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In the interest of full disclosure: I did not see the Oprah interview and I was never really a Phillips fan. I picked up this book because everyone I know was talking about it. Flat out curi...

http://ebooksabout.blogspot.com/2009/10/high-on-arrival-by-mackenzie-phillips.html

I want to thank Donna for this great piece about eBooks in educational settings. She addresses this to high school students, but really, it is applicable to all students. For more info about D...

http://ebooksabout.blogspot.com/2009/09/ebooks-in-education-10-ebook-resources.html

Every once in a while you stumble across a true gem; and The Distance Between Us qualifies as one of those gems.  The book is classified by the Publisher as a GLBT title for reasons I do not ...

http://ebooksabout.blogspot.com/2009/07/distance-between-us-by-bart-yates-ebook.html

Bowker (the company that distributes and assign ISBN numbers to books) and Publisher's Weekly ( the biggest publishing industry magazine) have released a new report about consumer book purch...

http://ebooksabout.blogspot.com/2009/07/bowker-us-book-consumer-demographics.html

The World eBook Fair has been tracking what people download and here are the preliminary results in order of popularity: 1       Emma, By Jane Austen 2       Linux Complete Comma...

http://ebooksabout.blogspot.com/2009/07/world-ebook-fair-top-20-ebooks.html

Jeff Bezos -- in an effort to close the book on the Amazon deletion of books on the Kindle -- issued a "deep apology" yesterday. > . . . the way we previously handled illegally sold...

http://ebooksabout.blogspot.com/2009/07/amazon-apology-final-chapter-in-this.html

Wild Water Walking Club falls into the category of a great beach read.  This is the fourth Claire Cook title I have enjoyed, starting with Must Love Dogs and Summer Blowout .  She is an e...

http://ebooksabout.blogspot.com/2009/07/wild-water-walking-club-by-claire-cook.html

I mentioned the agreement in passing yesterday.  Later in the day I stumble upon this great blog piece that is an annotated version of the Kindle license agreement .  Stowe Boyd does a gre...

http://ebooksabout.blogspot.com/2009/07/amazon-kindle-agreement.html

Irony is my most favorite form of humor!  And last week Amazon provided me with a great "laugh out loud" funny moment. Seems that Kindle owners who bought copies of 1984 and Animal Farm wok...

http://ebooksabout.blogspot.com/2009/07/big-brother-and-kindle.html

Ubergizmo is reporting that Neoluxiim is talking about integrating a solar cell into their newest eInk products. They are promoting it as an advertising device; not an eBook device. It is inev...

http://ebooksabout.blogspot.com/2009/07/solar-powered-ebooks.html

It is always nice to see a writer improve their skills and abilities!  Sheila Curran  has done it with Everyone She Loved .  Her last book DIANA LIVELY IS FALLING DOWN  WAS A FUN READ AND...

http://ebooksabout.blogspot.com/2009/07/everyone-she-loved-novel-by-curran.html

Interesting article in the Wall Street Journal yesterday about eBooks and how they are priced. But the statement that really caught my attention wasn't about pricing at all. It was a predict...

http://ebooksabout.blogspot.com/2009/07/ebook-reading-device-mystery-solved.html

I finally broke down.  Gave in.  Sold out. It was an offer too good to refuse and within minutes I was the proud owner of an iTouch (for about 1/2 the retail price).  Like most techy geeks,...

http://ebooksabout.blogspot.com/2009/07/ebooks-and-itouch.html

Dorthea Benton Frank is a southern writer.  Her works have been compared to Pat Conroy and Anne Rivers Siddons .  Nine years ago, those comparisons lead me to pick up her first book Sull...

http://ebooksabout.blogspot.com/2009/07/sullivan-island-and-return-to-sullivan.html

Bookeen, the maker of the Cybook, are showing off thier new reader called the Opus. Shown below is a picture that compares the current Cybook with the New Opus. Was originally supposed to be avai...

http://ebooksabout.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-bookeen-reader-soon-opus.html

Once again eBooks About Everything is proud to be a sponser of the World eBook Fair. The World eBook Fair is the brain child of Michael Hart, the founder of Project Gutenburg. Four year...

http://ebooksabout.blogspot.com/2009/07/world-ebook-fair-2009.html

This is a fascinating book that explores the limits of culture and identity. It is a book that I wanted to like. In fact, tried very hard to like. But whether or not I liked it is almost bes...

http://ebooksabout.blogspot.com/2009/06/you-or-someone-like-you-by-chandler.html

I am a big sucker for books about women's friendships so it is no surprise that I picked up The Girls From Ames . Forty years of close friendship is no mean feat!  Especially in this day and...

http://ebooksabout.blogspot.com/2009/05/girls-from-ames-by-jeffrey-zaslow.html

If you wonder why bookstores keep going out of business and why publishers are losing money, here is a clue: > I don't think I've ever heard a reader say: "I want more fancy > dig...

http://ebooksabout.blogspot.com/2009/05/ebooks-digital-publications-and.html

This week we are discounting all Tolkien's eBooks.  The Hobbit , Lord of the Rings (individually and collectively) and the Children of Hurin .               It took six year to...

http://ebooksabout.blogspot.com/2009/04/jrrtolkien-ebooks-discounted-this-week.html

Most days I sit down to write this blog and the biggest problem I have is narrowing it down to just one or two topics.  This week, for some unknown reason, I haven't been able to find anything i...

http://ebooksabout.blogspot.com/2009/04/ebook-and-publishing-news-and-spring.html

Olive Kitteridge may be the most honored book of 2008.  People, USA Today, The Washington Post Book World and even The Wall Street Journal named it the best book of 2008.  And then, early ...

http://ebooksabout.blogspot.com/2009/04/olive-kitteridge-by-elizabeth-strout.html

You might notice a theme here. . . All of us at eBooks About Everything are all about Green. . . not just today (Earth Day) but all year long. To celebrate we are giving a 10% discount this w...

http://ebooksabout.blogspot.com/2009/04/ebook-discounts-for-earth-day.html

April ends with two notable reading initiatives for you to check out. You won't be disappointed! READ WITH KIDS -- Last year I wrote a longish piece on an organization called Reading is Fundame...

http://ebooksabout.blogspot.com/2009/04/as-april-comes-to-end-celebrate-reading.html

The Piano Teacher is complicated, eloquent, haunting and thought provoking.   Not one of the characters is particularly sympathetic, never mind likable.  The story jumps between decades with ...

http://ebooksabout.blogspot.com/2009/04/piano-teacher-by-janice-y-lee.html