Harlequin is going to allow us to purchase the vintage cover paper goods. Woot. I am ordering some of those matchbook notepads and some of those little paper booklets and postcards and WHERE IS MY COFFEE MUG??? Seriously, Harlequin heard our voices, you guys! It’s Western Week in blogland. Kristie ... more >
One of the barriers of entry for ebook reading is the myriad of formats but the headache might be easing for readers. Sony has announced it will drop its own proprietary ebook format, BBeB (also known as LRF), and sell ONLY epub format. I think it makes sense for the ... more >
In the ereading category: Sony officially announced its two new ebook readers to be available at the end of the month. The more affordable device has a 5″ screen, no external memory card, 512 internal MB on board (that will allow you to load over 500 books depending on the ... more >
Kindle sales are now being counted toward bestseller numbers. I hope this goes a long way toward pushing publishers to get their act together and release ebooks in a timely fashion. Slow web loading speed can be a greater deterrent than anything and can overcome great features or content. This ... more >
Sony Reader in Red There are those people who own and covet many different types of devices simply for the love of the technology. I am not one of those people. Not that I dislike technology; I am, in fact, easily seduced by the lure of a cool new gadget. ... more >
Ars Technica has a fabulous (but lengthy) post about ebooks and the evolving publisher response (mostly not helpful). Ars is waiting for Apple to take up the mantle of ebooks like it did with music. I think it won’t. Apple’s focused on gaming and why not? Video game sales were ... more >