U.K. publishing company How To has released it’s package of writing books free to read online. I have personally noticed several of these books available through retailers such as Amazon.com and been interested at this point, so to now find that information available free to read online is wonderful. Of course – you can still [...]
Continue reading...30. June 2009
One of the most popular themes on Juiced on Writing is that of free e-books for writers. Like many writers, I am a collector of good quality information and references. I have a large library of paperbacks and hardbacks on writing, but also an even larger digital library of how-to write books. As I write [...]
Continue reading...23. March 2009
In association with UK Writer’s Market and myebook.com, Tom Colvin of Bookwright.com is launching a new writing competition to find new writers. You have until the end of May to submit your book onto the myebook publishing platform. Judging criteria will be towards literary merit firstly, but this is your opportunity to also delve into [...]
Continue reading...13. March 2009
A year or so ago, in my local county’s daily newspaper, there was a little blurb about a local company and their development of a paper thin e-reader in A4 (8 1/2 x 11 inch) size. Plastic Logic was based in Cambridge, U.K. They also have bases in the U.S. and Germany, but from a [...]
Continue reading...10. March 2009
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March 8th to 11th is Read an E-Book Week. The event has its own website, EbookWeek.com, and the week has sponsorship from many e-book merchants. The Read an Ebook Week website provides some details on various e-book reader devices, and a series of partners providing support, and possibly e-books. There are also some interesting e-book [...]
Continue reading...23. February 2009
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For those who missed Tom Evan’s comment here at Juiced on Writing, he has just released a free e-book on Writer’s Block. WordLube is available via myebook.com, and this is a free multi-media web environment which allows you to create interactive ebooks, using text, audio,images, allowing for user comments, and subscriptions.
Continue reading...26. September 2008
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Cory Doctorow has an ebook out – on the subject of ebooks at Book Glutton. This was the first time I have encountered the Book Glutton beta site. And it’s a very interesting concept. Sign in – registration is free – and you have access to an online reader which has chat and annotation functions [...]
Continue reading...25. September 2008
This is an old entry quoted from March 2008 and Matt Buchanan on the Gizmodo blog, and one which is fascinating reading from a copyright perspective. Whereas I’ve always considered when paying for something that I retain some rights of ownership (and usage), my own ideas must be seen to be incorrect when comparing a [...]
Continue reading...13. September 2008
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This week in Ebooks – 1. Guardian Poll The Guardian UK is still on it’s Ebook vs Real Book spiel (see Ebooks in the Media Today item) and has now posted a two-item poll for readers. Link : Guardian Poll 2. Notethisdown’s Seth Godwin Ebooks The Notethisdown blog has posted a small list [...]
Continue reading...5. September 2008
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Today has been an interesting day regarding the mention of Ebooks across media. Here’s a summary with my own brief comments under each – The One Show, BBC, Thursday 4th September Last night, the One Show, a magazine style program the BBC puts on at 7pm each week night, featured a debate between an [...]
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30. June 2009
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