Sun October 13 2013
Halloween Avatars |
05:06 PM by pdurrant in Miscellaneous | Lounge It's October, and the 13th seems an appropriate day to start sorting out Halloween avatar costumes. I've just taken mine out of the cupboard and brushed it down — as good as new. So: search your wardrobes for an appropriate costume, and post your avatar in this thread. (Please add your costumed avatar as an attachment to your post, so that it will remain visible even after you take it off after Halloween!) |
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WHSMith's temporarily shuts down ebook site |
12:05 PM by Crusader in E-Book General | News The article [Mail Online] is extremely sensationalist, but I think it does highlight a legitimate problem with self-pubbed porn titles flooding online stores. I've been frustrated countless times by having to wade through some very dubious titles in the SFF category.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz2hcKsMWp3 |
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Sat October 12 2013
Better LCDs for outdoors reading |
02:50 PM by afv011 in E-Book General | News
I don't read often on my phone, but any improvements to make the screen more readable in daylight are certainly welcome. |
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MobileRead Week in Review: 10/05 - 10/12 |
06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review If you've been too busy to check out MobileRead this week, check out our usual roundup: E-Book General - News
E-Book General - Deals, Freebies, and Resources (No Self-Promotion) |
Thu October 10 2013
And the Nobel prize for literature 2013... |
08:57 AM by owly in E-Book General | News ..goes to Alice Munro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Munro Press release in English http://nobel.svenskaakademien.se/press_en.html |
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Wed October 09 2013
ImcoV6L eReader – HD E-ink, Android, & Frontlight f |
06:03 AM by jlynton in E-Book General | News This one looks interesting, especially at €99: http://www.the-digital-reader.com/20.../#.UlQs3bNoZB0 6"-EBook-Reader |
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Tue October 08 2013
USA TODAY article: 40% of adults own an e-reader or tablet |
07:17 AM by DreamWriter in E-Book General | News An article in USA Today titled "E-books are changing reading habits" discusses results of a poll regarding e-reader/tablet ownership and reading habits:
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Sun October 06 2013
New Zealand: Book sales down 15% but ebook sales "explode" |
12:35 PM by GeoffR in E-Book General | News New Zealand Herald, 6th October 2013 According to industry experts: * Book sales have dropped 15% in the last 6-9 months * International publishers including Hachette are pulling out of the New Zealand market * New Zealand ebook market has gone from nothing to US proportions in 12 months |
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