Tag Archives: books

DavePress bookshop

Posted on December 12, 2009 by Dave

I’ve always wanted to own a bookshop. Somewhere nice and quiet, with tables to sit down and read, some sort of tea and coffee arrangement and plenty of books to browse and buy. I’m obviously not ever going to have … Continue reading →

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Leaving the Asylum

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Dave

I read this post with some sadness, as John is giving his blog a break. He writes book reviews, great pieces about proper books. He says it’s going to be temporary, I hope it will be. John’s blog is an … Continue reading →

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Kindling

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Dave

My Kindle arrived today. For those that don’t know, it’s Amazon’s own e-reader, a portable device that can hold around 1,500 books in its memory which can be read by turning pages using the buttons. Even though I knew the … Continue reading →

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Compo winner!

Posted on August 22, 2009 by Dave

Well done to Richard Smedley who has won my spare – but pristine! – copy of Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers in the first and perhaps last competition to be held here on DavePress. Richard blogs at Good GNUs and is @richardsmedley … Continue reading →

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Tech books

Posted on May 30, 2009 by Dave

A year or so ago, I wrote about my dead tree web 2.0 reading list, which was all about what books were being published about the interactive web. I’ve bought most of those on the list, plus a bunch of … Continue reading →

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