Science Fiction Blog io9 have a gigantic image showing everything that’s involved in producing a physical book and getting it to customers. It covers only the physical book production and distribution and nothing else. Thanks to Damaso, the crazy good photographer, for the link. Please take a look at that image. Who in their right mind [...]
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Dave Winer has a great post talking about why netbooks are still worth it. It’s interesting that in the course of a 1-page post he hits on a lot of the most comfortable things about netbooks and computers including – Password Managers. The physical keyboard. Being able to correct Spelling mistakes a single alphabet at a time. [...]
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In all the discussion of what casual readers would like, what people considering an eReader would like, and what people who love physical books want we tend to forget a very important group – People who already own an eReader. Shouldn’t the best customers be given the highest priority? Recurring Themes in eReader Owners’ Feedback and [...]
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Let’s start with some Kindle Deals on books - R. G. Alexander has the first book in the Children of the Goddess Series free and Book 2 – Lux in Shadow is just $3.60 (Books 3 and 4 are also just $3.60). The second book is well rated at 4.5 stars on 5 reviews. Reluctant Swordsman by Dave Duncan is [...]
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