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By Book Group Librarian on October 16, 2008
No UK Kindle before Christmas Well this is a blow, but as per my previous post, not very surprising as I knew they would have problems here with the sheer number of WiFi carriers (not a problem in the US as there is only one apparently) This is the latest from the Frankfurt Bookfair: Amazon [...]
Posted in E-Books | Tagged amazon uk, E-Books, ebooks, electronic books, Featured Publishers, Frankfurt Bookfair, kindle, sony reader
By Book Group Librarian on July 21, 2008
The “free e-books every week” offer has finished now, but for a limited time you can download all of them via the Tor.com website. Get ‘em while you can – click here Twenty Four free books! Here’s the complete list showing the available formats for each one: Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson PDF || HTMLnew! || [...]
Posted in E-Books, Free Stuff | Tagged brandon sanderson, cathy clamp, david drake, download, E-Books, ebooks, electronic books, fantasy, free_e_books, harry turtledove, jane lindskold, john scalzi, l.e. modesitt, limited_time, mercedes lackey, rachel_cainer, science-fiction, tobias bucknell
By Book Group Librarian on July 14, 2008
I found this announcement which I’m quite excited about. I think I might like one of these, seems better than the Amazon kindle and it doesnt use proprietary software, so you can read .pdfs. word docs etc as well. Cost is quite prohibitive though I think unless everyone I know wants to club together and [...]
Posted in E-Books | Tagged amazon_kindle, book-readers, bookmaking, bookselling, bookworld, borders, digital_books, digital_documents, E-Books, ebooks, electronic books, eyestrain, handwritten_notes, high_contrast, iliad_book, printing_press, product_features, proprietary_software, reading_text, word_docs
By Book Group Librarian on February 18, 2008
Publisher experiments with free online books Richard Lea Tuesday February 12, 2008 EducationGuardian.co.uk Two competing visions of the future went head-to-head online yesterday as HarperCollins and Random House launched contrasting new experiments in book distribution on the same day. Building on a scheme launched in 2006 which allows users to flick through extracts of the [...]
Posted in E-Books | Tagged american gods, book_distribution, digital_warehouse, E-Books, ebooks, electronic books, free_access, harpercollins, jane_friedman, neil-gaiman, random_house, visions_of_the_future
By Book Group Librarian on October 18, 2007
Neil has some free short stories up on his site short stories Click on the above link if you want to read these: “The Case of the Four and Twenty Blackbirds” by Neil Gaiman This is a story called “The Case of Four and Twenty Blackbirds”. It was first published in 1984, in KNAVE and [...]
Posted in E-Books, Free Stuff | Tagged adobe_pdf_reader, angels_and_visitations, E-Books, ebooks, electronic books, four_and_twenty_blackbirds, free, girls_girls_girls, how_to_talk_to_girls, hundredth_time, neil-gaiman, neil_gaiman, short_stories, short_story, sunken_city, tentacle, time_girls, white_teeth
By Book Group Librarian on May 26, 2007
Product Overview * Revolutionary electronic-paper display provides a sharp, high-resolution screen that looks and reads like real paper. * Simple to use: no computer, no cables, no syncing. * Wireless connectivity enables you to shop the Kindle Store directly from your Kindle—whether you’re in the back of a taxi, at the airport, or in bed. [...]
Posted in E-Books | Tagged amazon kindle, e-book readers, E-Books, ebooks, electronic books, electronic_paper, michelle_malkin, new_york_times_best_sellers, wall_street_journal, washington_post, wireless_connectivity, word_documents
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