Author: Lark_Bookwyrm

This Week’s Articles — 9/02 to 9/15/12

I apologize for missing last week’s article roundup.  It’s been another very busy two weeks, complicated by problems with my computer which kept me off it for days.  So here are some of the last two weeks’ articles of interest:E0book Pricing Settlements: The biggest book-related news of this two weeks… Read more »

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Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo e-reader lines

Kobo has joined the big players in more ways than one.  In addition to being (apparently) the third main competitor to Amazon in ebook sales (behind Barnes & Noble and Apple), Kobo will now offer a whole family of e-reader devices, according to a September 6 announcement.Kobo already had an… Read more »

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Ebook Piracy and Copyright Revisited

On the ebook piracy front: Earlier this summer, NYT commentator David Pogue tried to buy The Bourne Identity in ebook form so his son could read it at summer camp.  But Ludlum’s books aren’t commercially available as ebooks, due to a dispute over royalty rates between Ludlum’s estate and his… Read more »

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Canadian Rockies travel guides

Canadian Rockies travel guides

As I mentioned back in this post in July, we spent several weeks this summer in Banff and Jasper National Parks in the Canadian Rockies.   It was an amazing, wonderful trip, thanks in part to the several travel and trail guides we used both to plan the trip and… Read more »

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Concerning Hobbit Movies

Concerning Hobbit Movies

If you’ve been following the official Hobbit blog, you already know that the producers have decided to make the movie in three parts, rather than two. Peter Jackson announced the change in plan on July 30.  After the initial shrieks of protest from several members of our household (mainly my… Read more »

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Random jottings

Random jottings

Photo by Gregory H. Revera, from Wikimedia.  Used under CC license. If there’s anything you’ve been putting off, or something you only do once in a blue moon, today is your chance.  Tonight is the second full moon within this calendar month, making it a blue moon by the modern… Read more »

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Dream Lake, by Lisa Kleypas

Dream Lake, by Lisa Kleypas

Dream Lake by Lisa Kleypas Series: Friday Harbor #3 Published by St. Martin’s Press Genres: Contemporary Romance Format: Paperback Source: the library Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor, Rainshadow Road, Crystal Cove Also by this author: Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor, Rainshadow Road, Crystal… August 29, 2012 Book Reviews 0 ★★★½

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