Monday, May 31, 2010

News App Review: Four Free iPhone Apps from the iTunes Store

npr is the bestest.


News App Review: Four Free iPhone Apps from the iTunes Store
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Sunday, May 30, 2010

2010 Summer Reading Programs for Students

I really thought that Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid would be the BN theme, but Rick Riordan is the man of TWO years. I wish they had this program when I was a kid.

2010 Summer Reading Programs for Students

Kids who read over the summer can look forward to public library summer programs and activities. They can also earn free books from Barnes and Noble.
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Audiobook Review: The Ricky Gervais Guide to Medicine

Audiobook Review: The Ricky Gervais Guide to Medicine

The first book in the Guide to ... series features Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, and Karl Pilkington sharing conversations loosely related to medicine.
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Saturday, May 29, 2010

Audible Audiobooks on iPod Shuffle, iPod Nano, and iPod Touch

This article was the result of a really frustrating ten minutes of trying to get a book on to a child's ipod. Audible customer service wrote back to me, but by then I'd figured it out. They were nice though.

Audible Audiobooks on iPod Shuffle, iPod Nano, and iPod Touch

Audible.com offers different formats of audiobooks to download. Choose a format based on file size, iPod model, and iPod generation.
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Friday, May 28, 2010

App Review: YouVerison Mobile Bible

App Review: YouVerison Mobile Bible

With the YouVersion App, readers finally have an ebook Bible that can be used two ways: reading sequentially and flipping around as a reference book.
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Amazon vs. Barnes and Noble

Amazon vs. Barnes and Noble: Who has Better Free eBook Offers?

Amazon.com outshines BN.com in book quantity and searchability, but Google Books gives BN the quantity advantage. Free apps allow anyone to download ebooks.
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Monday, May 24, 2010

Free eBooks from Barnes and Noble for Summer Reading

Free eBooks from Barnes and Noble for Summer Reading

Barnes and Noble is offering customers free ebooks - and people don't need to own a Nook to get them. Any device with the Nook app will work.
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Sunday, May 23, 2010

eBook Review: The Cook's Illustrated How-to-Cook Library

eBook Review: The Cook's Illustrated How-to-Cook Library

America's Test Kitchen has a Kindle-exclusive ebook. The step-by-step ecookbook is perfect for new cooks and Kindle owner cookbook clubs.
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Saturday, May 22, 2010

Audiobook Review: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

Audiobook Review: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

Benedict Flynn brings a timeless legend to a modern audience with a dazzling performance by Sean Bean. Multiple formats make the book accessible to kids.
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Friday, May 21, 2010

Audiobook Review: Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Audiobook Review: Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Charles Ryder reveals more than he realizes in his memoirs of Sebastian, his teddybear, and the Flyte family. Two audiobook versions are available.
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Thursday, May 20, 2010

Online Audiobook Rental Sites

Online Audiobook Rental Sites

Several companies rent audiobooks with Netflix-like systems. Audiobooks can be rented through the mail or downloaded through book mp3 rental programs.
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

A PDA eBook Reader is the Best Bet to use as a LIT eBook Reader

If you can't get a Kindle or a Nook (or a Sony Ereader, which I will be trying out soon)

A PDA eBook Reader is the Best Bet to use as a LIT eBook Reader

Buy an old Ipaq on Ebay and make it a Pocket PC ebook reader. PDAs are the easy, legal route for turning Microsoft ebook formats into handheld ebooks.
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

The Open Source Initiative is Open Bible 2.0

Erasmus would be so proud.

What DRM Proponents Can Learn From the Catholic Church

Before the Open Source Initiative, there was an open Bible initiative. History suggests DRM will fail. People crave content more than they fear authority.
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Monday, May 17, 2010

Comparing Audible.com and iTunes for Audiobooks

If I'm in a hurry, I use iTunes because Audible is so time consuming, all to save a few bucks. The enhanced audio sounds really good, but I tried to put it on an older ipod for a child and I had to drop down to a lesser quality to make it work. This article has screen shots showing the differences.

