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  1. Darren

    Welcome to Andy from Social Knowledge LLC

    I'd like to formally welcome Andy from Social Knoweldege LLC to the site. As detailed in this announcment, Social Knowledge LLC recently acquired Book & Reader.
  2. Darren

    Book and Reader Acquired by Social Knowledge LLC

    On 21st April 2008, Book & Reader took another step forward in its evolution as the premier book discussion website on the net having been acquired by Social Knowledge LLC. For the last seven years I have had the privilege of building and managing Book and Reader, and with your help we have...
  3. Darren

    Jeffrey Archer: A Prisoner Of Birth

    This recently topped the UK bestseller list having been released on 6th March. Synopsis sings its praises - "Jeffrey Archer's most powerful novel since Kane and Abel, with a cast of characters who will remain with you long after you've turned the last page." Anybody ready it yet? I finished...
  4. Darren

    Forum Maintenance

    Over the next week, I'm going to be doing some upgrades and maintenance to the forums. Downtime should be at a minimum but there will be a couple of periods when the forums need to be briefly closed.
  5. Darren

    A New Romance board?

    If you'd like to vote whether or not you would use a new romance section on the forums, this is the thread!
  6. Darren

    Amazon buys Rowling Book for £1,950,000

    Amazon.com bought "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" for an incredible £1,950,000 For previews of the book (contains spoilers) as well as images, have a look here
  7. Darren

    Site Maintenance - Nov 13th to Nov 20th

    During this week, the book&reader website will be undergoing maintenance and upgrades. Whilst I'll try to keep downtime to an absolute minimum, there may be periods where parts of the site are not accessible, or don't work quite how they should. If you have any suggestions that you'd like to...
  8. Darren

    Post Deathly Hallows Information - Official Information

    Through a series of post Deathly Hallows interviews, JK Rowling has revealed a lot of what happens to the characters. There are numerous spoilers in there, so don't read just yet if you haven't finished the books. The Leaky Caudlron website has been collecting all the various interview...
  9. Darren

    Harry Potter Fan Fiction?

    There'll always be fan fiction, not all of which will ever get post to the net, but are there any particularly good Harry Potter Fan Fiction stories out there? Do people think that there shouldn't be any fan fiction at all, and we should just leave the Harry Potter world as JK Rowling left it?
  10. Darren

    Philip Roth: Operation Shylock: A Confession

    April 2007 Book of the Month Synopsis What if a look-alike stranger stole your name, usurped your biography, and went about the world pretending to be you? In his extraordinary new book, his most ingenious and original work since "The Counterlife", Phillip Roth confronts his double, an imposter...
  11. Darren

    Promoting B&R Offline?

    I was thinking about ways to promote the site offline and would be interested to hear other people's thoughts. I had thought about having an area a bit like bookcrossing.com where members could register a book and then "pass it on" to someone else, either throught a secondhand book shop...
  12. Darren

    Book Giveaways

    Thanks to the generosity of Random House Publishers, we have a few hardcover books to give away this month! More details can be found here Hopefully, we'll try to make this a regular feature here.
  13. Darren

    Galaxy British Book Awards 2007

    The "oscars of the book industry" took place last night. John Grisham was given a lifetime achievement award. Other winners were READER’S DIGEST AUTHOR OF THE YEAR Richard Dawkins The God Delusion Presented by: Sophie Dahl AMAZON.CO.UK BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR. Peter Kay The...
  14. Darren

    New Feature: Member Blogs

    There's now a facility for each member to create their own free blog here at Book & Reader. To get started, click on the "Blogging" drop down button in the navbar above and click the "Setup your own blog" button. There may be one or two small bugs, but if you have any problems using the...
  15. Darren

    6th Feb 2007 - Safer Internet Day

    Almost 40 countries will participate in the fourth edition of Safer Internet Day (SID) which this year takes place on 6 February. Full details are available on http://www.saferinternet.org Book & Reader has always prided itself in providing a fun, friendly environment for anyone who...
  16. Darren

    New del.icio.us feature

    There is now a field in your user profile to enter your del.icio.us username. This will then show a small icon underneath your profiile when you post so that people can view your bookmarks. There is also a new link at the top of each thread page to add threads to your del.icio.us bookmarks list.
  17. Darren

    Upcoming Interview: Jeffery Deaver - Your Questions Please

    Famous crime author, Jeffery Deaver, has kindly agreed to a short interview with us here at Book & Reader. I will be speaking to Jeff later this month, and will put forward a selection of questions from our members. Please post your questions here, and I will do my best. Thank you.
  18. Darren

    New Mature Discussions Forum

    By popular request, we've created a new forum here for Mature Discussions. The sames site rules will apply for this forum, except we will allow discussions of more mature topics such as Politics and Religion. This new forum is slightly different to the other ones here. You will need to apply...
  19. Darren

    Forum Upgrade

    The forums have been upgraded today to the latest version of vBulletin. Hopefully, everything is still working, but there were quite a number of changes so please let me know if there are any problems. There have also been a number of changes made to the forum Moderator Changes Stewart...
  20. Darren

    Writers' Showcase Guidelines - Please Read!

    The Book & Reader Forums are a place on the Internet created for the objective discussion of books and other media. It is for readers who are under no obligation to review, discuss, approve or dissaprove a work in any way shape or form. Therefore as a writer you have a great opportunity to find...
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