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- noun Plural form of
book . - noun (accounting) Accounting records.
- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
book .
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Examples
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I spent about three years of college work-study scanning books--textbooks, fiction books*, all sorts of books required by one classroom or another--and running them through OCR.
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Trashy books make the world go round...*grins & hugs her trashy books*
Book Chick City Book Chick City 2009
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Depending on what numbers you use, and whether you count self-published books as books**, anywhere from 150,000 to 500,000 new books a year are published in the States.
John Oakes: This Halloween, I'm Going As a Book Publisher 2009
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The reason why I refused was this, orders were given to search every negro house for books or prints of any kind, and _Bibles_ and _Hymn books_ were particularly mentioned.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society
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The following list contains (a) books or articles treating particularly, or at some length, the relation of German authors to Laurence Sterne; (b) books of general usefulness in determining literary conditions in the eighteenth century, to which frequent reference is made; (c) periodicals which are the sources of reviews and criticisms cited in the text.
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The reason why I refused was this, orders were given to search every negro house for books or prints of any kind, and _Bibles_ and _Hymn books_ were particularly mentioned.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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American author whose books, as _books_, obtained recognition abroad; whose name was thought worthy of mention beside the names of English contemporary authors, like Byron, Scott, and Coleridge.
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American author whose books, as _books_, obtained recognition abroad; whose name was thought worthy of mention beside the names of English contemporary authors, like Byron, Scott, and Coleridge.
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Neither is the _modern dedication_, of books and writings _as to patrons_, to be commended: for that books -- such as are _worthy the name of books_, ought to have _no patrons, but_ -- (hear) but -- Truth and Reason.
The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded Delia Bacon 1835
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Young IRELAND was acquainted with a son of a bookseller, who dealt in _old books_: the blank leaves of these books supplied the young author with paper; and he found out the way of making proper ink for his purpose.
anydelirium commented on the word books
'There is no such thing as a moral or immoral book. Books are well-written, or poorly written. That is all.' -Oscar Wilde, in the author's preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray.
February 20, 2008
bilby commented on the word books
"* 58% of the US adult population never reads another book after high school
* 42% of college graduates never read another book
* 80% of US families did not buy or read a book last year
* 70% of US adults have not been in a bookstore in the last five years"
-(source Jeff Jarvis)
August 15, 2008
milosrdenstvi commented on the word books
I wonder how accurate those statistics are.
August 15, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word books
I wonder what the stats are for other countries too. Or if the word "book" was not so lonely, and the questions addressed reading of periodicals, Internet news sites, etc.... if that would change the results.
Usually these things are compiled by politically motivated groups of one kind or another.
Because you know, 27% of statistics are made up on the spot.
August 15, 2008
yarb commented on the word books
I'm as sceptical as anyone about literacy in the US (and other countries), but those stats look dodgy to me. Can you give us a link, bilby?
cb, recent studies have suggested that the percentage of statistics made up on the spot is closer to 35.
August 15, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word books
Yarb, I had heard it was as high as 83%, but frankly I just don't trust that statistic. For all I know, it could've been made up on the spot.
August 15, 2008
reesetee commented on the word books
Did you guys know that only 43.5% of statistics made up on the spot are correct?
August 16, 2008
bilby commented on the word books
Gah, was all set to post the link yesterday and mango forgot. Will try to find again. For what its worth, the stats look like rubbish to me. What does '80% of families' mean anyway? First you'd need to define families. Then, what if one of two children reads books, the other child and the parents don't ... do they qualify as a 'did not read or buy a book' family or not? There are probably lots of kinds of stores that 70% of adults might not go to in any five year period so I find that stat outright unimpressive.
Ok, got it, it's buried among all kinds of book stats on this page. Stats quoted have a link to the source underneath. In the case of the stats in question I fished around the Jenkins sites a bit but couldn't find a full write up.
For the record, 67.38% of my comments are pish-tosh.
August 16, 2008
seanahan commented on the word books
"*58% of Wordies have read 3 books in the past two weeks.
*42% of Wordies skipped their college graduation ceremony to read a book.
*80% of Wordie families have spent more than $500 on books in the last year.
*70% of Wordies have not been in a bookstore in the last five days."
-(source me)
August 19, 2008
bilby commented on the word books
"One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.�?
- George W. Bush.
October 29, 2008
yarb commented on the word books
Bush is right. That is one of the great things about books.
October 29, 2008
plethora commented on the word books
Classic.
There needs to be a list of Bushisms.
My favourite is: "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."
October 29, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word books
There is one - see misunderestimate (I'm using a pocket device).
October 29, 2008
plethora commented on the word books
Every potential wordie list is an existing wordie list :D
November 1, 2008