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Article: Amazon


The link below is to an article that reports on the way Amazon does business around the Kindle. An interesting article.

For more visit:
http://finance.ninemsn.com.au/newsbusiness/motley/8503606/how-amazon-squeezes-writers-to-make-you-richer

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Article: On Online Publishing


The link below is to an article that looks at online publishing.

For more visit:
http://www.h-ngm-n.com/th_-gallo_s/2012/7/13/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-online-publishing.html

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Announcement: New Blog – The Book Stand


I have started a new Blog to complement this one. It is called ‘The Book Stand.’ The Book Stand is a place to find free Kindle and/or pdf format ebooks, as well as good ebook offers every now and then. It is a Tumblr Blog.

For more visit:
http://bookstand.tumblr.com/

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Article: Ebook Purchasing


The link below is to an article that looks at ebook buying and our to read lists.

For more visit:
http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/e-content/real-truth-about-ebook-purchasing

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Article: Comparing Ebook Platforms


The link below is to a series on comparing ebook platforms. 

For more visit:
http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2012/how-to-compare-e-book-platforms-ilibrarian-series/

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Article: eBook Hoarding


I’ve always had a thing for books. Well, certainly since I was able to afford buying them when I began my working life anyway. I devour books – have done for years. Many years in fact. Traditional books are everywhere in my house and have been in every house wherever I lived, whether a small place or large. Even when living in a caravan park for a while, with the vast majority of my books in storage I kept at it – buying and hoarding books. Not rubbish books – I don’t collect garbage! Which makes me a little different from the author of the article linked to below.

With the advent of ebooks, my hoarding ways have continued. Sure, I have stopped hoarding traditional books (more of them anyway – at any great speed – just the odd one here and there). I now hoard ebooks and I have a virtual truckload of them – possibly two. However, I still refuse to collect rubbish.

For more on hoarding ebooks visit:
http://www.northcentralpa.com/feeditem/2012-07-14_ebook-hoarding

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Article: Books for Reluctant Readers


The link below is to an article that looks into what books would encourage reluctant readers to actually read.

For more visit:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/2012/jul/05/recommend-books-boys-reading.

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Website: Underground New York Public Library


The link below is to a website called the ‘Underground New York Public library.’ The site is a photographic record of people reading books on the New York City Subway. In essence it is a photography Blog of people reading.

For more visit:
http://undergroundnewyorkpubliclibrary.com/

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Article: Oz Pod eBooks


The link below is to an article about a service that gets your book printed or distributed as a Kindle ebook in Australia.

For more visit:
http://www.techlife.net/lifestyle/how-tos/2012/7/going-into-print-with-oz-pod-ebooks/

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Article: Taking a Book’s Temperature


The link below is to an article that reports on ‘taking a book’s temperature.’ In other words, is it cold, hot or warm?

For more visit:
http://bookriot.com/2012/07/13/hot-reads-cold-reads-taking-a-books-temperature/