Sunday, October 31, 2010

Ricky Gervais Halloween Podcast is Available

Ricky Gervais Halloween Podcast is Available: "The Podfather's 2006 Halloween podcast is now available to download again through iTunes. Ricky Gervais had the most popular podcast downloaded for a time, and many of them have been repackaged and combined with new content as Ricky Gervais Guide To ebooks."

Read 5 of Kate Mosse's Great Ghost Stories on Project Gutenberg

Read 5 of Kate Mosse's Great Ghost Stories on Project Gutenberg: "The Guardian asked author Kate Mosse to list 10 great ghost stories. Half of her suggestions are free ebooks that can be downloaded from Project Gutenberg."

Free eBook and Digital Media as James Patterson Promotes Books

Free eBook and Digital Media as James Patterson Promotes Books: "Cross Fire comes out November 15, 2010, and James Patterson is offering the first 98 pages as a free ebook. Download Cross Fire by James Patterson from Patterson's official website."

Free Audiobook and eBook Excerpts of Life by Keith Richards

Free Audiobook and eBook Excerpts of Life by Keith Richards: "Although the audiobook CD of Life will not be released until November 16, 2010, the digital download for Life was released on October 26, 2010. Before downloading the audiobook of Life, you can listen to a streaming sample of Johnny Depp reading Life on Audible.com. The sample lasts for about 5 minutes, and Johnny Depp has a brilliant performance in his reading of Life."

Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet has Color Screen & Android Platform

Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet has Color Screen & Android Platform: "The new Nook Color is an ereading tablet. The wifi Nook Color is $249, and although there is no 3G, there are some other impressive features. The new Nook Color has a touch screen, expandable memory with a micro SD card, and is built on an Android Platform. This means developers can line up to start making the Nook Color into a Nook Playground."

Monday, October 25, 2010

Amazon: eBook Bestsellers Outsell Physical Bestsellers 2:1 - I4U News

Amazon: eBook Bestsellers Outsell Physical Bestsellers 2:1 - I4U News: "Over the last 30 days, Amazon has sold more Kindle copies than print copies of the top 10, 25, 100, and 1,000 bestselling books. For the top ten, customers have been buying ebooks over physical ones at a rate higher than 2 to 1. Amazon over 3 times as many Kindle books in the first nine months of 2010 as they did in the first nine months of 2009."

Sunday, October 24, 2010

The drama behind the 'Lady C' defence - Home News, UK - The Independent

The drama behind the 'Lady C' defence - Home News, UK - The Independent: "Mervyn Griffith-Jones, now immortalised as one of the great gaffes of advocacy: 'Would you approve of your young sons, young daughters – because girls can read as well as boys – reading this book? Is it a book that you would have lying around in your own house? Is it a book that you would even wish your wife or your servants to read?'"

The drama behind the 'Lady C' defence - Home News, UK - The Independent

The drama behind the 'Lady C' defence - Home News, UK - The Independent: "Mervyn Griffith-Jones, now immortalised as one of the great gaffes of advocacy: 'Would you approve of your young sons, young daughters – because girls can read as well as boys – reading this book? Is it a book that you would have lying around in your own house? Is it a book that you would even wish your wife or your servants to read?'"

Lady Chatterley's Lover by DH Lawrence - review | Books | The Observer

Lady Chatterley's Lover by DH Lawrence - review | Books | The Observer: "It's 50 years since Penguin's publication of DH Lawrence's novel of love across the social divide became the subject of the UK's most famous obscenity trial."

Download Free Stephen King Audiobook Full Dark, No Stars Stories

Download Free Stephen King Audiobook Full Dark, No Stars Stories: "Simon & Schuster Audio is offering four short stories from Stephen King's short story collection Full Dark, No Stars as audiobook downloads through November. The short stories can be downloaded as mp3 files, or they can be streamed through the online player. The October 26, 2010 download will be 'Fair Extension,' about a sick man who makes a deal with the devil."

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Review of Secrets of Harry Potter Podcast with Father Roderick

Review of Secrets of Harry Potter Podcast with Father Roderick: "SQPN's Secrets of Harry Potter podcast is a great resource for kids who dig Harry Potter books. It is one of the few free downloads about Harry Potter.

One of the best discussions of the Harry Potter series is a free podcast by Roderick Vonh�gen, a Catholic priest. The Secrets of Harry Potter podcast is broadcast by Star Quest Production Network, a digital media repository for Catholic entertainment. The podcast discusses the storyline, plot, and characters in JK Rowling's Harry Potter books and moves. Father Roderick leads discussions about the mythology, theology, symbology in Harry Potter."

D.H. Lawrence eBooks Gain New Relevance as Miners Make Headlines

D.H. Lawrence eBooks Gain New Relevance as Miners Make Headlines: "D.H. Lawrence Showed Humanity Through Stories about Miners
Although he is now best remembered for Lady Chatterley's Lover, when D.H. Lawrence started writing, he wrote as a coal miner's son. The eloquence of Lawrence's writing brought the plight of coal miners and their families into the canon of English Literature. In Sons and Lovers, he describes a somewhat posh girl meeting a miner, who laughs off the dark dangers of the mine. 'She realised the life of the miners, hundreds of them toiling below earth and coming up at evening. He seemed to her noble. He risked his life daily, and with gaiety.'"

Download Free eBooks about Cats and Dogs from Google Books

Download Free eBooks about Cats and Dogs from Google Books

The Barnes and Noble Nook eReader Joins The Apple iPad at Walmart

The Barnes and Noble Nook eReader Joins The Apple iPad at Walmart: "The Kindle 3 is at Target, Staples, and Best Buy. The B&N Nook is already at Best Buy. Barnes and Noble announced their ereader will be sold at Walmart.

On October 21, 2010, Barnes and Noble demonstrated making provisions to engage in a protracted battle in the ongoing ebook reader war of Nook vs. Kindle. The company publicized plans to sell the Nook through 2500 Walmart stores. This means it is time to dust off our memories of the Nook and prepare to renew our relationships with the lovely EPUB ereader that has direct access to Google Books. They are clearly positioning their ebook reader for holiday sales."

Download Free Kids Audiobooks from the Guardian and the Observer

Download Free Kids Audiobooks from the Guardian and the Observer: "The Guardian's Sunday sister paper, The Observer, is reviving its free audiobook downloads on October 23. Both audiobooks have free ebook counterparts.

This weekend UK residents will have some new audiobooks to enjoy for free, courtesy of The Guardian free audiobook offers. On October 23, 2010, The Guardian will give instructions for downloading The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. On October 24, 2010, readers can learn how to download The Railway Children by reading The Observer."

Amazon Announces Kindle Book Lending Feature is Coming in 2010

Amazon Announces Kindle Book Lending Feature is Coming in 2010

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Review of Booky Wook 2: This Time It's Personal by Russell Brand

The English comedian writes about enduring scandal and falling in love.

Read more at Suite101: Review of Booky Wook 2: This Time It's Personal by Russell Brand 

Review of Secrets of Harry Potter Podcast with Father Roderick

Review of Secrets of Harry Potter Podcast with Father Roderick

Until Harry Potter downloads are a reasonable price and the ebooks are released...