Part of an article in the Springfield (Ohio) News: Logos Christian Bookstore, 1062 Upper Valley Pike, is closing soon. Owner Jay Weygandt doesn't blame electronic reading devices, despite Kindle offering 1,735 Christian eBooks---which is exactly why Weygandt loves his own Kindle. "It never leaves my side," he said. He recently downloaded a Bible for $10, which is less than the wholesale price from his distributors, he said. He added that it took less time for him to download his eBible than to get one from the bookshelf. "This is the future of reading and bookselling," he said, when the...

...follow some advice from Bennett Todd, who already has succeeded: Google around for other Fedora sites offering FBReader since the server might be having problems. Here's a head start. OK, gang, let me know if this works. My XO is supposedly due Wednesday. Related: FBReader site and the TeleBlog's original item on running FBReader on the XO. Reminder: This is the last day for Give One Get One XO donations. Technorati Tags: XO,Fedora...

The book Love and Sex with Robots is creating buzz. Now how about novels from robots? Might the right hardware-software combo emulate the late Jacqueline Susann? If compared to the original, could a JacquelineBot passed a customized Turing Test? Reassuringly, both computer and lit experts are skeptical about the claims of Publishing House Astrel SPb. But you never know about the future. (Found via Southern Review of Books.) Technorati Tags: Love and Sex with Robots,Jacqueline Susann...

Now this is really a coincidence. I hadn't even opened TeleRead yet today when I decided to post this comic. Really!! At any rate, Opus, or at least Berkeley Breathed, doesn't seem to like ebook readers. Here is the full sized cartoon. I got a Sony 505 for Christmas, and the screen difference between that and my old 500 is amazing. I'll try to post some comparison pictures before I leave for CES. To me, the difference is well worth the upgrade price....

At a party for the Washington elite, a Middle Eastern diplomat's wife gave out free iPods. Who knows what will be played on them? Maybe even something in violation of the DMCA? It's the fruit of other gifts, Hollywood campaign donations. Meanwhile for your holiday viewing pleasure I'm linking to a DMCA-related FoxTrot cartoon by Bill Amend. For copyright reasons---even though many might make a fair use argument---I won't repro more than a small view. What do you think? Time to lobby Garry Trudeau to take on the DMCA, the scourge of e-book-lovers in the States (and, though equivalent...

Oh, the fun of the Tower of eBabel---all those warring e-book formats. I know it's Christmas, or just after, when some new e-book readers ask: "How can I find books in my format?" Ready to tour the Tower? Below are just some of the main retail choices. Old-timers can call attention to omissions if they'd like. Also please note that I'm sticking to the most popular of the 20+ formats. The Tower is scary enough during a short tour. May novices join the fight to popularize the IDPF's .epub format, the new MP3 of e-books! Then people can...

At MobileRead: A discussion of problem getting a PC to recognize the Cybook memory card. Might be a Windows-related prob. Read the posts toward the end. In author Sandra Schwab's blog: A mostly positive review with great photos (via DearAuthor). Technorati Tags: Bookeen,Sandra Schwab...

Believe it or not, that's the idea of a Gather member, a new Kindle user, who at the same time denies he has a huge problem with DRM/eBabel. A little confusing. That said, I wonder if Amazon could actually apply the trade-in concept as a compromise for owners of DRMed Mobi books, which the Kindle disses officially, despite the famous hack. No, this wouldn't be the best solution. But perhaps it could be an interim one while we're waiting for Amazon to wise up on .epub. Here's what X Tabber wrote on Gather: "I have a number of...

The RIAA is NOT suing a music-lover who ripped from legally purchased CDs. Yep, this outfit is Scrooge Central, but the earlier reports were wrong, according to Engadget. I'll do a second tweak and point to the last paragraphs of a post by Google lawyer William Patry, who says the originals reports mangled the details. Still, one wonders about an anti-ripping suit in the future, involving personal use. How that would in character! The classic RIAA downloading suit was against a 12-year-old girl in a public housing project, who had to fork over $2K and might have had to...

Moderator's note: Darrell Bain, one of the best-selling authors of the e-book world and winner of two Eppies, is our newest contributor. See his bio at the end. His sci-fi novel Savage Survival is an e-book, trade paperback and hardback. Welcome, Darrell! - David Rothman Ten years ago, in 1997, my budding hopes of becoming a successful author came crashing down in ruins as I learned that the so-called agent I had been dealing with for six years was an out and out crook. Not only had all the manuscripts I submitted to the agent not been sent...

Although PDF Cropper looks interesting, I haven't tested it. I might do so over the weekend. Share your impressions if you try it out yourself. A solution for PDF-fat Wowio books, among other things? Now playing at Wowio, so to speak: The Early Works of Dr. Seuss. A gem for new XO owners and their kids? And, yes, folks, I continue to be frustrated that Wowio's offerings aren't globally available. (PDF Cropper discovered via a comment at Dear Author. You might need to scroll up or down to reach the PDF Cropper-related info.) Technorati Tags: PDF Cropper...

Here's one thing you can say about the big, thick Sears catalogues of old. They were great sources of toilet paper for outhouses. Could the Kindle e-book reader be the new Sears catalogue even though it lacks such multi-use capabilities? My belief is that the Kindle is potentially a catalogue for all of Amazon, a way to compare-shop for dishwashers, back-scratchers, you name it. I know this talk of the Kindle as a GPS gizmo is interesting (thanks, Mike), but I suspect there's a lot more to come. Why aren't we hearing about the Kindle as a potential display...