More on the Asus
I haven’t used my eBookWise in a while. I’ve been reading *gasp* paper and on my Asus EeePC in my recliner. So last night I went back to my eBookWise. It’s cold here (well, for early October, it is)....
View ArticleAsus re-redux
I haven’t read any more on the Asus since my last post about it. However, it recently paid for itself when I had a computer emergency. For three days that little thing was an absolute workhorse. It was...
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An ebook is not a book.
Can we find a word other than “book” as a descriptive for the digital version of glue-and-paper? The word “book” is way too loaded for those who profess a love of “that new book smell” and their...
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eBookWise
Want an ebook reader but can’t stomach the prices either for the devices, the data plans, or the ebooks? Get an eBookWise. See, we all know the biggest objection to all the other devices on the market:...
View ArticleI got your suggestions right here.
The Pareto Principle. Also known as the 80/20 rule, wherein 80% of sales are generated by 20% of the customers. When applied to the way publishing gambles on blockbusters to subsidize its titles that...
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iPad
But does it have wings? Not only is it not a unicorn, it’s not even a Pegasus. . . . . . . . . . . . .
View ArticleSelling shovels
You will notice I haven’t been posting much at all, much less my thoughts on ebooks and publishing. Wanna know why? I’m too busy with my burgeoning business to put any thought into a) what’s wrong with...
View ArticleI was wrong.
I got a Kindle. I know. Go ahead and laugh or faint or whatever. I’ll wait until you’ve got yourself back together again. Long story told in bullet-point lists: Saw a Sony at Target. The screen looked...
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I like real books
I like them on my wall I like them in my hand (I like them in the bathroom) I like them on my H: drive I like them in the car I like them in a queue I like them on my laptop I like them on a shelf I...
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I’ve been published!!!
Like, by somebody else. (Inorite?) So Freya’s Bower (one of the veteran epublishers in the landscape) has this annual anthology called Dreams and Desires, where the proceeds from it go to a charity....
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