Here are some interesting Kindle related snippets – Two books that were $1 are now free – Amberville (with free bonus material) by Tim Davys, and Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison. In an article in Esquire Charles Schwab has high praise for Amazon – I don’t know whether you like Amazon or not, but they’ve [...]
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The Daily Princetonian covers the just released data from Princeton’s Kindle DX study. Kindle DX Study – The Good Let’s start with a few of the good things – … reduced the amount of paper students printed for their respective classes by nearly 50 percent … Wilson School professor Daniel Kurtzer, who taught WWS 555A, said [...]
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First, two books that ought to be free soon (Standard Disclaimer – it’s not guaranteed, just very likely) – The Almost True Story of Ryan Fisher: A Novel by Rob Stennett. My Name is Russell Fink by Michael Snyder. These should be free sometime soon. Next, some Kindle book deals – Amberville (with free bonus [...]
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Now that we have several eReaders offering almost instantaneous wireless downloads of eBooks it’s worth looking at the feature and what it’s worth. To do this let’s see how the book buying process has evolved. Buying Physical Books from a Store The Amount of Effort is quite high - Get ready. Drive to the store. Walk around [...]
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There’s a compelling post in the New York Times Op-Ed section by the lead singer and guitarist of the band OK Go (they had the YouTube treadmill song – Here It Goes Again). Perhaps the gem of the post are these two sections – But before we cheer for the demise of the big bad machine, it’s [...]
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