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    • The Combined Book Team September 26, 2014

      In Endangered, A National Book Award Finalist, author Eliot Schrefer tells the story of Sophie, a young girl who must, “ save a group of bonobos — and herself — from a violent coup.” While still focusing on great apes, more specifically chimpanzees this time instead of bonobos, Shrefer’s book Threatned is “a gripping journey into the world of chimpanzees…and the life of an African boy whose fate becomes entwined with them when he finds himself alone in the forest.” Threatened will be featured in The Combined Book Exhibit booths at the…
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      The Combined Book Team September 23, 2014

      Bookmarks are a great way to spread the word about your book and can be useful during author signings, giveaways and when your book is appearing at a book fair or conference. You don’t have to pay someone to design your bookmark for you, in fact if you have a book cover it’s really easy to make one yourself. But even if you don’t have a cover yet (or don’t want to use one for the bookmark) there are many ways of designing a bookmark that are pretty easy and best of all free. I will be using the…
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      The Combined Book Team September 23, 2014

      There are many options out there for eBook covers and as most authors know, your cover is one of the most important tools you have in grabbing a readers attention. Sometimes authors pay for covers that are not professional looking and this hurts your chances of being noticed by readers. Below is a tutorial on making your eBook cover using the online tool PicMonkey. First you will pick the custom option for our design. We will be using dimensions from the Kindle Direct…
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      The Combined Book Team September 11, 2014

      Joey Cabrera stands for part of most evenings on the doorstep of the Clason’s Point Library, near 172nd Street and Morrison Avenue in the Bronx. There, he taps into the Wi-Fi that seeps out of the library after it closes. He checks in on Tumblr, Snapchat, Facebook — “the usual stuff,” he said — and plays Lost Saga, a video game developed in Korea. “Formerly, I played Minecraft, but this is less mainstream, an inside thing with my friends,” Joey said. Then there is a basic maneuver in skateboarding that he is mastering,…
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      The Combined Book Team September 11, 2014

      While the need for warm coats has never been greater, it has also never been easier to meet this vital need in our community. The Combined Book Exhibit invites the literary and library community to join them in an effort to ensure that no one goes without a warm coat this winter. According to One Warm Coat, “Health experts report that even a 2-degree drop in body temperature results in reduced heart rate, loss of coordination, and confusion. Adults cannot work effectively and children find it difficult to learn.  For most, a warm coat solves the problem. But for or…
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