The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 20th and runs through Sunday, August 26th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 23 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team.

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I received an email from NetworkedBlog stating that they are closing (see below).

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This is part of the gradual shutdown of NetworkedBlogs that we started about three years ago. Initially, we stopped accepting new user registrations, and over time we stopped services gradually to reduce the impact on our users. We’re at the final stages of the process and will be shutting down the remaining services soon.

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