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 »
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 »
Tour & Interview: Return to Willow Lake, by Susan Wiggs
Return To Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs Series: Lakeshore Chronicles #9 Published by Harlequin MIRA Genres: Contemporary Romance Format: eARC Source: the publisher through NetGalley Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Starlight on Willow Lake Also by this author: The Apple Orchard, The Beekeeper’s Ball, Starlight on Willow Lake,… Read more »
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 »
This Week’s (and Last Week’s) Articles — 8/19 to 9/01/2012
Well, once again (for reasons having to do with a much-too-long to-do list), I’m collecting two weeks of articles in one week.This week, Kobo and the ABA announced a new partnership to give independent bookstores a shot at the ebook market. ABA members will be able to sell Kobo ereaders… Read more »
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 »
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 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 0 ★★★½
Review: The False Prince, by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Category: YA fantasy Series: Ascendance Trilogy # Book source: Public library THE FALSE PRINCE is the thrilling first book in a brand-new trilogy filled with danger and deceit and hidden identities that will have readers rushing breathlessly to the end.In a discontent kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the… Read more »
Review: Catching Fireflies, by Sherryl Woods
Catching Fireflies by Sherryl Woods Series: Sweet Magnolias #9 Published by Harlequin MIRA on July 31, 2012 Genres: Contemporary Romance Format: eARC Source: the publisher through NetGalley Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Midnight Promises, Where Azaleas Bloom, Swan Point Also by this author: Midnight Promises, Where Azaleas Bloom,… Read more »
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