I’ve written before of the many reasons why I love e-books. One of those reasons is the ability to highlight text and make notes about what you are reading. I find this enormously valuable, and it is something I would never dream of doing in a physical book. I’ve been reading a lot of magazines…
I hesitated to update the Kindle App on my iPad to the most current version because of a philosophical issue I had with Apple’s in-app purchase policy. And yet I am weak, and cast my morals aside when the right circumstances arise. Two events converged this evening that convinced me to update the app: Event #1: Fantasy…
If you are at all a fan of books and reading, you’ve by now heard that Borders books will be liquidating their stock and closing their remaining stores. This has to be incredibly tough on the 10,000 or so employees who will be jobless at the end of this process. And yet, I felt like…
Good news! Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show is now available on the Kindle. I have a soft spot for IGSM. Not only do they publish very good science fiction and fantasy, but they also published my first pro science fiction story, “When I Kissed the Learned Astronomer” back in July 2007. If you’ve never…
Combining my quest for a paperless office at home with my writing goals this year has required some changes to old habits. It used to be that I would write the first draft of a story, print that story out, mark up the printout, and then begin working on the second draft. But I’m trying…
My evolution of story draft reading has come a long way in the last year. A year ago, I’d print out my first drafts, mark them up in red ink and then head into my second draft. Then I tried reading the draft within Scrivener and that worked pretty well, too, but it was a…
I’ve recently discovered another bonus of the Kindle–which I have been using now for well over a year: samples! Prior to having a Kindle, my book-buying behavior followed 2 possible pathways: Rush off to bookstore, browse for something that piqued my interest, and purchase on the hopes that I would like it. I rarely had…
It doesn’t happen often, but on those rare occasions when it does, it drives me nuts: I leave the house and by the time I get to work, I realize I’ve forgotten whatever book it is that I happen to be reading. I look forward to my lunches everyday because I usually spend that time…
Now that I have read about half a dozen books on my Kindle, I thought I’d offer a few more thoughts on the device and the experience: I often read while I am eating my lunch. With a traditional book, this has always been somewhat of a problem for me. I am very careful with my books, even paperbacks, where…