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…
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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 …
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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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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…
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December 22nd, 2007
With Rupert Murdoch open to a mainly ad-supported Wall Street Journal, might some HarperCollins’ books eventually carry advertising?
The …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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