10 Tips for preserving your books

Check out our tips for preserving your books below:

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1. Store your books on a shelf vertically, without pressing them.
2. Leave a space between the books stored on the shelf and the wall to protect them from moisture.
3. Do not leave your books exposed to sunlight.
4. At least every six months wipe each of your books with a clean, dry cloth.
5. Do not use metal clips or bend the sheets so as not to mark the pages.
6. Avoid wrapping your books.
7. When handling your books, always try to keep your hands clean.
8. Avoid fully opening paperback books.
9. When removing a book from the shelf, pull it through the middle of the spine.
10. Do not write on sheets of paper over books.

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Article By Matias Santana

Five Curiosities about The Little Prince

1 - The Little Prince is the third most translated book in the world

The work has been translated into more than 250 languages. It is second only to the Bible and the Quran. The translations even include rare dialects like Alur, spoken in Congo. Also, Toba, an indigenous language from northern Argentina. It has also been translated into the artificial language Esperanto and printed in braille.

2 - The book was not his only work

He was already famous before publishing The Little Prince. His book Vol de nuit (Night Flight), released in 1931, already made him famous and even won the Femina award, and was later adapted for the cinema. He also wrote other works, but in fact, The Little Prince became the most famous of them all.

3 – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was a count, but worked as an aviator

His full name was Antoine Jean-Baptiste Marie Roger Foscolombe. He was the third of 5 children. His parents had a title of nobility, they were Viscounts. Because of this, Antoine received the title of Count. However, he worked as an aviator and delivered postcards.He was hired as a mail and cargo aviator, the so-called airmail in the 1920s. As a result, he even worked in the Spanish Civil War and in World War II.

4 – The work The Little Prince was inspired by a crash from his own plane

In 1936, the plane piloted by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry crashed in the Sahara desert. He spent a period of 4 days there. He suffered from hunger, dehydration and hallucinations. Until, finally, he was rescued by a Bedouin. The idea for the book came about during those days.

5 – The rose in the book The Little Prince was his wife, Consuelo

The rose portrayed in the book was his wife Consuelo and the cough also has a reason, she suffered from asthma. Fragile, with a strong personality, that was Consuelo. Their relationship was marked by comings and goings, mainly because of Saint-Exupéry's work. But even so, he showed a great fascination for her, who was a born artist. He proposed to her the same day he met her. The passion was so overwhelming that he wrote her a 40-page letter. Antoine used to write letters to those closest to him.

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Sidney Matias
Casa de Livro Blog

Discover five incredible Mansions of Contemporary Writers

Ken Follet

Bestselling author Ken Follett's oceanfront estate on a private island off the coast. The photos on the listing are really impressive.

The 11,000-square-foot home, named "Bananaquit" (named after a local bird), is located on Jumby Bay Island, an enclave that boasts a five-star Rosewood resort and 56 private residences.

Follett's has a plunge pool, tennis court and ample space for easy living, entertaining and writing (the novelist worked on many of his books there).

Stephen King

Perhaps the main attraction in Bangor, Maine, is King's home. The writer and his wife bought it in the 1980s and have spent a lot of time there since then. In winter, they usually go to Florida, a much warmer state.

From the outside, King's home looks like a cursed mansion from a classic horror movie. The old and gloomy house, built in 1870, is behind a black gate with wrought iron dragons and bats. Fans of the author simply cannot pass by without taking at least one photo.

JK Rowling

Being the richest of the group we would think that her house would be the biggest and richest, well it is a big house of course, but she could well have a castle if she wanted to, of course that kind of ostentation would be silly for such a creative mind.

Ian McEwan

McEwan is one of the most important fiction writers of his generation. With precise prose and an ironic and almost indifferent literary look, it is known for the construction of characters and the atmosphere of suspense and strangeness, with dark plots that bring ethical and moral dilemmas, perversity, incest, revenge and redemption.

Paulo Coelho

Finally, the Brazilian that everyone, even those who have never opened a book, has heard of. This carioca is one of the richest on the list with a net worth of R$ 2.5 billion. Want to know more about this unbelievable journey that led him to this sum, we have the article on Paulo Coelho's blog. Why this carioca managed to earn R$ 2.5 billion with his books. It's also the only one on the list that has an apartment instead of a house as its main home, but of course it's not just any small apartment. The property has 700 m².

Which of these five would you choose?

By, Sidney Matias
Casa de Livro Blog