Daily Archives: September 13, 2010
Sometimes It’s OK To Pity A Publisher
okay. “My hero is very smart. He meets the heroine at the local chapter meeting of Menses.” Where to put this query letter…hmmmMon Sep 13 23:07:57 via TweetDeckKaren SyedEchelonPress
Filed under Stupid
Red Kobo Reader!
Not natively, however: Via a GelaSkin. I wonder if that even works properly. The back of the Kobo isn’t flat. As they like to point out, it’s quilted, which basically means lightly bumpy. How would that skin fit? I went … Continue reading
Filed under Kobo Reader
jetBook MINI Introduced
The website URL — right now — redirects to the standard jetBook site, so perhaps this video is premature: Weight – 5.8 ounces Size – 5″ TFT Battery Life – 90 hours! (Energizer Lithium batteries included) New Interface Languages New … Continue reading
Filed under Other Hardware
Free Customizable Digital Book For iOS Devices
This is very, very clever: Delight your kids with the FREE Lillian Vernon eBook mobile application. Dusty D. Dawg shows how he handles a wide range of feelings. You can personalize it by adding your child’s name, photo, record a … Continue reading
Filed under Digital Book
Next1 eBook Reader
Well, look what showed up on YouTube less than 24 hours ago! This is the website. Until I know some specs — CPU, OS — and can see some of the eBook reading functionality, I can’t say anything other than … Continue reading
Filed under eBooks: General, Other Hardware, Video
Goodbye, Sony
My patience with Sony has reached an end. Sony’s “Reader Library” is a miserable piece of unstable, unreliable software. Google “sony reader library problems” and you get over a quarter-million hits. MobileRead has some good forum threads discussing how to … Continue reading
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The Brief Guide To eReaders/Tablets Right Now
This is not comprehensive, but those currently in the OK to Buy category are unlikely to lose their spots between now and the end of the year. There are a few more tablets due to arrive, but it’s too early … Continue reading
Filed under eBooks: General, eInk Devices, Other Hardware
iTunes Instant – Clean Interface, Instant Results
iTunes Instant – Clean Interface, Instant Results
Filed under Reference
Kindle Vs. ‘Pads In Sunlight
Crash! Bam! Pow! But … how come I never run into women who read who look like that? And I don’t know of any woman who buys sunglasses that expensive.
Filed under Amazon Kindle
How Gail Rebuck turned Tony Blair’s book into a bestseller | Media | The Guardian
“Publishers are relevant. We have practical expertise and, of course, money. We give our authors advances which enable them to concentrate on their work in hand … My idea of hell is a website with 80,000 self-published works on it … Continue reading
Filed under Books: General, eBooks: General, Marketing, Quoted
