The link below is to a book review of ‘Coolie Woman – The Odyssey of Indenture,’ by Gaiutra Bahadur.
For more visit:
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/womens-blog/2013/nov/19/journey-coolie-women-history-british-empire-indentured-labourers
Daily Archives: 20 November 2013
Not My Review: 10 Billion by Stephen Emmott
The link below is to a book review of ’10 Billion,’ by Stephen Emmott.
For more visit:
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2013/11/19/book-review-10-billion/
Infographic: Why Reading Matters
The link below is to an article and infographic that looks at why reading matters.
For more visit:
http://ebookfriendly.com/reading-matters-infographic/
The Lost Art of Library Postcards
6 Early Book Machines Before the Kindle
The link below is to an article that takes a look at 6 book ‘machines’ that existed prior to the Kindle.
For more visit:
http://ebookfriendly.com/book-machines-before-kindle/
100 Top Books – From 1898
The link below is to an interesting article reporting on the top 100 books from 1898.
For more visit:
http://timescolumns.typepad.com/stothard/2013/10/not-the-hundred-best-novels.html
Amazon Launches Kindle Store in Australia
The link below is to another article reporting on the opening of a Kindle Store in Australia.
For more visit:
http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/11/kindle-australia/
Introducing Flickr Photo Books
What’s new in feedly 17.5?
Amazon’s Fire OS 3.1 hits Kindle tablets: Goodreads and Second Screen included
When Amazon(s amzn) launched its latest Kindle Fire tablets with Fire OS software in September, the company promised an update by mid-November that will bring new features to the devices. It’s mid-November and the software is here. On Monday, Amazon announced version 3.1 of the Fire OS for all current generation Kindle tablets. The updated software will wirelessly roll out in the coming weeks but device owners can apply the update manually by downloading it from Amazon’s support site today.
Since all of the features in Fire OS 3.1 were already announced, there aren’t any surprises. Still, the software will help make the overall Kindle Fire tablet experience a better one.
For example, there’s deep in-content integration with Goodreads, making it easy to capture and share quotes with others on the social reading service. You can also see what Goodreads friends are reading or share a book…
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At the BookShelf 