http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles en-us http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles N/A glace@sgdnetworks.com Thu, 23 May 2013 00:20:30 -0400 20 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11709/1/New-digital-platform-for-academic-e-books/New-digital-platform-for-academic-e-books.html MPS Technologies, a technology-driven services provider designed to support the information industry, have launched a new digital platform, BookStore Academic, which will give academic publishers new ways to sell and package their eBook content, and provide their end-users with state-of-the-art research tools. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11688/1/How-To-Get-The-Most-From-Your-Free-eBooks-Marketing-Campaign/How-To-Get-The-Most-From-Your-Free-eBooks-Marketing-Campaign.html First, your ebook needs to have an attractive title.The title should grab the attention of your intendedtarget audience. The more appealing the title, themore your ebook will be downloaded. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11677/1/Sri-Lanka-firm-starts-online-store-of-ebooks-by-local-authors/Sri-Lanka-firm-starts-online-store-of-ebooks-by-local-authors.html A Sri Lankan firm has started selling books by local authors on the internet with soft copies available for download, the company, Z-World said in a statement. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11661/1/Stephenie-Meyer-Publisher-Pulls-Plug-On-New-eBooks-August-2nd-Release-BooksOnBoard-Offers-Breaking-Dawn-at-0-Net-Cost/Stephenie-Meyer-Publisher-Pulls-Plug-On-New-eBooks-August-2nd-Release-BooksOnBoard-Offers-Breaking.html Stephenie Meyer’s publisher has officially delayed the eBook release of Breaking Dawn, her much-anticipated latest novel in the Twilight series, by 24 hours. The hard copy release still goes forward August 2nd. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11642/1/eBooks-Fastrack-To-Cash/eBooks-Fastrack-To-Cash.html Everybody and their mother are writing books these days. And why not?  Each and every one of us possesses our very own story -- a unique, jaw-dropping experience; a passion, expertise or niche, clamoring to be unleashed for the entire world to see. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11626/1/EBookscom-Announces-Massive-Collection-of-Sony-Compatible-Ebooks/EBookscom-Announces-Massive-Collection-of-Sony-Compatible-Ebooks.html EBooks.com, the web's leading ebookstore, announced today that it has amassed a huge collection of published ebooks ready for downloading to Sony's ebook PRS-505 device. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11604/1/How-To-Sell-Your-eBooks/How-To-Sell-Your-eBooks.html eBooks are very easy to sell and can be purchased over the internet. Selling eBooks is hassle free, does not involve dealing directly with anybody and does not involve shipping and handling (unless they are on a CD or DVD) or printing charges.  bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11583/1/Ebook-Readers-And-Ebooks-Arent-There-Yet/Ebook-Readers-And-Ebooks-Arent-There-Yet.html I would love an ebook reader that really worked. Sadly they don't exist yet. These are the reasons I probably won't be getting an ebook reader for some considerable time. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11568/1/Free-eBooks-to-Help-Grow-Your-Studio/Free-eBooks-to-Help-Grow-Your-Studio.html For this week's tip we're breaking away from our normal weekly format. We've compiled links to over a dozen free eBooks, PDFs, and Manifestos, containing a plethora of sales, marketing, and management strategies to help you run and grow a successful creative studio. We've linked directly to the PDFs for several of these books: bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11549/1/The-eBook-Sale-a-leading-eBooks-publisher-announces-the-formation-of-a-partnership-with-Allbooks-R/The-eBook-Sale-a-leading-eBooks-publisher-announces-the-formation-of-a-partnership-with-Allbooks-R.html Richie O'Brien further expands by saying that "providing a service for Authors, which now includes a professional review by a leading authority such as Allbooks Review, gives the Author honest, forthright and objective feedback of their work. There can also be excellent marketing and promotional benefits attached to such reviews". bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11532/1/BooksOnBoard-Offers-Vast-New-eBook-Selection-for-Sony-Reader/BooksOnBoard-Offers-Vast-New-eBook-Selection-for-Sony-Reader.html In a step to vastly increase selection - and save customers money and hassle - BooksOnBoard (www.BooksOnBoard.com) today introduced support for Adobe eBooks from the major publishers for the Sony PRS-505 Reader. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11503/1/The-eBook-Sale-a-leading-eBooks-publisher-announces-a-partnership-with-Allbooks-Review/The-eBook-Sale-a-leading-eBooks-publisher-announces-a-partnership-with-Allbooks-Review.html The eBook Sale, an up and coming eBook Publisher, is based in Limerick, Ireland. Richie O'Brien, The eBook Sale's founder, is delighted with the development saying that "this was the missing piece of the puzzle".  bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11490/1/All-You-Ever-Wanted-To-Know-About-Ebooks/All-You-Ever-Wanted-To-Know-About-Ebooks.html This article talks about the benefits that ebooks have on the environment and for readers as well. