"A ROOM WITHOUT BOOKS IS LIKE A BODY WITHOUT A SOUL.'' - MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
Did you know that there are 35 book genres 😱 Rather than list them we have provided a link to where someone more qualified than ourselves has listed them.
https://blog.reedsy.com/book-genres/
However, the five main genres of literature are fiction, nonfiction, drama, poetry, folktale.
"So many books, so little time." - Frank Zappa
IDIOM: DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY IT'S COVER - BUT WE DO?
A book cover creates the first impression on its potential readers. Therefore, a book cover design is one of the most important aspects of marketing a book. If the cover is not designed well, sales will be lost.
"There is no friend as loyal as a book." - Ernest Hemingway
PUBLIC LIBARIES
Public libraries began to appear in Britain in the mid-19th Century, in the aftermath of the Public Libraries ACT 1850. The Free Library Movement was one of the many groups in the mid-victorian period working for the "improvement of the public" through education. Data collected 2019/20 stated that:
- There are 3,667 public libraries (including mobile libraries) in the UK.
- There are 7.3 million active borrowers at libraries in the UK.
- 214 million visits to public libraries took place across the year, with an additional 131 million total online visits.
- Libraries issue almost 165 million books a year.
- There are 14,925 staff working in public libraries.
- There were 50,128 volunteers working in libraries in 2019-20.
"Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life." - Mark Twain
DID YOU KNOW?
- The first book ever written using a typewriter was The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
- The three most read books in the world are - The Holy Bible, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, and Harry Potter.
- According to the Urban Dictionary, the word for loving the smell of a book is bibliosmia.
- The Macmillan Dictionary says the word for those afraid of running out of things to read is abibliphobia.
"If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking." - Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
BOOK CHALLENGE
CAN YOU MATCH THE OPENING LINES OF A BOOK TO ITS TITLE?
SOURCE
https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2020/september/best-first-lines-in-books.html
E-READERS
An e-reader (electronic reader) is a device for reading content, such as e-books, newspapers and documents. A standalone e-reader typically has wireless connectivity for downloading content and conducting other Web-based tasks. Popular dedicated e-readers include Amazon's Kindle and Sony Reader.
FAVOURITE BOOKS AND AUTHORS OF WINNS EMPLOYEES INTERVIEWED
CHRIS STEBBING - SPECIAL PROJECTS DIRECTOR
What is your favourite children's book? Jungle Book
What is your favourite adult book? Dangerous Lady by Martina Cole
Who is your favourite author? Davis Baldacci/Martina Cole
What is your favourite genre? Crime Thrillers
Do you listen to audio books? If so, when? Who is your favourite narrator? Yes, when I'm driving or on the tube, Autobiographies read by the writer.
LUKE STILLWELL - SALES & MARKETING
What is your favourite children's book? There's no such thing as dragons
What is your favourite adult book? Harry Potter
Who is your favourite author? Roald Dahl
What is your favourite genre? Fiction
Do you listen to audio books? If so, when? Who is your favourite narrator? Yes. Harry Potter - Stephen Fry
ELIZANIA DABO - CLEANER
What is your favourite children's book? The Railway Children
What is your favourite adult book? I can't recall the best one
Who is your favourite author? Kiley Reid
What is your favourite genre? Music I think
KERI BARFOOT - OFFICE MANAGER
What is your favourite children's book? Lady Daisy by Dick King-Smith
What is your favourite adult book? The Twilight Saga
Who is your favourite author? Jojo Moyes
What is your favourite genre? Romance
RACHAEL AGOMBAR - DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
What is your favourite children's book? Stig Of The Dump
What is your favourite adult book? Harry Potter
Who is your favourite author? JK Rowling
What is your favourite genre? Action/Adventure
ROB STILLWELL - MANAGING DIRECTOR
What is your favourite adult book? Special Force Orca (a World War Two series fictional around true events)
Who is your favourite author? Bernard Cornwell
What is your favourite genre? World War Two and Napoleonic wars
Favourite audio book narrator? Stephen Fry
CHYNNA TAYLOR - ACCOUNT MANAGER 
What is your favourite children's book? Mig and Mog
What is your favourite adult book? I've just finished reading "becoming supernatural" by Joe Dispenza. Although my favourite book is The Great Gatsby
Who is your favourite author? F Scott Fitzgerald and JK
What is your favourite genre? Thriller/psychological thriller
RYAN STILLWELL - FINANCE DIRECTOR
What is your favourite children's book? Mr Magnolia
What is your favourite adult book? The 7 habits of highly effective people
Who is your favourite author? Don't read enough
What is your favourite genre? Business based
Do you listen to audio books? If so, when? Who is your favourite narrator? Only podcasts
SULAIMAN MUGERWA - SECURITY GUARD
What is your favourite children's book? Tin Tin
What is your favourite adult book? Jeremy Clarkson
Who is your favourite author? Davis Baldacci/Martina Cole
BLIGESS OTTUN - CLEANER 
What is your favourite children's book? Little Red Riding Hood
What is your favourite adult book? The Color Purple
Who is your favourite author? James Patterson
What is your favourite genre? Crime Fiction