The link below is to an article reporting on book covers for Kindle that look like old books.
For more visit:
http://www.techlife.net/lifestyle/how-tos/2012/6/spice-up-your-kindle-with-a-vintage-cover/
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Reading: The Bourne Identity
Today had been quite unpleasant outside. It has been pouring with rain at times, then not. When it hasn’t been it has been blowing a gale and it is also quite cold. It’s bucketing down yet again. So very little has been able to be accomplished outside today. No great outdoors for me on this wet and miserable day.
I have been spending a bit of time, as a consequence of the weather, reading ‘The Bourne Identity,’ by Robert Ludlum. I haven’t read the Bourne series of books before, but have seen the movies many times. I’m a big fan of the Jason Bourne movies. However, having seen the movies it has been difficult to some degree reading the book. The book is very different to the movie, more so than what ‘The Hunt for Red October’ was to the film version. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still enjoying the…
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Article: Swapping Bibles for Kindles
The link below is to an article reporting on an experiment in the UK, where Bibles in hotel rooms are being swapped for Kindles.
For more visit:
http://mashable.com/2012/07/02/bibles-kindles/
Article: Authors Who Hated the Movie Versions of Their Books
The link below is to an article that reports on authors who hated the movie versions of their books.
For more visit:
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/131167
Article: Bookcase from Cable Spool
The link below is to an article about making a bookcase from an old cable spool. I actually don’t mind this idea at all – it could be a good bookcase and/or coffee table.
For more visit:
http://pinkxstitches.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/spool-bookcase-tutorial.html
Article: Goodreads Bullies
The link below is to a good article on Goodreads and the bullies that operate there in the ‘book reviewing police department.’ This isn’t a ‘department’ endorsed by Goodreads, but simply a group of author vigilantes who seek to take their revenge on negative book reviewers.
For more visit:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ray-garton/stop-the-gr-bullies-_b_1696640.html
Goodreads: The Book Reading Social Network
Article: WWII – The Story of Billy Young
The link below is to an article that tells the story of World War II survivor Billy Young. Young was a 16-year-old who survived the Japanese torture of imprisonment during World War II. This piece is an edited selection from the book ‘The Story of Billy Young,’ by Anthony Hill.
For more visit:
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/brutality-and-survival-the-horrific-tale-of-the-kid-who-refused-to-die-20120728-232ps.html
Article: Shoplifting Book on Ethics
The link below is to an article reporting on a man suspected of shoplifting a book on ethics – maybe he should be allowed to keep the book?
For more visit:
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20120726/NEWS01/307260033/Prospect-man-accused-shoplifting-book-ethics-
Article: Don’t Mention Amazon
The link below is to an article that tells the story of one writer’s frustration with iBooks and the Apple iBookstore. This is one of the issues I have with Apple – the way they seek to monopolise a market and place unreasonable demands on their customers.
For more visit:
http://hollylisle.com/apple-made-its-decision-my-turn/
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