Tag Archives: Kindle

Kindle spotted at Real supermarket

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Cora

Today I was grocery shopping at our local real supermarket, a K-Mart/Wal-Mart type grocery plus cheap department store here in Germany. I found myself in the magazine and book department, when – lo and behold – I spotted a brand-new … Continue reading →

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Kindle spotted at Media Markt

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Cora

First of all, I’ve got a plug, for the good folks at DriveThruFiction are currently offering the Read and Feed America 2013 charity bundle, which collects more than thirty e-books from various, including my own Countdown to Death. You get … Continue reading →

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E-readers spotted in the wild, while in the UK

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Cora

If you’ve been following my personal blog, you may have noticed that I recently spent some time in the UK. As always when travelling, I also kept an eye out for e-readers spotted both in the wild and in shops. … Continue reading →

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Mixed E-Book Links of Interest

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Cora

For starters, the indie versus trad publishing or maybe both debate is still going on (and will probably be for a while yet). SF writer Tobias Buckell cautions writers eager to jump into indie publishing that the big successes like … Continue reading →

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The FAZ hates e-books – or does it?

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Cora

The Passive Voice links to this Discovery article about the information retention comparison between digital and print media carried out by the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz. The article starts out with a big whine by the researchers that the … Continue reading →

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E-Readers in the Wild in the UK

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Cora

I’m currently in Aberdeen in Scotland (for more information see my main blog). As always when I’m travelling, I also paid some attention to e-readers seen in the wild and in stores. Though frankly, so far I did not see … Continue reading →

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KDP Select Redux

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Cora

You’d think it would be old news by now, but we’re talking about KDP Select again, probably prompted by the recent Amazon announcement that KDP Select users will now receive 70% royalties for any sales in India, as opposed to … Continue reading →

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A Kindle at the Bachmann Prize

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Cora

At the moment, the Tage der deutschsprachigen Literatur (Days of German Language Literature) are going on in the city of Klagenfurt in Austria, where they will conclude with the awarding of the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize tomorrow. Basically, the Bachmann Prize … Continue reading →

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Cora contemplates getting an e-reader

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Cora

I posted some of my deliberations about getting an e-reader over at my main blog. So far, I haven’t decided on any of the available readers, and I haven’t even checked out the Weltbild reader yet. Send to Kindle

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Cora testdrives a Kindle, compares the relative merits of different e-readers and hits a bestseller list.

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Cora

A few days ago, I was at Staples, because I needed some ink cartridges for my printer. By the entrance I noticed a sign: Amazon’s Kindle e-readers now available at Staples for only 99 Euros. Intrigued, I went in search … Continue reading →

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