Last fall, I talked about the cost-per-entertainment-hour for books, and how most of us probably use some strategies for keeping our overall book spending within limits, whether we do it consciously or not. Today, I’m going to talk about some of the strategies you can use to stay within… Read more »
When I first started the whole ebook thing, I went a little crazy with the self-published freebies, including a lot I’m probably never going to read (and really ought to purge!) I also discovered at least one author I really like, as well as several more that I will never… Read more »
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News Harlequin Launches Audio Imprint (Publishers Weekly) Margaret Atwood adds manuscript to “Future Library” project (GalleyCat) George R. R. Martin responds to fans angry about… Read more »
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News The 2015 Puliter Prize list is out. All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr) won the fiction prize. The 2015 PEN Literary Awards… Read more »
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News Cervantes’ remains discovered in the crypt of a Madrid convent, 4 centuries after his death. (The Guardian) Rakuten to buy Overdrive for $410 million… Read more »
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Today’s News & Notes is very short because of my current workload – sorry! Book News J. K. Rowling released a “new Harry Potter story”… Read more »
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. Books & Ebooks in the News: Goodreads has added previews to some of its titles using Amazon’s Kindle Cloud Reader…. Read more »
I’ve long contended that if I’ve already bought a book in print, I shouldn’t have to pay the full price for the ebook. It seems that finally, a few programs are trying out that idea. First there’s Amazon, whose Kindle MatchBook program lets you buy ebooks at reduced prices if… Read more »
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. Books & Ebooks in the News: The ALA announced the winners of the Newberry, Caldecott, Printz, and a plethora of… Read more »
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. Books & Ebooks in the News: Amazon wants to ship stuff to you BEFORE you buy it. Yes, really. They’ve… Read more »
