Noun

books

  1. Plural form of book.
  2. (plural only; not used in singular form) (accounting) Accounting records.

Verb

books

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of book.

From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Sat Jul 31 09:55:00 2010

A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of paper, parchment, or other various material, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. A single sheet within a book is called a leaf, and each side of a leaf is called a page. A book produced in electronic format is known as an electronic book (e-book).

Books may also refer to works of literature, or a main division of such a work. In library and information science, a book is called a monograph, to distinguish it from serial periodicals such as magazines, journals or newspapers. The body of all written works including books is literature. In novels and sometimes other types of books (e.g biographies), a book may be divided into several large sections, also called books (Book 1, Book 2, Book 3, etc). A lover of books is usually referred to as a bibliophile, a bibliophilist, or a philobiblist, or, more informally, a bookworm.

A store where books are bought and sold is a bookstore or bookshop. Books can also be borrowed from libraries.

History of books

Main article: History of books

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Fri Jul 30 20:59:39 2010

What are some books that have to do with teenage partying and experamenting with drugs?
Q. I read the whole ellen hopkins series and I was wondering if there are any other books like that that young adults can read? Im trying to read books about partying so I can basically read about it and not do it so I get the experiance by reading it if that makes any sense. I read tweak and I loved the book. Are there any other books that have to do with partying and experamenting?
Asked by Alicia A - Sat Mar 21 21:20:03 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Can't think of any books off the top of my head, but the movie Thirteen is precisely about that.
Answered by Almuvira Anona - Sat Mar 21 21:29:31 2009

How many text books are sold on amazon or other online book retailers?
Q. I am doing a school assignment and I need to find out how many textbooks are sold online. Not just media or normal books, but only online text book sales.
Asked by Chip R - Sun Sep 27 18:20:50 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. That's a lot of freakin' text books, good luck!
Answered by abigail - Sun Sep 27 18:27:26 2009

What books have eagerly awaited and then been dissapointed by?
Q. I recently got the first five books from Jim Butcher's Dresden Files for a lovely reading marathon. I love paranormal stuff, and he came so highly recommended I was champing at the bit in anticipation of a new series with many instalments to look forward to. I've only managed the first two and am really disappointed. I can't figure out why they haven't clicked with me. Have you ever had this happen with a book?
Asked by Upsydaisy - Tue Oct 14 10:05:00 2008 - - 13 Answers - 0 Comments

A. I kept reading reviews about a book called "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" that made it sound like it was brilliant. It WASN'T, and I hate reading a whole book waiting for something to happen and nothing interesting ever does.
Answered by L T - Tue Oct 14 10:13:48 2008

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Stieg Larsson First Author to Sell 1 Million Kindle Books - Daemon's Books (blog)
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Evanovich switches publishers, signs 4-book deal - The Associated Press
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Evanovich switches publishers, signs 4-book deal - The Associated Press
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Why can't you give Kindle books as gifts? - CNN
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Why can't you give Kindle books as gifts? - CNN
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I glance at the shelf and see the books I ve been buying recently and need to read sooner rather than later Seems to me a good indication of the scope and breadth of our field

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Physical . books. have teeth 28 July 2010 or, rather, are teeth. British artist James Hopkins uses shelves and the things you put on them (like . books. ! actual . books. !) to create his art. Try doing that with an e-. book. ! ...

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Quotations about books:

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  • One reader is better than another in proportion as he is able of a greater range of activity in reading and exerts more effort.
  • Why is marking a book indespensible to reading it? First, it keeps you awake — not merely conscious, but wide awake. Second, reading, if it is active, is thinking, and thinking tends to express itself in wordes, spoken or written...Third, writing your reactions down helps you to remember the thoughts of the author...Marking a book is literally an expression of your differences or your agreements with the author, It is the highest respect you can pay him.
  • Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.
  • Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
  • The covers of this book are too far apart.
  • Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you.
    • Harold Bloom, quoted in O Magazine (April 2003)
  • Reading is going toward something that is about to be, and no one yet knows what it will be.
    • Italo Calvino, If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (1979), translated by William Weaver (1981), p. 72
  • There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.