Bookbanter Column: Goodreads and Amazon Living Together . . . Mass Hysteria!
On Thursday, March 28th, it was announced that Amazon is buying the popular social networking and book review site, Goodreads. Founded in 2007, it now has more than 16 million members, and will...
View ArticleBookbanter Column: Diary of an Ereader, Part One: An Introduction
In the latter months of 2012 I joined a quickly growing population that just five years ago barely existed: I got myself an ereader. I like the feel of a real book, be it a brand new hardcover that...
View ArticleBookbanter Column: Diary of an Ereader, Part One: An Introduction
In the latter months of 2012 I joined a quickly growing population that just five years ago barely existed: I got myself an ereader. As a writer and reviewer for well over a decade, I definitely got...
View ArticleBookbanter Column: Diary of an Ereader, Part Two: Equiring an Ereader
Half the reason I chose to finally get myself an ereader was for the digital review copy aspect. I’ve been reviewing books for over a decade and with the development and growth over the last few years...
View ArticleBookbanter Column: Diary of an Ereader, Part Two: Equiring an Ereader
Half the reason I chose to finally get myself an ereader was for the digital review copy aspect. I’ve been reviewing books for over a decade and with the development and growth over the last few...
View ArticleBookbanter Column: Get Lost in a Good Science Fiction Series: THE SPIN SERIES...
Good science fiction can sometimes be a hard thing to find. You need to find a good story, something that will suck you in from the very first page and keep you going to the very end of the book,...
View ArticleBookbanter Column: Diary of an Ereader, Part Three: Ebook Formats
When it comes to ebooks it all about digital format, much like region settings for DVDs or — and here I’m dating myself — different old video cassette formats that only work in certain parts of the...
View ArticleBookbanter Column: Diary of an Ereader, Part Four: The Ereviewer
Ebook review copies are something most people think would be the main way of reviewing books these days, but it is still pretty much a fifty-fifty split with ARCs (advanced reader copies) and finished...
View ArticleBookbanter Column: Sanderson’s Laws
You know you’ve made it in your genre when you have laws of magic named after you, and Brandon Sanderson does have two laws of magic, though in his case he came up with them and has written essays and...
View ArticleBookbanter Column: Get Lost in a Good Mystery Series: Karen Vail
When it comes to mysteries and thrillers, there are a lot of them out there. And when it comes to a series, you want a character you at least like, enjoy reading about, and can look forward to with...
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