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September 6th is Read a Book Day: Here’s How to Read a Book

Tomorrow is National Read a Book Day! To celebrate, we had our good friend Mike Rogalski whip up this handy tutorial on how to read a book. Mike is also the author of Quirk's Masterpuppet Theater.

Enjoy! And be sure to check out Mike's design company, Eyewash

Posted by Eric Smith

Win a Quirk Books Back-to-School Prize Pack!

Happy September! 

We sure do have a lot going on here on the ol' Quirk Books blog today. Awesome deals on the Jane Austen Handbook and Yum-Yum Bento Box, a crazy one day deal on Blair Thornburgh's Stuff Every College Student Should Know, and one top secret thing that I totally can't talk about just yet. It starts with "fancy website" and ends with "update."

But we won't stop there. Can't stop, won't stop, as the saying goes. 

To welcome in September and the start of school, we're giving away a fancy Quirk Books Back-to-School Prize Pack (Q.B.B.T.S.P.), filled with titles for the aspiring writer and English major. Included in the bundle are See Jane WriteHow Not to WriteStuff Every College Student Should Know, and two notebooks (Walls and Skywriting) to scribble out all your ideas. 

And be sure to sign up for the Quirk E. Newsletter to get the inside scoop on giveaways just like this one! We run a lot of SECRET raffles, just for newsletter subscribers.

You can enter the giveaway via the Rafflecopter below. We're giving away FIVE prize packs! Good luck!

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Stuff Every College Student Should Know Only $1.99, Featured as an Amazon Gold Box Deal

Every now and again, someone who works here at Quirk Books will roll up their sleeves and write a book themselves. Rick Chillot's debut, How to Make Your Baby an Internet Celebrity, is coming out soon, and he's an editor here at Quirk. Our president, Brett Cohen, wrote Stuff Every Man Should Know (also this book and this book). 

When she isn't busy editing books and coming up with outrageous blog posts, Blair Thornburgh also likes to write them. Her first book with Quirk, Stuff Every College Student Should Know, came out in March. And today, you can pick it up for only $1.99 on Amazon's epic Gold Box sale. 

Grab it for $1.99 here, today only!

Posted by Eric Smith

Dad Wisdom: The Paternal Teachings of Pop Culture

 
Dads have been giving advice longer than we’ve been receiving ties for Father’s Day.  We’ve given advice on the big screen, the small screen and the mobile screen.  We’ve given advice in books and music.  And, we’ve given advice a long time ago…and in galaxies far, far away.  The advice is sometimes comedic, often practical and always from the heart.
 
So, I ask you, is there a better way to celebrate Father’s Day than to recount the wit and wisdom of our favorite pop culture dads? Well, maybe a family BBQ or a quiet round of golf.  But, this will work better for the Internet.  Happy Father’s Day!
 
And make sure you enter the Rafflecopter below, for a chance to win one of five bundles of books! 
 
 
Brett is the author of Stuff Every Dad Should Know, Stuff Every Man Should Know and Recipes Every Man Should Know.  You can follow him on Twitter (@BaconTheBooks) and Pinterest (@88mph).
 
 

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June’s Quirk Perk: Stuff Every Dad Should Know by Brett Cohen for $3.99!

Stuff Every Dad Should Know by Brett Cohen: $3.99!

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On the heels of the successful Stuff Every Man Should Know and Stuff Every Husband Should Know comes the most important volume yet in Quirk’s handy guides to practical manhood: Stuff Every Dad Should Know. It’s full of the indispensible hands-on wisdom that all fathers need in order to instill that comforting sense of “dad awe” in their children, including:

Posted by Eric Smith

May’s Quirk Perks: Stuff Every Mom Should Know for $3.99!

STUFF EVERY MOM SHOULD KNOW by Heather Gibbs Flett and Whitney Moss ($3.99)

AMAZON / BARNES & NOBLE / KOBO / IBOOKSTORE

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