From the monthly archives:
I came across the following book while reading a favourite book publishing blog: View From the Publishing Trenches. This is not a review, but rather just a notification of a book that caught my eye. This is one I’ll have to read; it has me intrigued.In light of the ongoing scandal involving the “scientific consensus” [...]
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For the reading enthusiast on your shopping list: The New York Times Book Review has made its selection of 100 Notable Books for 2009.
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Unfortunately I haven’t had much time for posting lately. I’m in the middle of two large projects: developing an instruction manual for an anxious client, and writing an eBook — details about that at a later date. So, for the next little while, posts will be intermittent at best. And, before I forget…Happy Thanksgiving Day, [...]
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So much buzz surrounding the announcement that Amazon’s Kindle is now available in Canada – but why? I’m an avid reader, and as discussed before, I love eBooks: for the space they save and the portability factor. So, you might think that this announcement by Amazon would fill my heart with glee. Nothing could be [...]
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I’m old enough to remember life before computers, listening to records, and black & white TV. Today CDs have replaced vinyl records, and VHS tapes have been replaced by DVDs, with Blu-Ray aiming to usurp DVDs. What’s next you ask? I think it’s safe to say eBooks are shaping up to become the reading medium [...]
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The serial comma (a.k.a. the Oxford comma or the Harvard comma) is the comma used immediately before the conjunction that precedes the final item in a series of three or more items. In simple sentences, omitting the serial comma may be acceptable; however, ambiguities causing misinterpretations arise in more complex sentence constructions. Its use is [...]
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One reason I find it so difficult to decide on an eBook reader – or eReader – is the sheer multitude of available eBook reading formats. While PDFs have been around awhile, the PDF format does not always make an easy-to-read eBook – at least, not on the portable eReader devices. PDFs, for the most [...]
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This tip is based on a grammar no-no that is a particular pet peeve of mine. When I see this mistake…well, let’s just say it’s like nails on a chalkboard to me. It also happens to be one of the most common grammar errors that many people make. Here’s the problem: The apostrophe is used [...]
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It doesn’t really surprise me that there’s still great resistance to the current trend toward eBooks. While eBooks still represent only a small percentage of total book sales, they are the fastest growing book trend. Still, old habits die hard, and many people – me included – dislike change. Yet, I’ve been able to recognize [...]
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