Comparing Audible.com and iTunes for Audiobooks

When it comes to audiobooks, Audible vs. iTunes is a microcosm of Amazon vs. Apple. Audible has more choices, and iTunes is easier to use for purchases.
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Sunday, May 16, 2010

Podcast Review: The Ricky Gervais Guide Promotion Episodes

I laugh more at the Guide to... ebooks than anything else on my ipod.

Podcast Review: The Ricky Gervais Guide Promotion Episodes

Ten promotional episodes offer over an hour happy listening as Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant coax and provoke Karl Pilkington.
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Podcast Review: Slate's Weekly Poetry is Free Enlightenment

I feel really smart whenever I listen to this podcast. Robert Pinsky makes me want to learn more from poetry. With enough hard thinking, poetry can make sense.

Podcast Review: Slate's Weekly Poetry is Free Enlightenment

Every week a new poem arrives on iTunes for free. Sometimes poems are read by the authors, and sometimes they are read by a former U.S. Poetry Laureate.
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Monday, May 10, 2010

Convert Free Google Books Into Amazon Kindle eBooks

I love Linux and believe in it, but Calibre is a lot easier for Windows. I tried it on my ubuntu machine and I just got frustrated. Understanding Linux as an end-user and understanding it as a creative user (creative in the truest sense of creating) are two different experiences. I've only successfully had one.

Convert Free Google Books Into Amazon Kindle eBooks

Calibre is a free program that converts files into ereader friendly formats. There are also a few easy methods of getting ebooks from Calibre to Kindles. In the rock-paper-scissors game of ereaders, Kindle is the rock. Most people choose rock – and Kindle – because they are generally the winners.
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Sunday, May 9, 2010

Podcast Review: "The Blessing Bee" by Shalom Auslander

I liked this story until I read it in print, and then the pettiness sunk in and diminished it a bit. It's better to just not think about it too much when you are listening.

Podcast Review: "The Blessing Bee" by Shalom Auslander

"Some kids have all the luck," Shalom says...after a classmate's father dies. He decides to save his own family from his dad by praising and insulting God.
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Saturday, May 8, 2010

eBook Review: My Booky Wook by Russell Brand

This is possibly the best autobiography I've ever read. I don't even care how much (if any of it) is true. Russell Brand is like Robert Lovelace come to life.

eBook Review: My Booky Wook by Russell Brand

This autobiography goes beyond a comedian's memoir about his various addictions. This is a libertine's celebration of himself, and it is beautifully done.
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Audiobook Review: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel


I love Thomas More (the Saint and the character) so the only thing that stings about this audiobook is that Thomas More is overly evilized, not unlike how Faramir was made more evil Peter Jackson's versions of Lord of the Rings. In Wolf Hall itself, More is treated okay, or at least I read it that way. I know there are multiple views there.

I was quite proud of the image I made for this article, blending Cromwell and my iTouch.

Audiobook Review: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Simon Slater's performance brings Thomas Cromwell out of history and into humanity. Follow the audio while reading the ebook to indulge in Mantel's magic.
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Thursday, May 6, 2010

Podcast Fiction Review: Small Fish, Smaller Pond by Nick Hornby

Nick Hornby has such talent. I wish this was a full book, just so the silliness could go on. It was originally part of a McSweeney's collection, and I love everything McSweeneys.

Podcast Fiction Review: Small Fish, Smaller Pond by Nick Hornby

Stefan's country is small. His mother is President, and her prime duty is to go to a meeting once a month. At least they have a soccer team.
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Sunday, May 2, 2010

Podcast Review: Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" by A. M. Homes

I love Shirley Jackson. I was offended on her behalf that Just an Ordinary Day got lukewarm reviews, because it includes "The Possibility of Evil", which next to "The Lottery" is Jackson's best.

Podcast Review: Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" by A. M. Homes

The New Yorker Audio presents a creepy story made creepier by the reasonable tones of a gentle reader. "The Luck of the Draw" is 32 minutes of fascination.
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