Category Archives: illustrations
Paper sculptures in Pottermore video are beautiful, make book hard to read
Don’t loan J.K. Rowling any first editions! The author of Harry Potter doesn’t just love ebooks now, she hates printed books. Why, look at the lengths she’ll go to deface one in her new video announcing her HP ebook venture: … Continue reading
Posted in authors, funny, ideas, illustrations, online
Tagged animations, books as art, harry potter, paper, pottermore, print, sculptures, spiders, stop motion
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Here are some Kindle screens in the C.S. Lewis vein
Over the weekend, a reader named Greg posted a link on the Free Screens page to his own public collection of Kindle screens. He’s got over thirty images freely available to download. Although the collection includes portraits and illustrations, its … Continue reading
Posted in DIY, free, illustrations, Kindle, online, screensavers
Tagged apologists, calvin, calvinism, kindle, lewis, lion, pilgrim's progress, screensavers, theology
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Songs as books? An illustrated version of Lady Gaga’s “Telephone”
Yesterday I wrote up a whole bunch of notes for what will most likely be another long post about some hypothetical near-future publishing idea. That’s not important (yet). What’s important is that in those notes I used Lady Gaga as … Continue reading
Posted in ideas, illustrations, offbeat, online, publishing
Tagged ebooks, experiments, gaga, illustrated, illustrations, novelty, pop music, retro, songs, telephone, vintage
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Free screens: subway maps of major cities
Fellow Kindle owner Parker Higgins just sent me a note about some Kindle transit map screensavers he created, and after I slapped myself in the head for not coming up with the idea first, I quickly downloaded them for my … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, free, kindle, maps, screens, screensavers, subways, transit maps
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Classic Scrooge illustrations for your Kindle
Is there any Christmas tale more famous, or more horrifying, than Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”? Poor Ebenezer! In the course of one long night, a productive and upstanding member of society is driven mad by the relentless torments of the … Continue reading
Posted in free, holidays, illustrations, screensavers
Tagged christmas, free, holiday, kindle, screens, screensavers, scrooge
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Halloween screensavers for your Kindle
Raargh! Blaaarrrh! Slurp! And then whatever sound a pumpkin monster makes–something squishy, I imagine. Here are several spoooky screensaver images for your enjoyment. In general, I tried to use darker shades to better suit the theme, but that means they … Continue reading
Posted in creepy, free, illustrations, screensavers, text
Tagged Amazon, black cat, frankenstein, free, hacks, halloween, haunted house, jack-o-lantern, kindle, monsters, pumpkin, scary, screen savers, screens, screensavers, spooky, vampire, werewolf
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Amazon caves to Authors Guild, allows publishers to disable "Read It Now"
Amazon gives in to the Authors Guild, and will let publishers and authors disable the read-it-now function on books. Continue reading
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Tagged audiobooks, authors guild, copyright, ebooks, Kindle 2, publishers, read it now, rights, text to speech, tts
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Brainstorming the future of ebooks
What will the future of digital publishing look like? Here are some ideas on how publishing may evolve in the coming years, as ebooks continue to grow in popularity. Continue reading →