RE: LeoThread 2024-11-19 13:34

Tuesday BookCast on the go! Share what you're reading and all that jazz here...

Yesterday's edition:

https://inleo.io/threads/view/leobooks/re-leothreads-2uifhurvu

Best books of 2024: Business

What are your favourites from this list — and what books have we missed? Tell us in the comments below. Some content could not load.

Article via Financial Times

The 50 best books of 2024 – ranked

Our regular book reviewers – as well as writing specialist guides to 2024’s best history, fiction and other genres – have each put forward their own ranked list of suggestions for the best books of the year...

Article via The Telegraph

Features - Spredges effect: why books are becoming more beautiful

Sprayed edges, intricate foils, gilded endpaper—the industry is seeing an increased demand for books with a decorative "aesthetic".

Article via The Bookseller

Book Review: ‘Cher: The Memoir,’ by Cher

The first volume of her frank autobiography is a testament to resilience, chronicling a grim childhood and the brazen path to stardom

Article via New York Times

Australian authors group give every federal politician five books to encourage nuance in Middle East debate

Article via The Guardian

This Week's Top 10 New Business Books For Bold Entrepreneurs

The average CEO reads 4-5 books per month, while most Americans finish just one book per year. Here are this week's top new reads...

Article via Forbes

Check your old books as certain editions could be worth up to £100,000

An expert has revealed which books you could have at home gathering dust that could get you some money.

Article via Daily Express

I’m a children’s writer – and celebrity children’s books undervalue my craft

Celebrity children's books are a recurring phenomenon – from Jamie Oliver and Keira Knightley to Meghan Markle and Jimmy Barnes.

Article via The Conversation

HarperCollins is asking authors to license their books for AI training

HarperCollins has come to an agreement with an unnamed AI tech company to use nonfiction titles to train its models if the authors opt-in.

Article via The Verge

‘LiBARary’ launches in Brixton to meet UK demand for books in bars

Lambeth Libraries teams up with Brixton Brewery as pub reading grows in popularity. The Brewery’s latest research finds that Londoners are reading more, and enjoying books in places including pubs and bars. Over half the Londoners asked agreed they’d be interested in dedicated pub reading spaces.

Article via Love Lambeth

Why Having a Book-Shaped Phone Means I Read More Books

When many of us think of ebooks, we think of an Amazon Kindle eReader. But these days, there's another portable piece of tech that is literally shaped like a book—the book-style foldable phone. I carry one in my pocket, and I'm now reading more than ever.

Article via How-To Geek

C4 books festive specials from Gold Wala, King of Sunshine

Article via Televisual

Little Books with Big Subjects

These marine-themed children's books have lessons to share without sacrificing story.

Article via Hakai Magazine

The best fiction books of 2024

This year’s standout novels offered a mix of brains and fun, with side-helpings of sex, God and rural Australia. Read on for our highlights…

Article via The Telegraph

5 Books To Empower The Next Wave Of Business Leaders

These volumes offer actionable, practical, and sometimes personal advice for future entrepreneurs and executives ready to lead fearlessly.

Article via Forbes

What's everyone reading? I'm about to load up my Kindle with a few more books...