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11474/1/eBooks-So-Many-Categories-to-Choose-From/eBooks-So-Many-Categories-to-Choose-From.html TreoCentral reader Rich wrote in yesterday saying that he loves to read eBooks. Rich says that reading eBooks is one of the major things that he does with his portable toys these days, and that the amount of books available (both authorized and unauthorized) is incredible. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11462/1/30-OReilly-Titles-Now-Available-as-Ebook-Bundles-Many-In-Kindle-Store-Later-Today/30-OReilly-Titles-Now-Available-as-Ebook-Bundles-Many-In-Kindle-Store-Later-Today.html As promised last month, O'Reilly has released 30 titles as DRM-free downloadable ebook bundles. The bundles include three ebook formats (EPUB, PDF, and Kindle-compatible Mobipocket) for a single price -- at or below the book's cover price. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11433/1/First-Looks-AppEngines-ebooks/First-Looks-AppEngines-ebooks.html No doubt by now you've noticed that many of the "applications" available on the iTunes App Store are various ebooks by AppEngines (iTunes Link). I thought I'd take a look so you can see what you're getting for $0.99. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11403/1/WHS-still-cautious-over-e-books/WHS-still-cautious-over-e-books.html W H Smith does not expect the e-book market to take off until either the price of e-readers falls below £100 or books become available on mobile phones. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11379/1/Brand-New-EBook-quotWriting-EBooks---The-Perfect-Home-Based-Business-That-Makes-Easy-Money-From-The-Internetquot-Is-Launched/Brand-New-EBook-quotWriting-EBooks---The-Perfect-Home-Based-Business-That-Makes-Easy-Money-From-Th.html A brand new eBook designed to help those wanting to make a living from writing and selling eBooks has just been released. Called "Writing EBooks - The Perfect Home Based Business That Makes Easy Money From The Internet", it is specifically aimed at beginners who want a no holds barred, step by step outline of exactly how to start writing eBooks successfully. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11366/1/Legends-ebook-service-for-iPod-touch/Legends-ebook-service-for-iPod-touch.html To bring mobile reading to the iPod Touch and iPhone ZappTek has announced “Legends” and ebook service. This service will be available for purchase in the Official App Store on July 11th. The App is free however, you do have to purchase the ebooks. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11347/1/Come-to-the-World-eBook-Fair/Come-to-the-World-eBook-Fair.html Two years ago I wrote about the debut of the World eBook Fair (www.worldebookfair.org; http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbReader.asp?ArticleId=18231). The collaborative project promised to bring free ebooks to the public from July 4 through Aug. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11327/1/Hornby-bemused-by-eBooks/Hornby-bemused-by-eBooks.html Author Nick Hornby has expressed his doubts over eBooks – although it is people's attitude to reading as a whole that appears to be supporting his argument. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11302/1/Mobipocket-bringing-eBooks-to-masses-with-Java-client/Mobipocket-bringing-eBooks-to-masses-with-Java-client.html Must be an "alpha" day because this is yet-another pre-beta today. It's still exciting news though since up to now Mobipocket was absent from regular or feature phones that support Java (J2ME). If you have a device that can run it, you can find the software right here. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11284/1/Tips-For-Making-Money-With-Ebooks/Tips-For-Making-Money-With-Ebooks.html Can i make money with ebook?The answer is yes. Anyone can earn money with ebook. If you are good in some field then you can write ebook about that field and by selling it you can earn money. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11260/1/Ebooks-Are-Just-Not-Good-Enough/Ebooks-Are-Just-Not-Good-Enough.html Piper Jaffray & Company have conducted a limited internet survey (344 respondents) that concluded that roughly two-thirds would not buy an e-book, even if the price was low. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11249/1/High-res-display-older-processor-give-eBooks-second-wind/High-res-display-older-processor-give-eBooks-second-wind.html Electronic readers, or eBooks, have been around for a while but never really had a significant impact on the market. The biggest complaint was that it was hard on the eyes to look at the display for long periods of time. The user interface wasn't the greatest either. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11219/1/Academic-publishing-and-eBooks/Academic-publishing-and-eBooks.html The year was 2000 and I was just out of college, working for a subdivision of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Scarecrow Education. Many of the other employees were librarians, with degrees in Information Technology and Library Science. The hot topic in the office? Ebooks. