Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
THE NOVEL CHANDELIER
To mark the launch of their eBooks store and the Kobo eBooks reader Whitcoulls has unveiled a grand and striking hanging installation at Auckland's Britomart Transport Centre. Approximately the same height as a two-story building the Novel Chandelier is made up of 1000 books representing the number of titles the Kobo eReader can hold.
I was impressed although my photo does not really do it justice.
Do have a look if you are in Auckland's Downtowm area. It will be there until the evening of 3 June.
As a matter of interest I gather that Whitcoulls has grossly underestimated demand for the Kobo selling out on the second day they were on sale. More in 7 -10 days.
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