I hadn’t realised that the books chosen for the US World Book Night were different from those in the UK. No reason to assume they would be the same but the similarity of the language might have been a clue. There is one book that features on both lists: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak [...]
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World Book Night 1 book and 1 author in UK and US lists
April 23rd, 2012 · No Comments · Words
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World Book Night – I am giving away “Touching the Void”
March 30th, 2012 · No Comments · Words
World Book Night is on April 23rd 2012 . I applied to be a giver and chose a book ” The Time Treveller’s Wife” as my first choice as I thought it would be a great book to give. Easy to read, heart-warming story, and a very interesting take on the classic problems-of-tru-love theme. However [...]
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Happy Birthday Charles Dickens – Anniversary Reading
February 7th, 2012 · No Comments · Words
Charles Dickens is 200! He is being acknowledged as one of Britain’s greatest writers… and I am ashamed to say that although I have enjoyed the stories of his books I have not particularly enjoyed his writing. Now is the time to read his work again. Hey, it is his birthday! My book choice is [...]
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Give away books on World Book Night 2012 – more givers needed by 1st Feb
January 23rd, 2012 · No Comments · Inspiration, Words
Give away a book you love on World Book Night. Choose your favourite from the books selected, and apply to be one of the people giving away books in your area. You can give them away where you choose. It sounds so incredible it can hardly be true. It is thanks to the individuals and [...]
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Words for your business – passwords
November 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Technology, Words
Words are the backbone of your business – but don’t forget the passwords you use! They will not feature in your copywriting and are not seen by clients but they are available to hackers. Keep a record of your passwords on a spreadsheet, or in a notebook. It can be very easy to forget them [...]
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From the Royal Wedding to your business
May 19th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Inspiration, Marketing, Words
Did you think in advance that the wedding of Kate and Wills was going to make you feel good? No – me neither. After all how many royal weddings have turned into good marriages? The track record is fairly dire. But I love celebrations so planned to watch it with a group of friends and [...]
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Book lovers turning to Kindle?
January 31st, 2011 · 1 Comment · Technology, Words
Image via Wikipedia Are you a book lover? Does the smell, the feel of the book in your hand, the joy of just looking at the covers please you even before you have read a word? If yes, you are definitely a book lover. Me too. Have you bought a Kindle? Or have decided against [...]
Do spelling mistakes matter in emails, websites and online reports?
January 21st, 2011 · 5 Comments · Words
I have often been told that spelling mistakes don’t matter on the internet because it means that the email, website, or report is written by a real human being. Real human beings have flaws and therefore the occasional flaw helps to build credibility. There is no hard and fast rule these days as spelling mistakes [...]
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World Internet Summit – the …. guy or gal?
November 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Branding, Words
World Internet Summit came to London earlier this month. I have been wanting to go for some time, and was pleased to be there at last. As a marketer I am always interested in how events and people communicate their brand. Quite apart from the training (which I will save for another post) I did [...]
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Email marketing that is so valuable your readers pay you
April 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized, Words
Image by KayVee.INC via Flickr Email marketing that is so valuable your readers pay you would be a great way to make money – provided your emails are valued by your readers. In reality your emails are in hand-to-hand fighting in the inbox with spam and other email messages and could be beaten. One way [...]
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