Category Archives: Ideas and Opinions

E-Readers & the Reading Experience

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Ed Battistella

A guest post from Carly Parce E-readers have made quite the impact on readers since Amazon came out with the Kindle 1 in November 2007. Last December Barnes & Noble announced its online e-book sales outnumbered sales of hard-copy books … Continue reading →

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25 ways e-readers can’t beat books

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Ed Battistella

A friend just posted this link on Facebook, and I thought it particularly relevant to our class:  25 ways e-readers can’t beat books. The read is more fun than anything, as the arguments most of the points make are based … Continue reading →

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Kind of An Interview With Gary Kliewer

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Ed Battistella

Due to technical difficulties and my inability to work a tape recorder, my interview with Gary Kliewer, the co-owner and editor at White Cloud Press, was not recorded and therefore is not here for you guys to read. Oops! Instead … Continue reading →

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Unbound

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Ed Battistella

I just found out about a UK website called Unbound.  It’s an interesting new way to get books published.  Right now, you still have to have an agent in order to be an author on the site, but the site’s … Continue reading →

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