I am currently using built in WordPress email system to allow people to subscribe to Bookwi.se post via email. Lately there have been several problems. 1) The ‘continue reading’ links do not work. This is a problem with the email system and not my formatting unfortunately. If you click the post title at the top of … Read more
This is an interesting art project. A compilation of images from 56 different broken kindle screens has been turned into a printed book. I certainly have broken my share of kindle screens. And these are very representative images. I am not sure I want to be reminded of all of those broken screens. I will … Read more
Blogging is not a lucrative project. Since starting this blog my return has been less than $0.50 per post, and that is before expenses. My blogging is not primarily to make money, but I also do want to pay attention to both costs and my time. Last fall I added advertising spots onto the blog. … Read more
The Department of Justice sued HarperCollins, Hachette, Apple, Macmillian and Penguin over price fixing. Essentially, Apple proposed that the publishers should be able to set the retail pricing of their ebooks instead of the retailer. When the iPad came out, five of the six major publishers in the US worked together to require all ebook sellers sell … Read more
http://www.audible.com/series?asin=B00939352E
I hadn’t noticed, but this is Bookwi.se’s 1500th post. Below are the most read reviews from August 2012. Part of what this shows is I am getting better paying attention to Search Engine Optimization. Because only 3 are from this month. The books in order: Fifty Shades Darker, Discovering Your Heart With the Flag Page … Read more
Let the speculation begin (or increase). It is being reported on The Kindle Chronicles and Lilliputing that Amazon has sent out press invitations for a press conference. There is little more information than the date and location (Sept 6, 10:30 AM in Santa Monica, CA), but it is widely expected that there will be an … Read more
This is the latest xkcd comic. And it is pretty much the way I understand online rankings.
I made a committment to myself to give away the vast majority of my paper books when I am done with them. Many of the books below were given to me by others that wanted a review. Others I have read and reviewed. Still others are books that I bought but have never gotten … Read more