Books and social networks

We would like to talk about  books and internet communities. Of course we do prefer a printed book to an ebook, but it is undeniable that we are more interconnected tecnologically every day and it can profitable anyway, don't you think so? That's why we will suggest some social networks for booklovers.

If you are interested in a book but you want to know other people's opinion or if you were surprised by a lecture and you are willing to talk about it or recommend it, you can do it through these communities:

• Librarything
• Goodreads
• Book sprouts
• Copia

You can also find literary blogs and forums  such as: Bookblogs

Do you like Pinterest? well, Book Cover Archive offers books classifications by their covers, very visual. 

But if you don't only read but also writes and would like to offer your writings to the world then Widbook is your site, you can upload your writings as well as reading other books and having your own virtual library, I love it!

Woul you prefer to collaborate with a non profitable organization through your passion for books?  You can do it!  Book Mooch is a great community for exchanging used books, so you can exchange the books you don't want anymore for another books or points to be given to a non profitable organization. This way you bring them the oppportunity of increasing their books number.

Which one is your favourite? Is there any other that we didn't name and you want to suggest?

The numbers at the book

Have you ever wondered what the spine label at the books means?

When you are in a library, you can see every single book with a spine label on it.

This spine label includes the call number which is composed of several numbers and letters which contains the information about the book and its place at the bookshelf.

You can count up to four lines with different codes and color to specify and locate the book: 

• In the first to line, the information regarding the classification at the library such as: subject, speciality... will be shown
• The third line shows the author code
• And the last one has to do with the title of the book.

Regarding the color, each library will use them freely to indicate the subject or the suitable range of age. Of course these labels are not only at the books but also at every library material to be loaned (audiovisual materials, computer files, maps...)

The books you should read on holidays

Last week, we show you some hotels to book for holidays and today we suggest you the books you should include in your summer luggage*:

• Fifty shades triology ; E.L. James
• A year up; Gerald Chertavian
• Gone girl: a novel; Gillian Flynn
• The perfect Hope; Nora Roberts
• The Communist; Paul Kengor
• The time of my life; Cecelia Ahern
• The perks of being a wallflower; Stephen Chbosky
• Outliers; Malcolm Gladwell

*This selection has been made according to the top ten books list of different bookshops. 

If you are the lazy ones who does not finish a book for years, this is the one:

The book that can´t wait. It is printed with a special ink which disappears after two or three months upon its exposure to light and air.

What do you mean? We love it!

The books aging

There is something typical in a library: how it smells and when you open an old book with its used pages then you realise it has its own story. 

Why do old books smell?

In old papers books, the composition that can be found is lignin and certain volatile organic compounds (VOCs). As time goes by, they oxidize themselves and lignin turns the pages yellow and smells like vanille.  Nowadays, books are not going to go through this process as their leaves do not really have much lignin and are neutral PH for a better conservation. And now it's time to sell Paper Passion: a perfume that smells like books and you can also find DIY about how to make books looking older with tea bags.

The essence of an old book can not be created from a new one.