The link below is to an article that looks at writing in books.
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http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2014/jul/17/do-you-write-in-your-books
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Reasons to Love Your Ebook Reader
The link below is to an article that looks at reasons why it is OK to love your ebook reader.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kendra-alvey/7-reasons-its-okay-to-love-your-ereader_b_5592417.html
Pottermore liveblogs the Quidditch World Cup: Rita Skeeter’s snarkiest lines
Amazon makes a direct offer to Hachette authors: Here’s the full letter
As the negotiations with Hachette drag on, Amazon says it is “thinking of proposing” a path that would alleviate pressure on Hachette authors.
David Naggar, VP of Kindle content and independent publishing, sent a letter to a few Hachette authors, literary agents and Authors Guild president Roxana Robinson over the weekend suggesting that “for as long as this dispute lasts, Hachette authors would get 100% of the sales price of every Hachette ebook we sell. Both Amazon and Hachette would forego all revenue and profit from the sale of every ebook until an agreement is reached.” The idea, seemingly, is that that loss of ebook revenue would “motivate both Hachette and Amazon to work faster to resolve the situation.”
Hachette would need to agree to the proposal, of course, and the letter made it clear that as of its writing Amazon hadn’t actually suggested the idea to Hachette yet: Rather…
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Whispernet
The link below is to an article that looks at Amazon’s ‘Whispernet.’
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http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/how-amazon-whispernet-for-kindle-3g-really-works
Blloon: New Ebook Subscription Service?
The link below is to an article that takes a look at the new ebook service in development – Blloon.
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http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/07/08/blloon-wants-bring-netflix-style-ebook-service-ebook-readers/
J.K. Rowling’s Newest Story Caters to a Harry Potter Audience That’s All Grown Up
Some Rules for Book Reviewing
The link below is to an article concerning book reviews and ‘rules’ for them. You may or may not agree with them – what do you think?
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http://theconversation.com/here-they-are-the-rules-for-book-reviewing-28732
Harry Potter is Back
Harry Potter has made a comeback at Pottermore, with a new instalment involving the 2014 Quidditch World Cup. The link below is to an article on the new instalment.
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http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/08/harry-potter-gossip-column-34-jk-rowling-pottermore
Despite slowing growth, tablet sales expected to overtake PCs next year
If you consider the start of the current tablet market to be 2010 when the iPad(s aapl) launched, it will have only taken five years for tablets to outsell traditional PCs. That’s the expectation from research firm Gartner, which published its latest computer sales forecast figures on Monday.
We’ve already witnessed an overall decline in PC sales for the past 18 months but the growth rate for tablet sales is slowing as well. Put another way: Tablet sales are still on the rise, just not as quickly as they were in previous years. Gartner estimates 256 million tablets will be sold this year, which is 23.9 percent more than in 2013. By comparison, the firm says 120 million tablets were sold in 2012 and 206 million last year, which is a jump of nearly 72 percent.
Next year, Gartner figures, will see 320.9 million tablet sales compared to 316.6 million…
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