Tips, tricks and hacks for readers, to make your reading life easier. Plus news and gossip.
This is an informal series. Asking an AI is a source of good book recommendations that wasn’t possible even a year ago. There are a ton of GPT-style AIs out there, including Microsoft’s Bing, and of course, Chat GPT itself. The AIs are good at recommending similar books to something you’ve liked. And, they’ll only […]
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This is an informal series. A few weeks ago, I did a post about finding good books on Kobo, and the benefits of being willing and able to buy from multiple sources, instead of just one bookstore (usually, the Big River). Today, I’ll round up the other “big” retailers: Barnes & Noble, Google, and Apple
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Kobo announced the release of Kobo Plus in the USA and UK on April 4th, but this was the soonest I could squeeze it into the post schedule, so you may be aware of this already. However, following up on my post “Other Places to Find Good Books: Kobo” last month, I’m letting you know
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This is an informal series. I have a truly international readership. The map, above, shows all the places in the world where I sell books….and this is just the places I sell books through Kobo. I sell books to other countries via other retailers and my own site, but don’t have a fancy-dancy map for
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Since moving to Canada in 1996, I have been slowly replacing all the books I sold to finance moving here with ebook copies. Sometimes those copies have been slow to acquire because the books weren’t yet issued in ebook format. I’m very happy that traditional publishers are finally getting a clue and re-issuing their backlists
My, How Movies Have Changed! Read More »
The subject line pretty much says it all. Deadweight is romantic suspense, very short and readable without signing up for anything or downloading anything. It’s from the same story world as Dead Again, set before that book. Read it here. Enjoy!
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I came across this post on Book Riot by Namera Tanjeem, from last year. Really interesting reading! If you like your historical romances, then browse the post. Just the first book on the list was enough for me to click through to Amazon and check it out. More deals in Historical Romance Some super discounts
24 Unusual Historical Romances. Have you read all these yet? Read More »
What don’t I believe? Well, I don’t believe it snowed here this morning! It’s nearly June, for heaven’s sake! And yep, we had snow. It didn’t stick around, as the temperature is above zero (just), but it was cold enough that I reluctantly pulled out socks and put them on. In all the fuss about
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I’m heads down at the moment, on a vicious deadline, so I haven’t done anything but sleep for a few days. But I have garlic going crazy on the shelf by the window! This is before and after Those were taken 7 days apart! Hope everyone is staying well and safe. Here’s a couple of
SFR Goodness. Grab it before the deal ends! Read More »
I’m growing things! We’re desperately trying to conserve cash at the moment, but now is the time to get going in the garden (for us northerners. If you’ve already got flowers blooming, farther south, enjoy!). So I have been trying to figure out how to bootstrap a kitchen garden from nothing. I have two old,
Bloomin’ Deals You Don’t Want to Miss! Read More »