulation of books beyond possible capacity of use or enjoyment are frequent symptoms of bibliomania. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bibliomania"
Bibliophilia is the love of books; a bibliophile is a lover of books. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bibliophilia"
A blurb is a short summary or some words of praise accompanying a creative work, usually refering to the words on the back of the book but also commonly seen on DVD and Video cases, Web portals and news websites. ...more on Wikipedia about "Blurb"
:This page is about bound sheets of paper. For the graph theory concept, see Book (graph theory). For the musical theater meaning, see Book (musical theater). Books is also a suit in Double Fanucci. ...more on Wikipedia about "Book"
Book burning is the practice of ceremoniously destroying by fire one or more copies of a book or other written material. In modern times other forms of media, such as gramophone records, CDs and video tapes, have also been ceremoniously burned or shredded. The practice, often carried out publicly, is usually motivated by moral, political or religious objections to the material. ...more on Wikipedia about "Book burning" Made by www.shortopedia.com. Books
A book club is a club where people usually meet to discuss a book that they have read and express their opinions, likes, dislikes, etc. They may also be known as book discussion clubs, and meet in private homes, libraries, bookstores, restaurants over meals, etc. ...more on Wikipedia about "Book club"
Book collecting is the collecting of books. While many book lovers ( bibliophiles) accumulate volumes for a personal library, the serious book collector is interested in the physical books themselves, not just their content. For instance, many collectors seek out first editions of books, or acquire copies of every work written by a particular author or on a particular subject. ...more on Wikipedia about "Book collecting"
The book review (or book report) is a form of literary criticism carried out in periodicals, as school work, and now online. It may be in length from a single paragraph, up to a substantial essay. Book reviews are generally supposed to be evaluations of the book, if only on the basis of personal taste. Reviewers, in literary periodicals, often use the occasion of a book review for a display of learning or to promulgate their own ideas on the topic of a fiction or non-fiction work. At the other end of the spectrum, some book reviews resemble simple plot summaries. ...more on Wikipedia about "Book review"
Book signing is the affixing of a signature to the title page or flyleaf of a book by its author. A book signing is an event, usually at a bookstore or library where an author sits and signs books for a period of time. ...more on Wikipedia about "Book signing"
Book TV is a weekend program on upcoming and established authors broadcast by C-SPAN on the C-SPAN 2 channel. It usually is shown during the weekend but is also broadcast during congressional breaks when the normal coverage of the United States House of Representatives and Senate is no longer necessary. ...more on Wikipedia about "Book TV"
Bookbinding is the process of physically assembling a book from a number of separate sheets of paper or other material. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bookbinding"
A bookcase is an article of furniture, forming a shelved receptacle, usually perpendicular or horizontal, for the storage of books. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bookcase"
BookCrossing, BC, BCing or BXing, is defined as the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise. The idea is to release books into the "wild" to be found by other people, often strangers. The analogy is to the ornithological practice of ringing birds to track their movements. ...more on Wikipedia about "BookCrossing"
Booklist is the digital counterpart of the American Library Association's Booklist magazine that provides a critical review of books. ...more on Wikipedia about "Booklist"
1) A bookmark is a thin marker, commonly made from paper or leather, used to keep one's place in a printed work and so be able to return to it with ease at some time in the future. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bookmark"
Booknotes was an American television series on C-SPAN hosted by Brian Lamb from 1989 to 2004. Airing on Sunday evenings, the show's format was "one author, one book, one hour." The show debuted on April 2, 1989, and Lamb's first guest was Zbigniew Brzezinski (Grand Failure). After 801 interviews, the final broadcast aired December 5, 2004. Lamb's guest was Mark Edmundson, author of Why Read? ...more on Wikipedia about "Booknotes"
A bookscout is an individual who hunts for books in various locations and then resells them for a profit. In the past, bookscouts typically sold their books to bookstores, but many scouts sell book online today. Bookscouts can be found at estate sales, garage sales, bookstores, yard sales, library sales, Goodwills or any other venue where books might be had. Prior to the Internet and online bookselling and auctions, many bookscouts were able to find valuable books on the shelves of bookstores. The ability of bookstore owners to look up prices for free on the Internet has made this type of scouting very difficult and only the best bookscouts can scout stores. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bookscout"
BOOKSELLERS ABBREVIATIONS ...more on Wikipedia about "Booksellers abbreviations"
Bookselling is the trading of books of a very ancient date. The early poets and orators recited their effusions in public to encourage their hearers to possess written copies of their poems or orations. Frequently they were taken down viva voce(Latin for "live voice"), and transcripts sold to such to persons wealthy enough to purchase. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bookselling"
A bookstore ( North American English) or bookshop ( Commonwealth English) is a retailer that primarily sells books. Bookstores can range in size from local independent bookstores offering several hundred titles to large brick-and-mortar chains offering upwards of 200,000 titles. Online bookstores may offer many times more titles. Bookstores often sell items related to books such as newspapers and travel maps. Colleges and universities often have their own student bookstore on campus that focuses on providing course textbooks, although some on-campus bookstores are owned by large chains such as Barnes & Noble. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bookstore"
The dust jacket (sometimes dust wrapper, abbreviated dj or dw) of a hardback book is the paper, usually illustrated and including front and back flaps, that protects the binding of the book from scratches. However, since dust jackets themselves have value, aesthetic and sometimes financial, they themselves are sometimes wrapped in transparent, acetate book jacket covers. In the world of book collecting the presence or absence of an original dust jacket has a significant impact on a collectible book's value. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dust jacket"
Ex libris ( Latin: from books) is a phrase often used in an ownership inscription or a bookplate, usually found on the inside of a book cover or on one of the first few pages. It indicates ownership, and is usually followed by a name in the genitive case, i.e. from the books of ... or from the library of .... It may also be written as e libris. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ex libris"
* During European domination by the Nazis books were burned by firemen. This probably inspired Ray Bradbury's novel, Fahrenheit 451. ...more on Wikipedia about "Forbidden books"
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