Wednesday, 18 June 2008

Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit



Do you often poke your friends? In a facebook sense, that is? Well, if the idea of a facebook for, err, books, sounds like your idea of heaven, you must head over to www.bookrabbit.com. This new site allows you to upload pictures of your shelves at home (or in my case some very untidy heaps from before I moved) and browse through the bookshelves of others, all with the idea of kicking off discussion. It’s compulsive stuff – come on, you know you check through (OK – snoop is a more accurate word) people’s bookcases!

They’re even working on some very impressive technology, called ‘Automatic Bookshelf’ that will be able to ‘read’ and recognise the spines of your photographed books: finally computer wizardry does something worthwhile. Keep your eyes peeled too as sometimes we nice publishing folk get a bit giddy and give away books – such as the fantastic steampunk novel The Affinity Bridge our Snowbooks friends are bringing out soon – if you want a proof click here but get in there quick! And, if all this talk about peering at other people's bookshelves is giving you book envy, have a look at the A&B crime page up right now – head to here
to check it out.

Thursday, 5 June 2008

The month that time forgot...


...err, what happened to May at the A&B office? You might very well be asking that question, and the answer would be - holidays, bank holidays, weddings (not ours), sales trips, meeting new authors, yet more glow-in-the-dark fun, the appearance and disappearance of summer and moving house - finally!
Yes, I'm now an official Essex girl and enjoying the commute with plenty of time to read - sigh of contentment!
Anyhoo - more anon.