I’ve always been in love with short fiction. It’s precise like poetry, yet can take you to new worlds like the novel. There was a time when the short story was a popular form of entertainment. But the last few decades have seen a decline in popularity of short fiction, to the point where writers get paid mostly in contributor copies. Now, the short story is making its grand comeback. Continue Reading

Earlier in September I purchased the new Sony Pocket Edition (PRS-300), which I gave a detailed review of here. The Reader itself is great. It sports a crisp display with plenty of contrast between the text and background. I love it! But the software Sony makes you download to buy their ebooks and load them onto your Reader is a totally different story.

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It has been known for a while now that Amazon compensated those Kindle users who had ‘1984′ deleted off of their Kindles by offering affected users a new copy of George Orwell’s novel or a $30 gift certificate. What hasn’t made the news, until now, is the status of the lawsuit brought on by student Justin Gawronski who not only lost the ‘1984′ novel, but also the notes he had taken on the Kindle for a class assignment.

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Sometimes I forget that just because I love ebooks so much, doesn’t mean that everyone does. In fact, there are still a lot of people out there who don’t like anything about ebooks. And some will even go so far to say that ebooks will be the downfall of authors and literature alike.

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My decision to upgrade to the new Sony Pocket Edition Reader was based on two reasons: First, I wanted to take advantage of Sony’s move to ePub as its standard ebook format. Second, the price was right. At $199 it was worth the upgrade and I decided to do it now, while I had a little extra cash and not wait until such a purchase would break me.

Now for the nuts and bolts. As I played with my new Reader after bringing it home on Saturday night, I took notes (once a student, always a student) about my experience. Here’s how the Pocket Edition stacks up as an ebook reader.

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Last night I bought the new Sony Reader Pocket Edition Reader (PRS-300) at my local Sony Style store. I’ve been wanting to upgrade my first generation PRS-500 for a while now, and for $199, the Pocket Edition seemed like the right price at the right time. I tried to hold off buying one as long as I could, but I lasted less than a month after the new ebook readers were released.

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It was back in mid-July when Amazon decided to remotely delete two George Orwell titles from the Kindles of customers who purchased the ebooks. As expected, the controversial move brought down a rain of criticism on Amazon. Jeff Bezos issued an apology, which was nice, but seemed more like a desperate public relations stunt than a genuine attempt at atonement for a company that crossed the line of privacy. And it appears Amazon is still thinking about the incident, which has prompted their latest offering.

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Have a cell phone? Have a web browser on your cell phone? If so, then that’s all you need to sign up for start-up website CellStories.net. The stories, some fiction and some non-fiction, are delivered through the site that can be easily accessed on your mobile browser. The content appears to be free.

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This news has been floating around the internet for a couple days now, so it’s probably old news. But I thought it’s worth it for me to comment on because it involves ebooks, indie authors and the large corporation Barnes and Noble. Strange bedfellows? Possibly. Though not in a bad way.

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Oh Sony, how can you break my heart? After all my excitement over your new and shiny ebook reading devices, you are now going to let me drown in a sea of obscurity only because I was an early adopter and took a chance when you first got into the ebook business. I didn’t think you’d forget about me, or at least, not this fast.

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