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Too many Kindles?
I say not enough Kindles!

Don't be guilty at the library
People pirating books piss me off, but I love the library (in fact I was just at the Free Library of Philadelphia yesterday (proof) where I checked out three books). Sometimes I do wonder, though, if I should buy a...

Library haul

Piers Anthony on using a tablet
I'm a tech guy, but I really try and emulate the mindset of a non-technical person when I'm writing, since they are my audience. That's why I find this quick review of a Polaroid Android tablet from Piers Anthony's Newsletter...

Joe Weisenthal vs. the 24-Hour News Cycle - NYTimes.com
I love writing, but this profile of a financial blogger just sounds awful. Working all day in the text mines, looking for Fool's Gold: Some of what he writes is air and sugar. Some of it is wrong or incomplete...

Dreaming of a better Kindle Fire - TechHive Beta Blog
It is no secret that I'm a fan of Amazon, and of their Kindles more specifically. It is often assumed, for one reason or another, that if you like a company that means you can't be critical of anything that...

Generally I'm against bootlegging but...
I think 92 year old Big Hy gets a pass: ?It?s not the right thing to do, but I did it,? Mr. Strachman said, acknowledging that his actions violated copyright law. ?If I were younger,? he added, ?maybe I?d be...

Hugo Awards 2012
Ever since the Hugo Award nominees for 2012 were announced I can't tell you how many people have asked my opinion about them. Ok, I can tell you: zero. However, I won't let a silly number like that stop me...

eBook covers
This article on The Atlantic and Chip Kidd's TED Talk about the importance of book covers got me to thinking about, of all things, eReaders. Specifically the fact that every eReader I've used (and I've used many) displays some sort...

Write about books
Hey there Blankbaby readers (reader?), I have a question for you. I've been doing lots of reading the last couple years (20 books so far this year) and not so much blogging (obviously). To rectify this situation (and attempt to...

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