Shah Rukh Khan may be the badshah of bollywood and all that but as far as we are concerned, him being a book addict is all that matters. In the past, he has gone on record as citing ‘The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy’ by Douglas Adams as his personal favourite. The Bollywood Badshah also [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Booked today
Posted in Books, Miscellanous, Opinion, tagged justbooksbangalore, justbooksclc on January 29, 2010 |
Overwhelmed
Posted in Books, tagged justbooksbangalore, justbooksclc on January 29, 2010 |
Ah! There is so much to say today that we, er, do not know where to begin. Meanwhile, here’s what we are currently ingesting:
We came across this report (on similar lines to the TIME magazine report posted by us here recently) in the London Book fair website: The popularity of the book is increasing in India as the economy thrives and spending habits change. We take comfort in this development, for sure. After all, we do offer our [...]
The new kid on the block
Posted in eBook Readers, Technology, tagged iPad, justbooksbangalore, justbooksclc on January 28, 2010 |
Ladies & Gentlemen, introducing Picture Source Cost: $499, 16gb model & $699 , 64gb model, $829 with 3G Product features: 9.7inch, LED backlit screen, 0.5 inch thick, 1.5lbs, 10hours of battery life, 140,000 apps, multi touch input, 16-64 gb of flash storage, wifi, bluetooth, speakers, accelerometer & a compass Apple also took aim at rivals with [...]
Question time
Posted in Opinion, tagged justbooksbangalore, justbooksclc, n k singh on January 28, 2010 |
2 events that led to this post of ours. Yesterday, in an article titled ’60 years of Wisdom & Insight’ DNA Bangalore published quotes from women across Bangalore commenting about what Republic Day meant to them. Reshma Pooviah had this to say: …..and, if we could only improve the quality of our politicians, India will [...]
The King of Horror
Posted in eBook Readers, Opinion, People, tagged justbooksbangalore, justbooksclc, stephen king on January 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Two compelling films we would strongly recommend viewing: As it happens, both films are adaptations of books written by the inimitable Stephen King. We came across this recent writeup about the author and film adaptations from among his prolific (40 novels and counting!) works: Everybody’s heard of him, and everybody’s been scared by him at [...]
A booming industry
Posted in india, Publishing Industry, tagged justbooksbangalore, justbooksclc on January 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
TIME magazine has a report on the Jaipur Lit Festival and also a wee bit about the state of the publishing industry in India. The Indian market, despite being considered one of the fastest growing in the world for English language titles, is unique in the world. Unlike in the U.S., where purists lament the [...]
I love you. I’m not sorry.
Posted in People, tagged erich segal, justbooksbangalore, justbooksclc on January 22, 2010 |
Lovers of this book by this author will understand what we are talking about. For as long as people fall & stay (& fight, while) in love, the story of Oliver & Jennifer will ring true in their hearts. You will be missed, Erich Segal. RIP PS: Yes, we know this news is 2 days old. [...]
The Crowd of Turin
Posted in Events, tagged anita nair, justbooksbangalore, justbooksclc on January 22, 2010 |
This is good news (Source: PTI) “……..it is now the turn of Italy, the land of wine and chocolates to fete India as guest country at its International Book Fair in May this year. “Many Indian authors like Salman Rushdie, Arundhati Roy are very popular among the Italians, especially the younger generation for whom India [...]
A for Apple
Posted in eBook Readers, Technology, tagged justbooksbangalore, justbooksclc on January 21, 2010 |
Speculation is rife that a e-reader type device from Apple, speculatively dubbed the iTablet, will be revealed on Jan 27, to be precise. We are all eyes. Here’s news on this event from here: Image above shows the invite from the Big A for the event. Meanwhile, WSJ reports that: HarperCollins Publishers is negotiating with Apple Inc. [...]
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