I just had this experience. Someone recommended a book. Sounded interesting, might get, wondering about print or ebook format. Grabbed the Kindle sample to test it out, liked what I read. Kindle book price is £11.15. Process stops for further internal debate. By the way, the book in question is Winning the Story Wars by […]
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Word Fu
I realised last night that I have something in common with my qigong teacher. Qigong is a Chinese system of movement to improve health. You can use a mental shorthand of “a bit like tai chi” if that helps (though of course there are reasons why it’s inaccurate, like tai chi being a martial art […]
The Radio-Controlled Message Bottle
I’ve mentioned in previous posts that I was working on an ebook. I had to hold back on promotion while a formatting glitch was fixed, but now I’m happy to announce that The Radio-Controlled Message Bottle is available from major ebook stores! This is the written-up version of my reflections over the last few years […]
Ebook mistakes to avoid
I’ve been looking at quite a few ebooks on my Kindle recently. Some novels, some non-fiction; some by large publishers, some by small self-publishers. I’ve also made an ebook myself – more on that soon – which has given me a more informed perspective. In terms of formatting, the larger publishers tend to be solid […]
Adventures in ebooks
I’ve been a bit quiet because I’ve been channelling my head resources to creation of an ebook. I don’t mean in the sense of throwing a document out to PDF: I mean a reflowable text publication like you get on Kindle, iBooks, Kobo, etc. That’s a new medium for me. Of course, being me, I […]
Review: Kindle Keyboard
This is a slightly edited version of a post I published elsewhere in October 2011. Once in a while I’ll talk about gadgets here, and I recently acquired a Kindle, to take on a few days’ holiday rather than a brace of paperbacks. Two days later Amazon announced the new Kindle models. Thanks guys. The model […]