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On Character Development – from a Book Doctor

Posted by Erin on 10.11.2011 at 8:30 am

Guest Post by Jason Black, Plot to Punctuation When I first started my blog, I had to face the question of what I should blog about. It didn’t take long to settle on “practical, hands-on techniques for character development.” Why? Because if I’ve learned anything from being a book doctor, it is that everything in a novel affects characterization.

Absolutely everything.Every word choice, the structure of every sentence, all of it matters. At a larger scale, every choice of path A over path B, every emotional response to a situation, everything in the way the plot unfolds, says something about your characters.

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Helping College Campuses Go Green

Posted by Erin on 10.10.2011 at 2:27 pm

More than 1,800 college and university campuses have already committed to partnering with Better World Books this year in our no cost book reuse/recycling programs for libraries, bookstores, recyclers and student groups.

2 Comments » | Tagged Africa 2010, Company News, Contests, Impact, Literacy Trips, South America 2011

Two socially conscious children’s books to delight your children (and the kid inside you, too)

Posted by Erin on 10.10.2011 at 9:00 am

Guest Post by: Amy Taylor, Brains on Fire

When Better World Books reached out and asked if I’d be interested in writing a guest post about my favorite book, I jumped at the opportunity. Immediately thereafter, my mind began racing. What would I choose? Would it be Mary Roach’s Stiff, a sometimes-shocking (always comical) look at the secret lives of human cadavers? Perhaps Laurie Notaro’s laugh-until-your-sides-hurt take on life as a 20-something, The Idiot Girls’ Action-Adventure Club? Or the quiet wisdom of Paulo Coehlo’s The Alchemist?

2 Comments » | Tagged Book Lists, From our Friends, Impact

Twitter Fan’s Top 5 Book List

Posted by Erin on 10.06.2011 at 10:30 am

*Note* The below blog post is a guest blog from our friend Twitter friend Sarah. This content does not necessarily reflect the views of Better World Books (as our lawyers make sure we say). We love having guest bloggers and invite you to email 11@betterworldbooks.com if you are interested in covering a book or topic on the BWB Blog. Thank you, Sarah!Choosing my top five favourite books was tremendously challenging. I have enjoyed so many different worlds that it almost seems unfair to leave any books that I might have just enjoyed out. I love getting lost in a book for an hour or so a day to escape reality, no matter what book I am reading at the time.

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Wonderopolis Wednesday

Posted by Erin on 10.05.2011 at 8:30 am

*Note* The below blog post is a guest blog from our friend Jenna at the National Center for Family Literacy. Better World Books has raised over $773,000 for the National Center for Family Literacy and their Wonderopolis movement. This content does not necessarily reflect the views of Better World Books (as our lawyers make sure we say). We love having guest bloggers and invite you to email 11@betterworldbooks.com if you are interested in covering a book or topic on the BWB Blog. Thank you, Jenna!

Calling all families and teachers who believe in uncovering learning opportunities in everyday moments: Wonderopolis®, the online learning destination brought to life by the National Center for Family Literacy(NCFL), is on the hunt for families and teachers to become the voice of Wonderopolis.