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I won a $50 gift card to AuthorDirect.net

March 16th, 2011 · No Comments · ebookstore news

Last week was read an ebook week, and a lot of sites participated by having contest, offering freebies, and generally trying to get more attention for ebooks. Jason Davis of Bookbee.net was one that ran a contest last week, and I happened to win. My prize was a $50 gift card to his ebookstore, AuthorDirect.net. [...]

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“50 Benefits of Ebooks” to be released as a paperback

October 6th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion

I’m poking fun; the title is already available as an ebook (in multiple formats). Sue Polanka pointed me at this book. Michael Pastore has released an updated and revised edition of 50 Benefits of Ebooks: A revised and expanded new ebook about ebooks, published today, is packed with information about how to understand, and enjoy, [...]

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Is WiFi-Only a good choice for $50 less?

August 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · hardware reviews

by Andrys Basten At the Kindle forums, the question of whether or not a WiFi-only Kindle would be all that is needed was raised quite often this weekend, including by those who don’t seem to have a WiFi setup at home at this point.

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Buy a B&N Nook, get a $50 gift card

June 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news

B&N just posted this to  their blog: We’re pleased to announce that, beginning today through the end of June, you’ll receive a free $50 Barnes & Noble gift card with all $259 purchases of NOOK. With more than one million eBooks, magazines and newspapers in our eBookstore, the $50 gift card is perfect for jump-starting [...]

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Nintendo reports a 50% drop in sales due to piracy

April 20th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news

I found this article on piracy on Asahi.com: … The magicom devices, which are spreading rapidly overseas, typically comprise of a cartridge about the same size as an authentic game disk and a separate memory card used to store downloaded software. Alternatively, some pirates modify the game consoles themselves. The objective is to make hardware [...]

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