On Monday Amazon announced enhanced edition kindle books for ipad, ipod touch and iphone. These books have embedded audio and/or video. There are only a handful of books that work right now. Most of them include video or audio speeches in the context of a biography. I picked up Lullaby Baby to try it out. The Amazon description … Read more
I do not have an Android phone so I cannot review this. But Kindle reader for Android is now available. All the same basic features of the readers for blackberry and iphone. If you have an Android phone but not a Kindle this is a way to try out ebooks without any cost. There are … Read more
Free Range Kids: How to raise safe, self-reliant children (without going nuts with worry) is the best parenting book I have ever read. Ok, it is the only parenting book I have ever read. I am not a parent (I am a nanny, but not a parent.) I have had this (in audiobook) for a … Read more
One of the best things about ebook readers is the ability to sample smaller independent authors, or in this case an established author that does not have a book contract in the United States. Douglas Anthony Cooper is a writer originally from Canada, who lived for a while in New York City but now lives in Mexico. … Read more
I was originally introduced to EM Bounds by Lyle Dorsett when I was a student at Wheaton College. Dorsett spoke to a summer missions group that I was a part of and suggested we read several books. One of those books was Power in Prayer by EM Bounds. I really do not remember much from … Read more
There were two significant announcements in the ebook world yesterday. Barnes and Noble announced a new Nook Lite (a wifi only reader) for $149 and a lower price for their regular Nook for $199. There was also a software upgrade for the regular Nook. Both are available now with free shipping. Amazon countered with a … Read more
This is the second of Scott Nicolson’s books I have read (my review of Skull Ring). The Red Church is a similarly creepy book. The story centers around a red church that has been abandoned. The rural community says it is haunted by the ghost of a preacher that was hung by his congregation for … Read more
I have followed the debate over the Emerging church for quite a while. In general I have agreed with many of the criticisms that the Emerging church has had with the traditional church, but I have not always agreed with the resulting prescriptions of where to go after the criticism. Jim Belcher, it seems, wrote … Read more
Update: This is a picture of my kindle in a hot tub. I used it over several days and left it floating once for quite a while. No water in the case. The power button issue discussed below is a very big and very real pain. But if you want a floating/waterproof kindle case, this … Read more
I am up (it is 4 AM) to fly out to my 17th Guy’s Trip. These are about annual trips that 6 of us guys from college take to re-connect with one another an spend some time decompressing. My netbook crashed last night so I cannot type up a few posts on my flight out. … Read more