Kindle 3 vs. iPad funny comparison feat. David Pogue [video]
Kindle application for Android [video]
Kobo application for Android [video]
Borders for iPad [video]
iBooks for iPhone [video]
Review of Kobo for Android [video]
BN eReader for iPad [video]
Indie authors, there is no better time to help each other!
This is a fantastic article written by April L. Hamilton, the founder of Publetariat, which I repost here in its entirety with her permission. It’s a great challenge for indie authors – to find, read, review and promote other indie authors’ books. I love this idea, as this is the core of 2.0 approach to publishing – to help each other, being at the same time the author, the publisher, the critique and the reader.
Let me add Feedbooks to a list of sites, where you can find fantastic books by independent authors. The tag to follow an action on Twitter is #indieaction. Join in, have fun and spread the word!
An Indie Call To Action
Most of us indie authors talk a good game about how there are plenty of quality indie books available, and how there are plenty of terrible mainstream books. We also like to complain about the lack of variety and originality in mainstream book offerings as compared to indie books. Such musings generally lead to the conclusion that if people would just give indie books the same chance they give to mainstream books, if they would just put indie books to the ‘fifteen minute’ or ‘first ten pages’ test, the frequency with which they’d find books they would want to keep reading would be on par with that for mainstream books, and indie authors and readers everywhere would rejoice. It’s time we stop all the hand-wringing and blind hope, and make this happen.
Yes, we have the power. Every indie author is also a reader, and every one of us has a circle of influence. So if you’re an indie author or small imprint owner, I issue the following challenge to you: »»»
“Zany collection of tech-absurd short stories”
Please find below a full text of Court Merrigan’s review of my book Password Incorrect. I’m really proud of is as this is a first, and I hope not last, international assessment of the book, which I’m trying to promote to English-speaking readers without any publisher’s help.
Court Merrigan
Originally from Nebraska, Court Merrigan has lived in various places East and West and is currently back in the US with his family. His short stories have appeared in Blackbird, Weber Review, Porcupine, Evergreen Review, The Summerset Review, Dublin Quarterly, The Kyoto Journal, Pindeldyboz, Identity Theory, and Angle, among others. He is currently working on a novel. He blogs at Endless Emendation
Password Incorrect is a truly zany collection of “tech-absurd” short stories by Nick Name, pen name for Polish author Piotr Kowalczyk, which only a networked world could have unleashed. It’s available for free from Feedbooks. »»»
Two Cool-er reviews: which one is cooler? [video]
New eReading devices are crowding into the e-book world. Just a couple of days ago Borders UK have announced their Elonex. The thing is that Elonex is a step backwards comparing to the eReader which is on my mind since I first saw it – Cool-er. Even without a clear (and actually unnecessary) suggestion from a name, this single device can change the way we look at reading – from a boring and old-fashioned habit to a new way of showing your lifestyle.
Is reading a part of a lifestyle? – you’re asking. For me – yes. Just as mp3s are not only about listening to music or cell phones not only about calling. It’s great that somebody wants to bring coolness to reading. And as we, consumers, are asked to verify the coolness of a device, it’s good to look at what professionals want us to say about it, before we make our own mind. To make you curious I can only say, that those two films are totally different in evaluation of the device. »»»
Recently updated Polish tech-absurdist and mobile fiction writer 3.0 beta. Addicted to ebooks and technology. Guest writer at 
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