eBooks

Ok so you know it's NOT a  good morning when you wake up with a headache, have to drive one kidlet to school while it's still DARK, stop at Tim Hortons for a bagel and coffee and...drive away from the drive thru without your food.

Stellar.

I've never read a book online nor have I ever sorted out all the various ereaders out there. Maybe I'm old-fashioned that way? Should a 35 year old be old-fashioned? I'm pretty tecno-savvy in other ways. I have iPods, digital cameras. I even use the mp3 player on my phone from time to time.

A little while back, Amy in the Toronto office showed us her TBR, including her Sony Reader. So I thought that I should show off my TBR.

I told y'all back at the start of '08 that if I didn't buy or borrow another book, it would take me about 2 years to get through my print TBR. Well, do y'all really think that I haven't bought or borrowed any books since the beginning of '08? The answer, of course, is no.

DH bo't me this shelving unit a couple of months ago. Every single book on it is in my print TBR. There are 5 shelves on it (you can see shelves #2, 3 & 4). The fact that I had to truncate the pic so much to make it fit here alone should tell me something about how out-of-control my bibliophilism is.

Welcome to month two of our year-long series of Treasure Hunts!
All year long, we're going to explore the alternative (eBook, audio book) formats that Harlequin Enterprises offers. We'll scout out these digital parts of eHarlequin.com by doing Treasure Hunts that will take us "around the world"!!

We'll go on a different "voyage" each month. Every voyage will lead us "around the world" on a Treasure Hunt, exploring different parts of eHarlequin's alternative/digital stores, and at the end the winner will get a prize (a book!).

Welcome to eHarlequin's Digital Media world!!! All year long, we're going to explore the alternative (eBook, audio book) formats that Harlequin Enterprises offers. We'll also have a look at, errr, a listen to, the podcasts -- interviews with favorite authors, inside information from editors -- great resources for aspiring authors (and interesting to those of us who are happily "readers-only"). We'll scout out these digital parts of eHarlequin.com by doing Treasure Hunts that will take us "around the world"!!

We'll go on a different "voyage" each month. Every voyage will lead us "around the world" on a Treasure Hunt, exploring different parts of eHarlequin's alternative/digital stores, and at the end the winner will get a prize (a book!).

To celebrate 60 years of pure reading pleasure, Harlequin will make 16
full books available for download on HarlequinCelebrates.com beginning
January 29th – our anniversary!

For the month of January, a teaser site has been created where people can
sign up to receive a reminder to come back for the unveiling of the
full anniversary site and to download free books.

Read them on your computer, your PDA, or your dedicated eReader, INSTANTLY! eBooks are available from your favorite authors and lines. Some call them the way of the future, some say the future is here. Fellow bookworms call them convenient and fun!

The question is -- are they for YOU?

Next month (Feb '09), there is a conference in NYC called The Tools Of Change (TOC) For Publishing. Some of what they will discuss is eBooks! For one of the workshops, they'd like to know what we readers think!!

So, here's a link to the survey that they've created -- which they've called "Smart Women Read eBooks" !! Isn't that great of them? Let me know if you complete it and if it generates any thoughts that you'd like to share here or in the eBook Discussion Forum.