Huh? The Kindle e-reader ISN’T ugly? So says Steve Levy, author of Newsweek puff piece–replying to E-Book Report and other killjoys

December 22nd, 2007

So, gang, is Amazon’s Kindle e-reader really a thing of beauty? The overwhelming reaction online is a big fat No. “Same fugly hot me…

Amazon-sized egos? Kindle reader to shun IDPF e-book standard? And, yes, the ugly box is the FINAL design

December 22nd, 2007

Yikes! Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader will be just as ugly as a prototype hinted–like a prop from an old sci-fi horror flick. But I appreciate the …

An e-book guy sees promise in the $100 children’s laptop (Part II)

December 22nd, 2007

Here is why I see promise in the $100 laptop (yes, prices will eventually fall that low) as an e-book machine regardless of current flaws:
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An e-book guy sees promise in the $100 children’s laptop (Part I)

December 22nd, 2007

Can a funny-looking green and white gizmo with rabbit ears foment an e-book revolution in developing countries and maybe the United States as wel…

Risky for publishers NOT to try ads in e-books?

December 22nd, 2007

With Rupert Murdoch open to a mainly ad-supported Wall Street Journal, might some HarperCollins’ books eventually carry advertising?

The …

Norman Mailer and E

December 22nd, 2007

Norman Mailer and e-books–what an unlikely mix of words. The image I most associate with Mailer, who died this morning at 84, is neither the fe…

An ex-spook’s take on Madonna, Radiohead, POD, E and the future of publishing

December 22nd, 2007

Best-selling suspense novelist Barry Eisler is a CIA alum trained in a small arms, interrogation and manipulation. Just the guy to fathom power s…

Locking up Dickens: Why DRM is a lit and biz toxin

December 22nd, 2007

I bought a silver-colored Sony Reader at a local Borders last month and am enjoying an E Ink screen with higher contrast than the old model’s. Bu…

DailyLit: E-books for Dorothy someday?

December 22nd, 2007

My sister is a teacher who’d faint if she had to deal with such e-book joys as Digital Rights Management and the Tower of eBabel.

Dorothy…

The New Yorker is as wrong about e-libraries as Martin Luther apparently was about paper books

December 22nd, 2007

Here’s a challenge for The New Yorker. Can its contributors write up e-libraries without droning on about how we’ll always need paper books? Is e…

Tower of e-Babel Still Looms Tall Despite Hachette’s Laudable E-Book Announcement

December 22nd, 2007

So when will “protected” e-books created with Adobe software be readable in, say, Mobipocket?
The Tower of e-Babel, all those …

On Radiohead, Stephen King and the tip jar

December 22nd, 2007

Radiohead’s experiment with a tip jar bought in an estimated profit of some $10 million in a week—supposedly an average of $8 donated per downloa…

Your Turn - Christmas Edition

December 22nd, 2007

I just finished a marathon round with Christmas books. Not that I minded. I especially love this time of year for books. All my…

Laugh Out Loud Funny

December 22nd, 2007

Every now and then I need a book to make me laugh out loud. You know, the kind that you tell your friends, who’ve also read it, the …

WW Ladies and Friends Check In

December 22nd, 2007

My ladies have been very busy reading this week and I am extremely grateful to them considering all the distractions during this holiday sea…

Why Don’t Pregnant Women Topple?

December 22nd, 2007

There is a lot of weirdness out there, but who thinks up these studies? Money is actually given to organizations who find answers to some o…

Survive This…

December 22nd, 2007

What a Sunday! Shoveled out 9 inches of snow (it’s so pretty, but what a pain in the butt) and watched the Green Bay Packers plow thro…

Friday Reading Madness

December 22nd, 2007

Another busy week here. Monday was news and kudos, Tuesday was giving books for Christmas, Wednesday had the WW ladie’s friends with book b…

"Sex Myths?" he asked. "Yes, please," she answered.

December 22nd, 2007

Sex. Maybe you like to write about, like to read about, like to do it (no, not cyber-sex…the real stuff). But how much do you…

The Friends are in the House

December 22nd, 2007

Well, the WW ladies have the day off, but the Friends are in the house. Today we have Gail with her very first blurb…well done Gail. And …

Gifts from the Heart

December 22nd, 2007

Tis the season for giving. I love to give books and I love to get books.

I remember my first Christmas away from home.&nbs…

This, that and the other thing 6

December 22nd, 2007

So, here’s the news from my inbox this week…

Did you know that Harlequin sends out newsletters to it’s authors about every six months? I…

Your Turn December Edition

December 22nd, 2007

Well, it’s been a rough week, but with the weekend looming I only see blue skies and sunshine (in my mind…out my window I see snow, ice, wind a…

A Little Cellulite??

December 22nd, 2007

These days I often find myself saying “What the heck is wrong with people??” This whole Jennifer Love Hewitt fiasco has me in a t…

The Wednesday Ladies Book Club

December 22nd, 2007

Thanks for all your well wishes yesterday. I’m feeling much better, although I still resemble Rudolph.

Hooray!! Loretta is back fr…