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Borders no more
I was saddened to see Borders in Birmingham this weekend selling off everything including store fittings. Borders has been my favorite book store for a while, especially their out-of-town stores on retail parks. I preferred the style of their stores to those of Waterstones. It also removes one of the more interesting options for ebook …
Incest Revelations Will Be Nothing in the Future of Celebrity Biographies [P…
will so called celebrities go to any lengths to promote their wares? Incest Revelations Will Be Nothing in the Future of Celebrity Biographies [Predictions] via Gawker by Brian Moylan on 9/23/09 Mackenzie Phillips is setting the media ablaze with her revelation that she had sex with her father. Having come this far, just what will …
ebooks now geographically restricted
I have been reading ebooks for years. As I have posted previoiusly, my main source has been from ereader.com (now owned by fictionwise.com itself owned by Barnes & Noble). There is an ereader format reader available for most capable mobile phones, PDAs and PCs. For years I used various models of the IPAQ PDA but …
Audio books
These used to be the preserve of the blind or poorly sighted and often recorded especially for them by organisations such as the RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People). I have had man friends over the years deeply grateful for the output of such organisations which included newspapers, books, audio-description of films, and so …
electronic books
For a long time I have used ereader.com as the primary source of electronic books to work on my IPAQ. There is always the concern that a platform you have invested in will collapse. Fortunately, ereader has recently been purchased by fictionwise.com which has promised to build on the past success of ereader and its software.
reCAPTCHA test to benefit society
I have just added a reCAPTCHA test to the site for comment submissions which makes it more difficult for spammers and the like using scripts to spam sites like this as it asks for some human interaction to confirm a visual or audile prompt. The reCAPTCHA system gains benefits for society by using the interaction …