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Kobo holding 50% off ebook sale today
Update – 3pm ET: Kobo’s description of the sale has changed since this morning when it first went live. Now the retailer explicitly states that you can use the coupon code for one title only, not for multiple titles. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged adobe drm, books, coupon codes, coupons, discounts, ebooks, epub, kobo, on sale, sales
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After 23 books, Kindle goes green
Want to know how to make your Kindle environmentally friendly? Read at least 23 books on it, says consulting firm Cleantech. At that point, you’ll have caught up with the carbon emissions from print books, and each ebook you read … Continue reading
Posted in ebooks, Kindle 1, Kindle 2, Kindle DX, news
Tagged books, energy use, environment, green, ipad, kindle, studies
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New source of reviews for Smashwords books
Smashwords is a terrific resource for low cost ebooks to read on your Kindle. Unfortunately, since anyone can publish there, it’s no better than Amazon at protecting you from badly written nonsense, and digging through its collection for the good … Continue reading
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Tagged books, indie, publishers, reviewers, reviews, smashwords, suggestions
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Author Nick Spalding launches indie book recommendation blog
Nick Spalding, author of the experimental written-all-in-one-sitting novel Life…With No Breaks (readers on Amazon seem to either love it or hate it), announced yesterday that he’s launched a new indie author blog called Spalding’s Racket: I’ve created [it] to promote … Continue reading
ReBindIt turns discarded hardcovers into unique Kindle cases
If you’ve ever wanted to somehow merge your Kindle with the familiar world of traditional books, or you just want to house it in something really unique, you should know about ReBindIt, a small online business that launched in April … Continue reading
Posted in accessories, Kindle 2, online
Tagged books, cases, DIY, do it yourself, found objects, gifts, hand crafted, homemade, rebindit, recycled, unique
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Calibre gets a major update, becomes even more invaluable for managing your ebook library
If you’re not using Calibre on your computer to manage your ever-growing library of ebooks, why not? It’s free, it runs on OS X, Windows, and Linux systems, and it will let you manage your entire library easily. It’s also … Continue reading
Convert your old LIT ebooks so you can read them on your Kindle
Yesterday’s “Help File” column at the Washington Post illustrates a common problem when it comes to digital content: how do you deal with old formats that aren’t properly supported anymore? For instance, Microsoft’s LIT ebook format was a popular choice … Continue reading
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Tagged abc, advice, Amazon, applications, books, conversions, converting, drm, ebooks, formats, how to, kindle, lit, lock-in, microsoft, mobi, proprietary, services, solutions, tips
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"Popular Highlights" lets you see what passages Kindle readers highlight the most
Does this phrase resonate with you? …three things–autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward–are, most people agree, the three qualities that work has to have if it is to be satisfying. If so, you’re not alone. Over 1,600 … Continue reading
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Tagged aggregates, Amazon, books, groups, highlighting, highlights, kindle, new, passages, popular, privacy, services, social, special features
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