Friday is here! I don’t know about where you are, but in the Chicago area, it is a bright, sunny, crisp morning. I’m drinking enough coffee to keep myself wired for the rest of the day and my head is swimming with ideas. One of those ideas will be coming to fruition within the next week or two, and you’ll see it right here on Brad’s Reader. So stay tuned.

Today’s Link Love post features an eclectic mix of good reading from other websites and blogs. Take a break from your busy day, do some reading, and have a happy and safe weekend!

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This week’s installment of Friday Link Love is being posted a little later than I normally like. The biggest reason is that I spent half the day finishing up a large freelance writing project and the other half cleaning up the house for dinner guests. I also wanted to delay posting out of respect for 8 year anniversary of 9/11. I watched a little of the coverage and it brought back some horrible memories.

Probably the biggest news in Brad’s Reader world is that I participated in my first interview on Wednesday. You can read more about it on this previous post. I will admit that I was a little nervous but overall I felt good about doing the half hour show.

Tomorrow I’m off to a craft fair in Chicago, which is always a lot of fun. I like seeing all these indie crafters out there making a living without the drag of a 9-5 job. If I find anything/anyone interesting, especially chapbooks or other handmade books, I’ll be sure to feature them right here on Brad’s Reader.

It is Friday (at least for a few more hours) and I hope all of you have a happy and safe weekend!

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This week has really flown by. And now it’s Friday and we have a long weekend for the Labor Day Weekend (for everyone in the U.S.). The weather looks like it will be nice for those of us in the Chicago area. I have a pretty busy weekend ahead of me with one major writing project and a bunch of other little stuff I want to get done as well.

The following links were specially selected by yours truly for your reading pleasure. Enjoy.

And have a happy and safe weekend!

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Most of the excitement this week came from the announcement from Sony about their 3 new digital ebook readers, including one with wireless capabilities. I’ll also be looking forward to when Apple announces upgrades to their popular iPod Touch line in early September. I’m guessing at least more storage capacity, perhaps a camera, and even built-in GPS would be nice for the Touch.

Yeah, I’m definitely a geek when it comes to gadgets. If I do upgrade to a new Sony Reader, I’ll be sure to write a review here. That said, it’s Friday and for the past few days the Chicago area has been getting soaked by rain storms. I’m not complaining though because I love the rain and how it makes everything so fresh and clean. On the other hand, it would be nice to see the sun a little this weekend.

As always thanks for taking the time to read my little blog and have a happy and safe weekend!

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Another week is gone as we inch closer to the end of summer. I can’t believe how fast these last few months have gone. Before too long, we will be in the middle of the holidays (shudder). Let’s try not to think about that right now. It’s Friday and that’s all that matters.

Have a safe and happy weekend!

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I haven’t written a Link Love Leftovers post in a while. For those of you who don’t know, Link Love Leftovers are just like my Friday Link Love posts. Only difference is, I use links that are ‘leftover’ from the Friday posts.

The links are still great, but for one reason or another, they didn’t make it on Friday (usually because I already had a link from a particular blog or on a particular topic). Some of these links go back to July so they might be a little dated, but valuable nevertheless.

Enjoy!

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During these last few days I’ve been engaged in an experiment – I’ve given up caffeine. So far I’ve only noticed the headaches, which are easily treatable with a couple of Advil tablets. My energy remains about the same, except that now, I don’t experience the ‘crash’ that comes after drinking several cups of coffee. And my stomach has been noticeably calmer. It’ll be interesting to see the longer term effects of living caffeine free.

Experiments aside, probably the biggest news of the week is Sony adopting the ePub format for their ebooks. I hope others follow suit (ahem, Amazon). One of my fastest growing interests right now, however, is the use of digital publishing and the revival of the short story. There will be more on that to come!

Have a happy and safe weekend.

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I usually try to post my Friday Link Love installments as early on Friday as possible, but because of some scheduling conflicts, I didn’t get around to it until later on in the evening. Nevertheless I’m back from a great vacation. This was the first vacation where I left all my print books at home and only brought what I could load up on my Sony PRS-500. You can read more about my experience in this earlier post ‘Paperless travel’.

Now that I’m home it’s back to the salt mines. I’m going to be working as hard as ever to bring you the great content you expect from Brad’s Reader, and I might even have a few surprises up my sleeve this fall. You’ll just have to stay tuned. Until then, have a safe and happy weekend.

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This week I’m on vacation, so my posting might be a little sparse. This is one of the first ‘all digital’ vacations I have taken. No print books – I just loaded up my Sony PRS-500 with several titles and was good to go. I’ll write more about the experience next week.

Hopefully all of you out there in cyberinternetland will get a chance to relax as we head into August. As always, have a happy and safe weekend!

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Exciting week in the world of ebooks. Barnes & Noble came out with their own ebook reader for mobile devices and opened up its ebookstore on their website. As I have mentioned before, I hope this will provide some much needed competition for Amazon.

Other than that, things have been quiet in my neck of the woods. I will probably spend the weekend doing some mid-summer cleaning (how does a house get so dirty and cluttered so fast?).  Aside from that, it’s work and writing for me.

As always, have a happy and safe weekend!

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