http://blog.bookrabbit.com All your carrots are belong to us! Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:55:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   We are excited to  announce today that we are one of the first online retailers to integrate the newly launched Google Book Search API into bookrabbit.com. These features include linking directly with  Google customers’ library system of reviews and ratings, as well as  harnessing the power of the Google Book Preview - an ... http://blog.bookrabbit.com/2008/09/23/bookrabbit-partner-with-google-to-provide-deep-integration-into-google-book-search/ We're excited to announce that Bookrabbit has been awarded the "Web User Silver Award"  in WebUser's Social-Shopping category. They call us the "essential bookmark for bookworms", and  make particular reference to the friendly community - so big thanks to everyone for making the site such a success!  Check out this ... http://blog.bookrabbit.com/2008/09/11/weve-won-an-award/  Bookrabbit Alive & Hopping There have been many changes at Bookrabbit.com and now that the dust has settled, what are Bookrabbit's plans ? After various adjustments to the e-commerce model, including the move to becoming an Amazon affiliate, the Bookrabbit site should become financially sustainable. Some of the new features that Bookrabbit users can ... http://blog.bookrabbit.com/2008/08/19/bookrabbit-alive-hopping/ The BBC reports that Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who exposed Stalin's prison system in his novels and spent 20 years in exile, has died near Moscow at the age of 89. The author of The Gulag Archipelago and One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich, who returned to Russia in 1994, ... http://blog.bookrabbit.com/2008/08/04/alexander-solzhenitsyn-dies-at-89/ ‘When one reads any strongly individual piece of writing, one has the impression of seeing a face somewhere behind the page’, wrote George Orwell, in his 1939 essay on Charles Dickens.  From 9th August 2008, you will be able to gather your own impression of Orwell’s face from reading his most strongly ... http://blog.bookrabbit.com/2008/07/30/orwells-diaries-online/ The Booker Prize Longlist has been announced.  http://www.bookrabbit.com/catalogue/browsecategory/categoryid/1360/Man-Booker-Fiction-Longlist-2008 The judges for the 2008 Man Booker Prize for Fiction have announced the longlist for this year's prize. The longlist of 13 books, often referred to as the ‘Man Booker Dozen', was chosen from 112 entries; 103 were submitted for the prize and nine were ... http://blog.bookrabbit.com/2008/07/29/booker-prize-2008-longlist-announced-our-best-book-predictions-for-the-books-shortlist/ We've had a couple of bits of feedback that the site sometimes isn't as fast as it should be, and it can be hard to search for books and use the bookcase application. So this week Rob and Nick have implemented a new search engine that now operates all the book, ... http://blog.bookrabbit.com/2008/07/04/life-in-the-fast-lane/ The complete set of seven Harry Potter "deluxe" first editions signed by J. K. Rowling sold at Cameo Fine Art Auctioneers in Midgham, Berkshire for £17,800. The Illustrated hard covers were in near fine condition, signed, but without dedication, went to an anonymous overseas buyer. Apparently the lots were not ... http://blog.bookrabbit.com/2008/07/02/complete-set-of-harry-potter-signed-edition-books-sell-at-auction-for-17800/ Henry Winkler of Fonz fame from the classic hit TV series Happy Days has written the Hank Zipzer books about a 10-year-old boy with dyslexia to help dyslexic children. Winkler himself a dyslexia sufferer has been in London to launch the National Year of Reading and made an appearance at ... http://blog.bookrabbit.com/2008/07/02/the-fonz-of-happy-days-henry-winkler-writes-to-help-dyslexic-children/ Hitting Back Free UK Delivery 'With Andy, the sky's the limit...' - John McEnroe. At Wimbledon in 2005, a young, brash Andy Murray came out of nowhere and thrashed star pros Georges Bastl and Radek Stepanek. His dramatic winning run came to an end against David Nalbandian, but a legend was born, ... http://blog.bookrabbit.com/2008/07/02/go-andy-go-andy-murray-really-is-hitting-back-at-wimbledon/