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Thursday Midday Links: Thank God It’s October

September seemed to drag on forever. Finally October is here and with it, hopefully, a wonderful set of days. Don’t harsh on my new month buzz. I have a copyright rant below. Authors might want to look away lest it ruin your new month buzz. Blogger Arachne Jericho points out that the main cost of(…)

Author Talk Returns with Author Melissa Francis

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Weekly Tech Links: Education Edition

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that while e textbooks are welcome by colleges and universities the hardware devices are not meeting the students’ needs for tables, illustrations, ease of use.    The Kindle Dx, an education aimed device, is selling out.   According to Teleread.org, there is now a delay in shipping of the Kindle.(…)

Video blogs

[poll id="166"] I’m curious to know what readers think of video blogs. Personally I think that a blog needs to have written content and that video can be complimentary to the written content.   What do you think? Would you watch/subscribe to a video only blog? Send to Kindle

Film Review Friday: Firelight

Film review: Firelight (1997) Grade: A- Genre: romantic period drama (UK/USA)    Dear William Nicholson, I was challenged to find and review a period romantic film that isn’t an adaptation. I was all for it until I discovered finding the task wasn’t as easy as I thought. All I could find were the adaptations of(…)

Friday Film Review: Near Dark (1987)

Grade: B Genre: Vampire (US)    Dear Kathryn Bigelow, Not long ago, friends and I had a discussion about romantic vampire films including two current DVD releases, Twilight and Let the Right One In. I passed around my list of the most enjoyable romantic vampire films: Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), Let the Right One In(…)

Video Book Poll

[poll id="149"] HarperCollins debuted its first video book. For $10.00 you can watch a 23 min video of the author of What Would Google Do? Author gets a 25% royalty for these babies. I’m only paying if the authors do dramatic reenactments ala Gena Showalter’s interpretive dance of Kresley Cole books. Send to Kindle

Author Talk Friday: HelenKay Dimon

There’s another AuthorTalk video up. HelenKay Dimon is the victim subject of the newest one. Send to Kindle

REVIEW:  Karma Girl by Jennifer Estep

REVIEW: Karma Girl by Jennifer Estep

Dear Ms Estep, I was never a comic book fan and it’s been a long time since I read one but I recognized a few givens of the standard American superhero comic book. We’ve got your big city, alter egos, intrepid newspaper reporter, heroes, villains and brightly colored spandex for everybody. Carmen Cole steps into(…)

Non Sequitur: When You Sign Up with AOL, You Are Theirs Forever

I’ve heard horror stories, but I didn’t realize that signing up with AOL was a life sentence. Send to Kindle

Non Sequitur of the Week: Black Christmas

In the spirit of the holidays, I bring this video clip. As background, Ned’s dad took the whole family to see this movie when it first came out. Ned was just a pup then. Dad-Ned thought that it was a holiday movie filled with good cheer. It was a bad mistake. Send to Kindle