While a great deal of effort has been put into supporting a supposed opposition between eReaders like the Kindle and traditional paper publications, there are some places where paper just wasn’t really cutting it even before the eReader came along. Specifically, I’m thinking about newspapers. It’s practically become a cliche to point out that most [...]
Archive for July, 2011
The Sunday Salon: Week In Review #31
Posted by on July 31st, 2011
What I reviewed at Becky’s Book Reviews: My Theodosia. Anya Seton. 1941/2007. Chicago Review Press. 432 pages.Dragonwyck. Anya Seton. 1944/2005. Chicago Review Press. 352 pages.Are You Going To Kiss Me Now? Sloane Tanen. 2011. Sourcebooks. 368 pages.Alice in Time. Penelope Bush. 2011. Holiday House. 208 pages. What I reviewed at Operation Actually Read Bible: Safely [...]
Considering An Extreme Possibility Of Kindle Book Lending
Posted by on July 30th, 2011
At this point we know that the Kindle as a physical purchase is not where Amazon is looking to make their money. If anything, the fact that they have gone to ad support indicates that there has been a need to get inventive to further reduce prices while not actually losing money on every sale. [...]
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No Comments »Alice in Time (MG)
Posted by on July 30th, 2011
Alice in Time. Penelope Bush. 2011. Holiday House. 208 pages. “I’m not wearing it.”“Yes you are.”“No, I’m not.” Repeat those last two sentences about fifty times and you’ll get some idea of what I’m up against. I’m trying to get my little brother into his page-boy outfit so that we won’t be late for Dad’s wedding, [...]
Notable Kindle Special Offers
Posted by on July 29th, 2011
There are a few Kindle Special Offers out there that I thought were a really good deal, especially for Kindle book and accessory purchases. Writing this makes me really wish I was a Kindle Special Offers owner! Definitely on my list for the holiday season because I’m up for an upgrade. Buy $ 20 worth [...]
Are You Going To Kiss Me Now? (YA)
Posted by on July 29th, 2011
Are You Going To Kiss Me Now? Sloane Tanen. 2011. Sourcebooks. 368 pages. I should start at the beginning, four months ago, on the night of the senior prom. I wasn’t a senior, or a prom person, so the fact that I hadn’t been invited wasn’t bothering me…much. I mean, I didn’t want to go, [...]
Yes, Harry Potter Is Coming To The Kindle
Posted by on July 28th, 2011
In recent blogs and reports, a rumor has sprung up that the Harry Potter series being sold through the author’s soon to be opened ‘Pottermore” site will not include direct Kindle compatibility. As should probably be fairly obvious, this is quite definitely not true. The popularity of the rumor was such that Amazon even came [...]
Dragonwyck
Posted by on July 28th, 2011
Dragonwyck. Anya Seton. 1944/2005. Chicago Review Press. 352 pages. It was on an afternoon in May of 1844 that the letter came from Dragonwyck. Miranda Wells is the foolish heroine of Anya Seton’s Dragonwyck. This farm girl has much to learn, and her trusting nature combined with her restlessness is just asking for trouble. The [...]
Amazon Kindle Textbook Rental Program
Posted by on July 27th, 2011
In college, I was always grateful to be an English major because my books were pretty small and relatively inexpensive, but I had plenty of friends who lugged around huge, expensive science or math textbooks around everywhere. Come to think of it, the Kindle edition of many of the classics I read in my English [...]
What’s On My Nightstand (July)
Posted by on July 27th, 2011
The list is long this time! Mixed Signals by Liz Curtis Higgs. I am liking this one. I don’t always love contemporary romance novels, I tend to prefer historical romance. But I’m glad I made an exception for Liz Curtis Higgs. This one is set in a small Southern town, and the heroine is a [...]
