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Harry Potter was rejected by 12 different publishers before Bloomsbury accepted it. J. K. Rowling also had to change her pen name to be more neutral: her publisher believed this would encourage more boys to buy the book.

Де ви — там і басейн. Маємо дорослі та дитячі варіанти, тож літо не пройде повз вас. Вибрати басейн та аксесуари для відпочинку на воді, дитячі іграшки й багато іншого можна за цим посиланням ► bit.ly/3y3Kryr

Відпочиваючи не забувайте про безпеку себе та близьких — враховуйте чинні рекомендації влади про відвідування пляжних зон.

The larva of a wood-boring beetle is an endearing name for voracious readers


Don’t take offense. The term "bookworm" is born from actual creatures that feed off of the paper and glue binding of books. There are several different types of insects that find books as amazing as we humans do. The term became popular in 1500s Britain and was actually a negative commentary on a person.

Elizabethan times were tough for lovers of books, and people in general. If you’re interested in learning more about that time, read A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness, which introduces us to a witch who doesn’t know she’s a witch (kind of like an adult version of Harry Potter with time travel and vampires thrown in).

The first eBook is 50 years old
It’s hard to believe that eBooks have been around since 1971. Well, they have and they haven’t; meaning that the first eBook was actually the Declaration of Independence loaded onto the computer network of the University of Illinois as part of Project Gutenburg.

It may not have been the eBook we know and love today, but Project Gutenburg was started in 1971 with the purpose of digitizing and collecting literary works in order to make them accessible to large numbers of readers…for free!

There are around 130 million published books.
Have you ever wondered how many books have been published?

Although it’s impossible for us to come up with an exact number, according to Google, they believe it is around 130 million books!

All those books definitely won’t be fitting on the book shelf.

Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg printed the first ever pressed book, the Gutenberg Bible, in 1453.

Gutenberg not only printed the revolutionary book, he invented the printing press himself. The Gutenberg Bible and the Gutenberg press are considered to have ushered in a new era in human history.

The earliest known work of literature is an epic poem titled the Epic of Gilgamesh. The ancient poem is from Ancient Mesopotamia.

Because paper books did not exist at the time, the whole tale is told on 12 tablets. Today, the Epic of Gilgamesh is available on a digital tablet or e-reader.

There’s nothing better than cuddling up with a good book. Books inherently offer solitude and a temporary escape from your own story. They’re basically magic. Avid readers usually have a long history with books that often either started in the womb or shortly after — thanks to parents and their incessant desire to enrich your brain. So it’s no surprise that you (and so many others) are at your happiest when you’re reading.

Even though you might be a full-fledged reading pro and know everything about all the books you’ve ever read, chances are you don’t know all the things about actual books.

Surprisingly, there are tons of random facts about books that are super interesting.
And since you obviously love reading and learning things, we decided to round up some of the most interesting facts about books so you can know a little bit more about the thing you love most.