Category Archives: Amazon

Article: Selling Books at Amazon???

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The link below is to an article that asks whether it is worth selling a book at Amazon. What do you think?

For more, visit:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/penny-c-sansevieri/self-publishing-tips_b_1509082.html

Article: Target Vs Amazon

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The link below is to an article reporting on the battle being fought between Target and Amazon over the Kindle.

For more, visit:
http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/target-pulls-kindles-from-stores_b22575

Free Book: Free Kindle Books

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The link below is to an article that lists 6 Kindle Classic Books available for free. The six books listed are:

- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson

- King Solomon’s Mines, by Henry Rider Haggard

- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll

- Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens

- Dorothy & the Wizard in Oz, by Lyman Frank Baum

For more visit:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-kindle-book-classics-download-free/

Article: Kindle Books

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Does Lower Price Mean Lower Quality?

The link below is to an article that discusses the pricing of Kindle books and the corresponding quality of them.

For more visit:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/reno-charlton/kindle-book-prices_b_1415509.html

Article: Publishers Abandoning Amazon

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The link below is to an article reporting on how some ebook publishers are abandoning Amazon because of Amazon’s cheaper pricing model.

For more visit:
http://www.good.is/post/the-e-book-battles-why-some-publishers-are-abandoning-amazon/

Article: The Winners and Losers of the Ebook Price Fixing Scandal

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The link below is to an article on the latest news concerning the ebook price fixing scandal under investigation in the USA.

For more visit:
http://mashable.com/2012/04/16/apple-amazon-ebooks/

Article: Amazon Poised to Drop Ebook Prices

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The link below is to an article reporting on the possibility of price drops for ebooks at Amazon.

For more visit:
http://mashable.com/2012/04/12/amazon-lower-ebook-prices/

Article: Ebook Price Fixing with Apple and Publishers

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Investigation Into Alleged Price Fixing in the USA

The links below are to articles into alleged ebook price fixing involving Apple and various book publishers.

- http://boingboing.net/2012/04/12/apple-publishers-accused-of-p.html
- http://boingboing.net/2012/04/12/antitrust-and-ebooks-regulato.html

Self-Publishing: Nook Vs Kindle

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The link below is to an article on Nook Vs Kindle, especially in relation to self-publishing.

For more visit:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/14/nook-versus-kindle-self-publishing_n_1343392.html

Books: Bookselling Being Destroyed by Bookselling???

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The link below is to an interesting article on the battle over ebooks in the USA particularly – an interesting article.

For more visit:
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/barry-eisler-on-amazon-it’s-pretty-hard-to-see-how-someone-could-destroy-bookselling-by-selling-tons-of-books_b48474

Article: The Best Book Recommendation Services

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The link below is to an article that lists five of the best book recommendation services available. If you have used these services you may or may not agree with the list. If you know a better, please recommend it in the comments.

For more, visit:
http://lifehacker.com/5595842/five-best-book-recommendation-services

This Little Church Went to Market – The Church in the Age of Entertainment, by Gary Gilley

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I have decided to start reading this book again. I have mentioned ‘This Little Church Went to Market’ in an earlier post in At the BookShelf and this is linked to below:

http://atthebookshelf.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/this-little-church-went-to-market-by-gary-gilley/

Back in October 2010 when I started to read this book I put it aside for some reason – I may have gone on holiday and forgot about it on my return. Anyhow, I decided to take it up again and then to read the two other books that come after it as per my original post. So that is my plan over the next few weeks and months.

This Little Church Went to Market, by Gary Gilley, was first published in 2002 by Xulon Press (ISBN: 1 5916 0049 9). The edition I have is that published as a paperback by Evangelical Press in 2010 (ISBN: 0-85234-596-8 & ISBN-13 978-085234-596-2). The book was revised and updated in 2006. My edition has 142 pages, so it isn’t a large book by any means.

So about to start reading the book – feel free to read it also and join in the discussion on it.

 

Book Group

I have added this book to read at the book group at BookClubIt. Please join in the discussion at the book group or add your thoughts here on the Blog.

At the BookShelf (book reading group at BookClubIt):
http://www.bookclubit.com/bookclub.php?id=404

 

The Book – Get a Copy

At Goodreads:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2275230.This_Little_Church_Went_to_Market

At Shelfari:
http://www.shelfari.com/books/6229162/This-Little-Church-Went-to-Market-The-Church-in-the-Age-of-Enter

Purchase a copy of the book at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/This-Little-Church-Went-Market/dp/1591600499
http://www.amazon.com/This-Little-Church-Went-Market/dp/0852345968/

Or Visit:
http://www.monergismbooks.com/This-Little-Church-Went-to-Market-p-16471.html

 

Note: This is a completely independent review – I have received nothing for it.

 

Amazon: Ebooks Outselling Printed Books

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Once upon a time I was never a fan of ebooks – that has changed. I love them and I don’t even have an ebook reader (I use my laptop). I am thinking of getting one though. The number of books available now (in print and out of print) and the number that can be owned in such a small space has convinced me otherwise.

It would seem that the world is seeing the ebook revolution in a similar type of way, with the world’s largest bookseller (Amazon) now telling us that they sell more ebooks that printed books.

For more visit:
http://thenextweb.com/media/2011/05/19/huh-amazon-com-announces-for-a-second-time-its-selling-more-kindle-books-than-print-books/

 

Terrorism and the Illuminati – A Three Thousand Year History, by David Livingstone

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I have started to read ‘Terrorism and the Illuminati – A Three Thousand Year History,’ by David Livingstone. I haven’t read a lot as of yet, but it appears to be a book full of conspiracy theories about a secret society (the Illuminati) that are behind world events. Not being a believer in such a theory I am not sure just how much of this book I’ll be able to stomach, but having only read the introduction at this point I’ll try and keep myself restrained from speculating too much on the book. I do have to say that what I have read in the introduction had me thinking ‘is this for real?’ I don’t mean that in the sense of being convinced, but rather in the sense of ‘can anyone really believe this?’

With the death of Osama Bin Laden recently and the various conspiracy theories that have surfaced as a result, this sort of book will probably be enjoying a wider audience at the moment. If conspiracy theories interest you, then this book may very well be of interest to you. There are various associated links below.

There is an online version at the book’s website:
http://www.terrorism-illuminati.com/

You can also find the book at Scribd:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/42090550/Terrorism-and-the-Illuminati-A-Three-Thousand-Year-History

If you prefer to buy a copy at Amazon, it is available at:
http://www.amazon.com/Terrorism-Illuminati-Three-Thousand-History/dp/1419661256

 

BookYap: Book Recomendations

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I am about to start using a new web application called BookYap. Put simply, BookYap is an application that recommends books based on criteria you enter. There are over 650 000 books in its database, so chances are it will find a book for you.

You can search for a book by using keywords or the filters it has available (based on personality types). By becoming a registered user, the application learns more and more about you and your reading habits, improving the recommendations it makes for you.

Books appear with thumbnails of their covers and book ratings. A brief description appears by hovering over the thumbnail. You are able to interact with the application and associated community by sharing books you have read and your reviews of them. There is connectivity with both Facebook and Twitter also.

You are also able to add books to a reading wishlist if you like. Books can be purchased from Amazon when you choose a book to read.

Visit BookYap at:
http://bookyap.com/