Product Reviews Net (Free subscription) | yesterday
As most of you will be aware by now, the big Black Friday 2009 Ad for Walmart has now been revealed, and as you expect- the list of money saving deals for customers is endless with so much on offer for eager shoppers. We have had a look through some of their deals, courtesy of Black-Friday.net [...]
NO QUARTER (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Editor’s Note, from the show site: The John Batchelor Show streams on several of our affiliates, and you can go to the individual station websites and find the “Listen Live” icon. Easier instead is iTunes streaming. Go to iTunes Radio (see screenshot) and prompt Enter. Scroll down to “Talk/Spoken Word” and prompt Enter. Find the [...]
Boxing the Octopus (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
"Daily Routines" is an interesting little blog that examines the way creative people work. Simone de Beauvoir "I'm always in a hurry to get going, though in general I dislike starting the day. I first have tea and then, at about ten o'clock, I get under way and work until one. Then I see my friends and after that, at five o'clock, I go back to work and continue until nine. I have no...
Bear Alley (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Another week with not much to report. I spent the whole week on Eagles Over the Western Front scanning original artwork and stitching the pictures together as I had to do them in two parts. Thanks to my antiquated computer (so fast when I first switched it on!) I had lots of spare moments while the machine was clanking its way through photomerge to dig around for info. on some of the authors and
And So it Goes in Shreveport (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Last night I took a look at my bedside table which is where I stack books waiting to be read. I counted twelve. That's not counting the one I had in my hand. In fact, my space for books was all maxed out so I have three more on my desk. If you're keeping count, that's sixteen so far. Add two for the ones currently en route from Amazon and we're up to 18. What are they? Well, I'm currently reading two....
Charlie Rose - Recent Content (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
WalletPop Blog (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Filed under: Bargain Babe Borders has just released three coupons that are good today through Thursday, Nov. 19. The coupons are also valid at Borders Express and Waldenbooks. To use the coupons you must be a member of their loyalty program, called Borders Rewards, which is free to join. Coupon No. 1: Get 50% off one of 20 hardcovers, including Under the Dome by Stephen King, Ford County by John Grisham,...
Planet Intertwingly (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Last month, American Booksellers Association published an open letter to the Justice Department, asking Justice to investigate Wal-Mart, Target, and Amazon after they lowered prices of best-selling books to under $10. The threat, the ABA says, is dire: “If left unchecked, these predatory pricing policies will devastate not only the book industry, but our collective [...]
Dealhack (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
This week's top ten book titles at Amazon. Check Dealhack each Tuesday to find the new Best Sellers. Going Rogue: An American Life - Sarah Palin (Memoir) Under the Dome: A Novel - Stephen King (Fiction) The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown (Fiction) Open: An Autobiography - Andre Agassi (Memoir) The Help - Kathryn Stockett (Historical Fiction) I, Alex Cross - James Patterson (Fiction) Diary of a Wimpy Kid:...
Subversive Influence (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
I’m just barely returned from the world of Harry Potter. Having put off reading the books for so long now, I finally gave in and picked up a couple of the books in a used bookstore. After they sat on the shelf for a month or so, I finally started reading. Of course I’ve heard many things about the books, and am aware of the controversy that they caused in some ultra-conservative circles...
Maw Books Blog (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
The New York Times Bestseller List November 15, 2009 Hardcover Fiction FORD COUNTY, by John Grisham. Stories set in rural Mississippi. THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown. Robert Langdon among the Masons. KINDRED IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb. Lt. Eve Dallas investigates the brutal murder of a colleague’s daughter; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously. THE GATHERING STORM, by Robert Jordan [...]
Grasping For The Wind (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
One of the best things about being a reviewer is when you get blurbed. First off is Plague Zone by Jeff Carlson. The blurb comes from my review of Plague Year (an awesome book). Plague Zone will hit stores November 24, 2009. Characters never stand still, political intrigue abounds, and the characters face almost certain death [...] Related posts: My First Blurb! Cover Art: Geosynchron by David Louis...
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
WHICKER'S World ran for 30 years on television, introducing British viewers to the delights of Californian flower power and the horrors of Papa Doc Duvalier.
Quillblog (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
While Amazon is keeping quiet about the meetings it held last week with top U.S. agents, several commentators have begun to speculate about their significance. Crain’s reports that the talks were “freewheeling, frank, and contentious,” with e-books and aggressive discounting being the main topics under discussion. Meanwhile, MobyLives comments that the meetings are “one of [...]...
FreeColorado.com (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
The following article was originally published online by the Denver Post under the title, "Why we should keep selling low-priced books." Outlawing low-priced books robs your wallet and freedom by Ari Armstrong Some stores sell popular books to willing customers at low prices, and they must be stopped! At least that's what the American Booksellers Association (ABA) argued in an October 22...
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