4 Sites For The Aspiring Author & The First Book He Wants To Publish Or Sell
The web has revolutionized book publishing and promotion and made it within reach of anyone with an idea. There are numerous instances where a greenhorn has made a pretty bundle by offering books for the price of a newspaper through sites which promote fresh authors and independent publishing.
Read PDFs On The Go: 6 Free PDF Readers for iPad
PDFs are quite common in everyday life. Be it books, papers, manuals and what not, you probably find yourself reading PDFs at least once every day. There is a built-in way to read PDFs on the iPad, but it’s not a very good one. But there are lots of free PDF readers in the app store, so how can you know what’s good?
Amazon Kindle Cloud Reader Now Available in Mozilla Firefox
Recently, Amazon launched their Kindle Cloud Reader, which allows Kindle users to read their books in many of their favorite browsers. However, one browser that was missing from the list was Mozilla Firefox. From day one, the HTML 5 based service supported Google Chrome, and the mobile and desktop version of Safari.
3 Examples Of The Most Awkward Fan Fiction Found Online
We all know about fanfic, and there are generally two sides to it – you either love it or you hate it. However, when I first sat down to write this thing, I asked myself, "How would I feel if someone published my articles on a Top Worst list?" However, a lot of bad fan fiction isn't popular because it's simply bad. A lot of the time, it's because it's actually kind of awkward (and funny). So load up your fan wikis, because MUO is about to destroy everything you've ever known about story canon.
4 Ways to Read and Understand an End User License Agreement (EULA) More Easily
EULAs, or End-User License Agreements, are one of the evils of modern life. These are endlessly wordy agreements, usually written in tiny print. These are the things you blindly scroll down, looking for that darn "I agree" button, whenever you install an application (or, in Apple’s case, an update to an application). Well, that thing you’re clicking yourself into is actually a binding legal contract.
The 10 Best Sites To Rent Or Buy College TextBooks Cheaply
Today's generation has the best of the online and offline worlds. We didn’t have websites which told us where to find (rent or buy) cheap textbooks. But today’s generation just has to type in a URL and hey presto, there are more than a dozen sites plying cheap textbooks for sale or rent. So, let’s take a look at ten websites where you can get college textbooks for cheap.
Two New Magazine Style Apps For The iPad
The iPad in many ways works best as a digital magazine in which you flip through “pages” of multimedia content. It is magazine style apps like Groovebug and News.me that make the iPad worth having. Though these apps have different purposes, they both share an user interface which invites users to browse and interact with their content.
4+ More Websites to Find Free eBooks for iPad
A while back we wrote about the best places to find free iPad books. The article yielded many useful comments and suggestions from you, and made me want to explore the area even more. I’ve been using the iPad as a reading device more and more lately, and the quest for quality, free ebooks that I can read on the iPad is an ongoing challenge.
iBooks Vs. Kindle - Which Is Better? [iPad]
A while ago I wrote a post about places to find free books for the iPad. In that post, I compared the iPad to designated eReaders and expressed the opinion that it’s not a worthy substitute. Following some comments on the matter I tested the iPad again as a regular vessel for eBooks and was surprised – it does provide quite a good experience.
Use Magazinify To Turn Your Favorite Articles Into Easy To Read PDF Files
Have you ever been in the middle of reading a really amazing article only to have to run out? This can be frustrating and annoying. Thankfully, Magazinify has the solution. Their awesome service takes any article on the Internet and converts it to a beautiful PDF file for later reading. Each day all the articles saved in your queue are emailed to you as a handy little magazine that you can read on at your own leisure.
Read Magazines On Your Android Device With Zinio [2.2+]
I really enjoy reading books. I have a Kindle and I use it all the time. But sometimes a book isn’t always what I need. There are times when I have just a couple of minutes to fill, or when I’m somewhat distracted. For those times, a magazine works much better, and while I can read newspapers and magazines on the Kindle, I was intrigued by Zinio which offers paid magazines for Android.
5 Great Apps for Avid Readers Who Prefer a Real Printed Book [Android]
If there is one area in life that I believe technology will never completely eradicate older "technology" is in the area of reading. While many people have adopted the great e-book readers and publications that are available out there, I believe there will always be people who will enjoy the experience of holding and reading a real, printed book.
Two Great Interactive eBooks For Kids [Android / iPad]
Are you one of those geeks with dozens of awesome gadgets and a secret passion for books? Did you love reading as a kid and want your kids to enjoy books as well? Despite the obvious attraction to real paper-based books, the digital world has begun to create some really special adaptations of great stories.
Make Skim Your Ultimate Reading & Study Tool For PDF Files [Mac]
Though Apple's PDF reader and image correction application, Preview, is a highly used default program on the Mac, a third-party alternative reader, Skim, pushes Preview to the side when it comes to advanced study and annotation tools and features. A slew of additional annotation tools and document management features have been added.
3 Websites To Purchase Electronic College Textbooks
One of the biggest shocks for me when I first enrolled in college was the insane cost of textbooks. Unfortunately, there is really no way to cut out this problem, but if you don't want to carry around some ratty textbooks with you everywhere you go, there is the option to buy them in an electronic format.
5 Book Websites That Give You Sample Chapters To Read Online
Any self-respecting online book site should have a book preview feature. Editorial reviews aren’t enough. A book lover needs to know if the author’s writing style goes with the reader’s reading style. We also need to know if the content really matches the hype surrounding the book. So, let’s not judge a book by its covers. Here are five websites that let you read sample chapters and excerpts.
How to Turn Your Gmail Inbox Into a Reading To-Do List
If you are often on Gmail, you most likely know how many things you can actually do with it (apart from readings and sending mail). We have already shared quite a few tips on how Gmail can be turned into a multitasking tool but it is still amazing how this great free email service can come in handy for various purposes.
3 Ways To Temporarily Change A Website's Font If The Original Font Is Not Good Enough
How many times has someone sent you a link to a website infested with incredibly hard-to-read fonts? It's happened to all of us, and there's not much we can do about it - or is there? There are a few folks on the Internet who have experienced the same problem as you, and fortunately, they decided to do something about it.
24 Symbols - The New "Spotify For Books"
Do you sometimes find the Internet to be too much noise and not enough signal? Would you prefer to get stuck into a decent length book? Finding the books is only half the fun. What if you want to recommend books to friends, see what your friends recommend and keep your reading in sync between devices? This is what 24 Symbols offers.
7 Ways of Searching & Virtual Shopping for Amazon Books
Do you shop at Amazon for books? Then your first destination is probably the large search field on the top. But as a long-standing Amazon book shopper, you will be glad to know that it’s not the only way to search for books. Here are more ways to browse through Amazon’s shopping stocks and search for the product you want.