December 2011
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Need a last minute Xmas gift. Give an eBook to an... →
Worldreader has a great idea for this Christmas as reported by eBookAniod.
By pointing your readers to Worldreader this holiday season, they’ll be able to give a gift (an e-card) in someone’s name so that kids can choose e-books of their choice. This is especially interesting since we see that kids are downloading samples of titles likeTwilight, The New York Times and the newest Nicholas...
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Waterproof Ebook and iPad Covers! →
Winter in Boca? Live in Seattle? Well then you’ll want to pick up these waterproof ebook covers discovered by eBookAnoid. (Perhaps more importantly for beach reading they are sand proof too)
Click the picture and check out the video that shows clearly how the look and perform in various environments. (What you do with your iPad in the shower is your own business)
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“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to...”
– Voltaire, Liberty of the Press (via prettybooks)
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Meditations: Modes of publishing →
themorriganmeditations:
Every now and then I get researching where and how my stuff might get out there. The university buzz on — I can write a sentence now — thus I should get something published — has worn off. LET ME TELL YOU. I have been interested in hard copies, like a book or magazine for awhile now. This time…
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butterflyistic cogitation of the curious am.b.: To... →
stainedglassbutterflywings:
I hear a lot of hate towards my poor little innocent Kindle. I hear a lot of valid, strong arguments against owning an ereader. But I love it, and thus here are my counter arguments: (the arguments against are bolded)
1.) I like to smell a book and feel myself flip the pages
I love that…
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I believe the best gift you can give to anyone is...
Just in time for Christmas - 10 Nook Tablet Covers →
What do you give your digitally savvy friends if they already have an ereader? Here is a Johnathan Aldler designed Nook Tablet cover, click link for 9 more.
Article also links you to 10 sweet Kindle Fire covers.
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Books + Drinks + Digital Book World →
2nd Annual Publisher Gift Book Swap!
December 6 at Stone Creek Bar and Lounge 140 East 27th Street, New York, NY
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Reid Dossinger: Takeaways from Tools Of Change →
reiddossinger:
I spent the earlier part of last week at the Tools Of Change for Publishers conference in New York. I was a first-timer at the conference and was thrilled to be with other people who are at the intersection of publishing and tech, since I’m completely comfortable with the latter, but still feel…
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How Publishers Are Cutting Their Own Throats With... →
walkyouhome:
“Sci-fi author Charlie Stross has written a post about how the Big Six book publishing companies have painted themselves into a corner in the rapidly growing ebook industry. Between user-unfriendly DRM and the Amazon juggernaut, they’re slowly pushing themselves out of business. Quoting: ‘Until 2008, ebooks were a tiny market segment, under 1% and easily overlooked; but in 2009...
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The Kindle Monologues: My one comment on Ray... →
thekindlemonologues:
[Well, from this account. I did post a little something something on my personal stream]
Anyone who knows Ray Bradbury, knows how vehemently he is against certain forms of technology, especially the notion of eBooks. For those who aren’t - here are some choice quotes from him:
From a 2010…
Canadian Library Usage Up in Digital Era →
Across Canada, library usage is up 45 per cent over the past decade, from 16.6 to 24.1 transactions on average per capita, according to a recent report prepared by Lumos Research for the Canadian Urban Libraries Council.
Much of that growth has been driven by digital information.