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Is the World Finally Ready for eBooks?
sfsignal.com - 12/4/2008
Is the World Finally Ready for eBooks?
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CNN has a write-up about Amazon's Kindle eBook reader today, which is celebrating its first birthday this month. With more than a quarter million units sold and often being out of stock, it seems like the Kindle might be a success story on the eBook front, which has been looking to gain ...

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Bibliophile Stalker:  December 4, 2008 Links and Plugs

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  • EmilyBlips EmilyBlips
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    I agree. If you really just...somehow...don't have ANY books. Then an e-book could fill the gap...sort of. Except that papery one in your hands...
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December 4, 2008 Links and Plugs
Bibliophile Stalker — ... haven't mentioned it enough times on this blog, check out Jeff & Ann Vandermeer's anthology Black Ships, Fast Sails. Keep to the Code even has a fun book trailer. Pablo Defendini interviews Dave Gibbons. Melanie & Steve Rasnic Tem on The Tyranny of the Original Idea. In case you haven't heard, there's a lot of lay-offs happening around in the publishing industry. Andrew Wheeler is keeping track. SF Signal asks: Is the World Finally Ready for eBooks? There's a huge conversation brewing over at ...

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