Paula Reading = Thinking Your Thoughts = Your Voice = Your Freedom Keep your voice free. Read a banned book, read any book. Here is the American Library Association’s 2014 list of topped banned books And the list of classic top 100 novels and the reasons why they were challenged in the United States
Smithsonian Magazine has a piece on how author Andy Weir used the “ask the audience” option to perfect his book, The Martian. Now turned into a blockbuster movie with Matt Damon. “So how did a software engineer’s thought experiment, originally posted for free online, explode into a literary and cinematic blockbuster? One possible answer may … Read more
Dutch public libraries have a copyright exemption for lending paper books. Recently the libraries have questioned if that copyright exemption also included eBooks. If so then the libraries would not have to get permission of the copyright holder to lend eBooks. A great benefit. Currently the Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science has decided … Read more
What happens to your digital property if you die? Chances are if you are reading this, you have an online presence. Emails, chats, social media, and cloud storage are integrated parts of modern living. Some of these are bound to be very precious. Mementos that you want to preserve for your family or that your … Read more
The Book Reviewer Yellow Pages, Fourth Edition This is a wonderful resource for any author or publisher that wants to get their book reviewed. There are hundreds of detailed listings, explaining each book reviewer’s preferred submission guidelines, contact information, turnaround time, and genre preferences. The book also includes a section in the back with author’s … Read more
If you like the track changes and editing options of MS Word but the cloud based features of Google drive then you might be interested in Draft. Draft is a free writing program that integrates with cloud based storage such as Dropbox and Google drive. It allows you to search for different revisions, find missing bits … Read more
Your manuscript is finally done and you are now ready to convert it to an eBook. You want to have a professional looking eBook that reflects all your hard work. Excitedly you start shopping around to find someone to help convert your baby. As you try to narrow down the options of who you want … Read more