The link below is to an article that reports on some news concerning the series ‘A Song of Ice & Fire’ by George R. R. Martin – though it tends to be more speculation than news.
For more visit:
http://www.hypable.com/2014/06/02/anne-groell-george-r-r-martin-the-winds-of-winter-2/
The link below is to an article that reports on a new Harry Potter spinoff series based on J. K. Rowling’s ‘Fantastic Beasts.’
For more visit:
http://mashable.com/2014/03/31/harry-potter-spin-off-trilogy-three-films/
By now most people familiar with books and authors will know that Tom Clancy has died. Tom Clancy wrote the Jack Ryan series of novels, including ‘The Hunt for Red October,’ ‘Patriot Games’ and ‘Clear and Present Danger.’ He was perhaps the author I favoured most and he will be sadly missed.
The links below are to articles that report on the life and death of Tom Clancy.
For more visit:
– http://www.npr.org/2013/10/02/228485169/tom-clancy-dies-left-indelible- mark-on-thriller-genre
– http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/10/02/228457438/tom-clancy-master-of-military- techno-thrillers-dies
– http://www.npr.org/2013/10/03/228815430/remembering-tom-clancy-faulkner-in-a-flak-jacket
– http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/10/03/228758394/book-news-tom-clancy-remembered-as-the-father-of-a-genre
– http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/03/tom-clancy-top-five-novels
– http://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2013/oct/03/tom-clancy-video-games
– http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/03/tom-clancy-novelist-business-franchise
– http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/02/tom-clancy-dies-aged-66
Amazon (s AMZN) on Thursday launched “The Kindle Singles Interview,” a series of “major long-form interviews with iconic figures and world leaders.”
First up is an interview with Israeli president Shimon Peres by journalist David Samuels, a contributing editor at Harper’s Magazine. The interview, which retails for $0.99, was produced in association with Tablet Magazine, an online daily that focuses on Jewish news and culture. An interview with the president of Israel does not seem like a particularly splashy way to launch the series, but this program could be a way for Amazon to team up with various media outlets and get more content from them in the future.
Kindle Singles, which Amazon launched in 2011, focuses on “compelling ideas expressed at their natural length” and sells works that are generally longer than a magazine article but shorter than a book, most priced between $0.99 and $2.99. There are now 400…
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The link below is to an article taking a look at book trilogies and series.
For more visit:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/childrens-books-site/2013/jul/01/book-doctor-trilogies-whats-the-point
The link below is to the second part of a series on the future of digital publishing.
For more visit:
http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/feature-will-the-future-of-digital-publishing-be-html5-epub3-or-apps/
The link below is to an article that continues the series on using Calibre, the ebook management software.
For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/using-calibre-for-e-book-management-chapter-5-more-metadata/
The link below is to the second in a series of articles looking at sources of DRM free ebooks.
For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/drm/my-5-favorite-sources-for-drm-free-e-books-part-2-of-2/
Ebooks have begun to move into a new world of enhanced brilliance. The link below is to an article that looks at a series of new ebooks that include video enhanced content. The future is here for ebooks.
For more visit:
http://socialtimes.com/jeff-corwin-video-enhanced-ebook_b112485
‘Collapse’ by Richard Stephenson is book one in the ‘New America’ series and I believe Stephenson’s first novel. The novel is set in the year 2027, with the USA falling apart. It is in the grip of the 2nd Great Depression and is at war with the Great Empire of Iran. The state of Florida has been devastated by a hurricane that has left over 1 million people dead and Texas is about to face the same fate. The government is about to fall. The people are descending into anarchy. What will become of the USA?
Though a first novel, the suspense and action of the novel is first rate. It is very easy to read and carries you along quite easily. However, there are serious issues with the grammar and spelling, as well as some fairly obvious errors in the actual text of the story. A good proof reader should have picked up on these mistakes and that would have resulted in a far more polished and professional product.
There is also a short sex scene tacked onto the end of the story which I thought was somewhat tacky and unnecessary. It did nothing for the story as a whole and was completely out of place in the overall development of the novel.
If you can see past these obvious flaws without too much prejudice, the novel is a very good read and I do look forward to picking up the story when the next book in the series is released in 2013.
Buy this book at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Collapse-Richard-Stephenson/dp/1477654631/
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