Tag Archives: e-books

How to Find A Book On Line

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I don’t usually reprint PR releases. As a matter of fact I NEVER have. But this one is so right-down-our-alley, that I decided to share the entire thing  with you. The first paragraph refers to Amazon’s plans to make e-books available for no charge to Prime customers.  If you don’t know about Amazon Prime Membership maybe you should take a look.  Although I like to support Indie bookstores and specialty websites like Longitude Books or Interlink, I have  an Amazon Prime membership because it saves me money and gets me fast delivery on books that I need in a hurry for reviews at A Traveler’s Library. I’ve mentioned some of the tips below previously at A Traveler’s Library, but several are new. I hope you’ll find these helpful when you’re ready to buy travel literature for your own traveler’s library. Here’s the money-saving expert, Andrea Woroch. Continue reading How to Find A Book On Line →

Read it in New Ways

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Here we are in the brave post-modern, post-futurist world, and in this brave new world, we have options. Oh, boy, do we have options! No longer tied to the dog-eared paperback, or the family-favorite with scribblings in the margins from Great Aunts, we seek our literature with new forms of delivery.  This rant, of course, is pushed along by the announcement of the 2nd iteration of the Kindle–Amazon’s great gift to humankind.  Much has been said about the Kindle, which allows us to travel with dozens of our favorite books taking up mere ounces in our luggage.

Flashlight Worthy Books‘ founders Peter and Eric debate the worth of Kindle with solid arguments on both sides.

Christian Science Monitor rounds up a bunch of reviews in an article on the launch of Kindle II. If you read down in the comments, you will see a link to a very thorough well rounded review.

Then there’s the inevitable funny, personal and negative blogger’s take. Continue reading Read it in New Ways →