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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Eight Great Kindle Books for the Christmas Season (Alphabetically)

I've made this list and I've checked it twice - everything from John Mortimer and Agatha Christie to David Baldacci and John Grisham.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL retold in the manner of ERNEST HEMINGWAY, $4.95

A RUMPOLE CHRISTMAS: STORIES by John Mortimer, $9.99

AN IRISH COUNTRY CHRISTMAS by Patrick Taylor, $7.99

HERCULE POIROT'S CHRISTMAS: HERCULE POIROT INVESTIGATES by Agatha Christie, $6.99

I'M DREAMING OF A BLACK CHRISTMAS by Lewis Black, $10.99

SKIPPING CHRISTMAS by John Grisham, $7.59

THE CHRISTMAS THIEF by Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark, $7.99

THE CHRISTMAS TRAIN by David Baldacci, $6.99
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Some Interesting e-Publishing Enterprises

  • Cursor
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  • Odyssey Editions
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  • Wattpad
  • Wowio
  • Zinio

Open-Source Textbook Initiatives

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  • Free Digital Textbooks Initiative

Worthwhile Organizations

  • Banned Books Week
  • Berkman Center for Internet & Society
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  • Electronic Frontier Foundation
  • Institute for the Future of the Book
  • PEN American Center Freedom to Write Campaign
  • Project Gutenberg
  • Worldreader.org
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