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		<title>Ebook error problem: just how bad is it?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/ebook-error-problem-just-how-bad-is-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joanna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ebook]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I posted earlier about some problems I have been having recently with error-filled ebooks&#8212;I am not talking about major editing-process errors, rather, I am talking about typos and formatting glitches resulting from unproofed conversions. People used to complain about these at times before ebooks &#8216;hit it big,&#8217; but now that we e-reading customers are a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ficbot&#8217;s websites for authors and readers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Walters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Teleread&#8217;s frequent contributor Joanna, aka Ficbot, has made her various ebook resources easier to find. She writes, &#8220;I have consolidated some of my on-line projects into a single handy website: the e-Finds Book Pages! It&#8217;s your central gathering place for The Indie eBook Hall of Fame, the eBacklist Collection, the best of my Teleread Articles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quick note: Macworld reviews BN eReader for the iPad:  merely adequate</title>
		<link>http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/quick-note-macworld-reviews-bn-ereader-for-the-ipad-merely-adequate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/quick-note-macworld-reviews-bn-ereader-for-the-ipad-merely-adequate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Biba</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lex Friedman of Macworld takes a look at the Barnes &#038; Noble eReader for iPad (not the one for the iPhone/Touch) and concludes that is is adequate, but no match for either iBooks or Kindle for the iPad. One thing he really dislikes is how slow it is.]]></description>
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		<title>Paul Carr slams Amazon one-star protest reviews</title>
		<link>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/paul-carr-slams-amazon-one-star-protest-reviews/</link>
		<comments>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/paul-carr-slams-amazon-one-star-protest-reviews/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Meadows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have extensively covered consumers using the Amazon one-star “nuclear option” as a method of protest—first with the DRM-laden game Spore, then with the first books to be “windowed”—withheld from the Kindle for a few months at the publisher’s behest. Joanna (nee Ficbot) made waves with her controversial post about using this method to protest [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>50</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ebooks as a textbook saver: can it work for some students?</title>
		<link>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/ebooks-as-a-textbook-saver-can-it-work-for-some-students/</link>
		<comments>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/ebooks-as-a-textbook-saver-can-it-work-for-some-students/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joanna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So many articles on the potential for e-textbooks! Chris Meadows posted earlier about the shortcomings of the Kindle DX at Virginia University, for example. Not so great with the PDFs, and better suited for reading fiction. So&#8230;what if reading fiction is part of your degree? Can an ebook reader replace a bagful of textbooks then? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An ebook spring cleaning and what I learned from it</title>
		<link>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/an-ebook-spring-cleaning-and-what-i-learned-from-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/an-ebook-spring-cleaning-and-what-i-learned-from-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joanna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ebook]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.teleread.org/?p=39918</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I spent some time this week going through my ebook library, tagging everything with appropriate labels and pasting in book summaries from bookstore websites. With almost 800 books in my growing collection, I wanted to have an easier time finding unread books to suit my mood, or old favourites to explore and re-visit. So what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pocketbook 302 review: Preconceptions</title>
		<link>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/pocketbook-302-review-preconceptions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/pocketbook-302-review-preconceptions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Meadows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometime this coming week, I should be receiving a Pocketbook 302 e-book reader to review—and Joanna, nee Ficbot, will be reviewing the smaller Pocketbook 360. We have mentioned Pocketbook a few times already; it is a Ukrainian/Taiwanese company that uses e-ink-based hardware from Netronix (the OEM that makes the Cybook, COOL-ER, and others) with its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Strangers on a Bus&#8221;, My Kindle Meets a Commuter</title>
		<link>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/strangers-on-a-bus-my-kindle-meets-a-commuter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/strangers-on-a-bus-my-kindle-meets-a-commuter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joanna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ereaders]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.teleread.org/?p=39357</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am always fascinated to speak with people who notice my readers when I&#8217;m out &#8216;in the wild&#8217; with them. I feel like sometimes I am a little too &#8216;expert&#8217; for my own good&#8212;I&#8217;ve tried many devices, read hundreds of books this way, I blog, and so on&#8212;that I wonder if the &#8216;average&#8217; newbie coming [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Our own Ficbot is interviewed on The Writing Show</title>
		<link>http://www.teleread.com/ficbot/our-own-ficbot-is-interviewed-on-the-writing-show/</link>
		<comments>http://www.teleread.com/ficbot/our-own-ficbot-is-interviewed-on-the-writing-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Biba</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our own Ficbot, otherwise known as Joanna, has had her 52 minute audio interview with The Writing Show published. You can find it here. Way to go!]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ebooks to the rescue &#8212; in an emergency?</title>
		<link>http://www.teleread.com/kindle/ebooks-to-the-rescue-in-an-emergency/</link>
		<comments>http://www.teleread.com/kindle/ebooks-to-the-rescue-in-an-emergency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joanna</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.teleread.org/?p=38566</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a use for ebook readers you may not have thought of: to use as a handbook in case of emergency. I found myself in a situation yesterday where I had two children in my charge, and their parent arrived to get them feeling very ill and not in a condition to be driving. I [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kindle &#8211; one month later, a second look</title>
		<link>http://www.teleread.com/kindle/kindle-one-month-later-a-second-look/</link>
		<comments>http://www.teleread.com/kindle/kindle-one-month-later-a-second-look/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joanna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amazon]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.teleread.org/?p=38558</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, it&#8217;s now been a month since I got my Kindle. Was it a worthwhile upgrade for me? Which features am I using and which am I finding lacking? Do I see myself buying another reader anytime soon? MY TWO REASONS FOR UPGRADING First, I must admit, I am really loving my Kindle. I use [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Do we &#8216;resent&#8217; content creators?</title>
		<link>http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/do-we-resent-content-creators/</link>
		<comments>http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/do-we-resent-content-creators/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 04:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Meadows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Masnick at TechDirt links to an article by Martin Bosworth, the managing editor of ConsumerAffairs.com, entitled “The Creative Class War”. (Sadly, Bosworth passed away the day after writing this piece.) After discussing a novel set in a dark future world, which involves a copyright enforcer hunting down and killing copyright violators, Bosworth puts forward [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report from the price-war frontlines:  this is nuts!</title>
		<link>http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/report-from-the-price-war-frontlines-this-is-nuts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/report-from-the-price-war-frontlines-this-is-nuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joanna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ficbot]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fictionwise sent me a promo for &#8216;The Lovely Bones&#8217; and some other movie books. I had already read &#8216;The Lovely Bones&#8217; and thought I might enjoy a re-read. But it&#8217;s hard to swallow a $14.44 price ($16.99 if you aren&#8217;t a club member) when the mass-market paperback retails on Amazon for $7.99! The non-club price [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>New York Times covers reader reactions to Amazon price increase</title>
		<link>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/new-york-times-covers-reader-reactions-to-amazon-price-increase/</link>
		<comments>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/new-york-times-covers-reader-reactions-to-amazon-price-increase/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Meadows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times has an article covering the implications of the impending agency pricing model for book sales. It mentions the one-star ratings that have shown up when e-book editions have been delayed or perceived as too expensive, and warns that publishers may be in for more than they bargain for with the increase [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Solving the e-book problem: a call to arms!</title>
		<link>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/solving-the-ebook-problem-a-call-to-arms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/solving-the-ebook-problem-a-call-to-arms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joanna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ebook]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.teleread.org/?p=37831</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am blown away by the responses to the articles Chris Meadows and I posted over the past week. I am dismayed that in some reader&#8217;s minds, I came off as anti-author&#8212;if that were so, I would be downloading off the darknet right now instead of blogging to you&#8212;but I am delighted that the issues [...]]]></description>
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