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11202/1/-OReilly-to-launch-DRM-free-developer-ebooks/-OReilly-to-launch-DRM-free-developer-ebooks.html As publishers go, O'Reilly has managed to build itself quite a reputation as a forward thinking company. Not only for the way in which it tackles emerging and niche technologies from the developer perspective, but also for being something of a pioneer in making them available in a digital format.  bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11192/1/Ebooks-Copyright-Piracy/Ebooks-Copyright-Piracy.html Okay, world, what do we do about copyright? What, if anything, do we do about those big bad companies that sue Internet Robin Hoods and cute college students for giving somebody else's stuff away? Hooray, we say, screw copyright, stick it to the man. But then since when are writers, musicians, or artists "the man"? bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11163/1/Bizle-Professional-Series-now-available-as-eBooks/Bizle-Professional-Series-now-available-as-eBooks.html Bizle Professional Series of books published by Essvale Corporation Limited are now available in eBook format and are to be distributed worldwide. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11136/1/eBook-Savings-This-Week/eBook-Savings-This-Week.html If you read eBooks on your Treo or Centro, and I'm sure that many of you do, you'll be interested to know that eReader is offering 10% off on their newest eBook releases this week. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11115/1/The-arrival-of-ebooks/The-arrival-of-ebooks.html In The Guardian, an editorial argues that books read on electronic devices are hear to stay. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11114/1/Ebooks-From-Print-Publishers/Ebooks-From-Print-Publishers.html Ebooks are no longer just for small publishers and self-published writers. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11085/1/Free-eBook-Hurdle-The-Book-on-Business-Planning/Free-eBook-Hurdle-The-Book-on-Business-Planning.html Hurdle: The Book on Business Planning by Tim Berry cab be downloaded for free in pdf format. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11084/1/eBooks-for-the-fun-of-it/eBooks-for-the-fun-of-it.html So what are you doing on this blazing Sunday afternoon? I am reading the posts from GreenRead and doing research on eBooks. What the heck is GreenRead, you ask? Let me tell you all about it. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11067/1/Why-Giving-Away-FREE-Ebooks-Can-Create-A-Viral-Marketing-Explosion/Why-Giving-Away-FREE-Ebooks-Can-Create-A-Viral-Marketing-Explosion.html I use them and I am sure you have read them as well. I am talking about ebooks and there is one to cover just about any subject you can think of. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11030/1/Community--eBooks-Looking-for-your-help/Community--eBooks-Looking-for-your-help.html I'm in the process of putting together some resources to support and help people deliver eBooks and other digital media. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/11029/1/All-You-Ever-Wanted-To-Know-About-Ebooks/All-You-Ever-Wanted-To-Know-About-Ebooks.html Is writing your passion? Then a financially lucrative and intellectually rewarding career beckons you. Welcome to the world of ebook writing! As the Internet has paved the way for lucrative business opportunities for almost all walks of life, professional ebook writers are cashing in on the popular propensity to read ebooks more than anything else. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10997/1/Buying-To-Sell-Ebooks--On-Ebay/Buying-To-Sell-Ebooks--On-Ebay.html Selling ebooks on ebay is very popular at the moment and the demand for them is very high. Some sellers actually make a full time income just by selling ebooks on ebay, and a very good income at that. Selling ebooks, and in particular your own ebook is one of the most profitable businesses on the internet. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10996/1/Bill-Curries-classic-game-fishing-books-now-available-in-eBook-format-from-FishFly/Bill-Curries-classic-game-fishing-books-now-available-in-eBook-format-from-FishFly.html Bill Currie is not only the greatest living writer on atlantic salmon fishing but he’s also a great friend to us at Fish&Fly and we are delighted to be able to offer his classic works in eBook format to our members. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10942/1/How-to-find-ebooks/How-to-find-ebooks.html These days, I have been very busy reading e-books.That's so obvious you don't want to reinvent the wheel every time.To believe that you have one person's lifetime knowledge condensed into a few pages makes you read more and more. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10941/1/Buyers-rush-for-the-iPod-of-ebooks/Buyers-rush-for-the-iPod-of-ebooks.html THE new generation of electronic books – ebooks – has fired a revolution even before they go on sale in Britain. Such is the sudden success in the United States of the Amazon Kindle, a reading device capable of storing 200 books, that UK buyers are bidding for them on eBay in the hope of shipping them over. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10904/1/Turning-a-new-page-on-e-books/Turning-a-new-page-on-e-books.html Imagine a magic scroll, one that contains a myriad of stories and tells you a different one every night. One that fetches you the morning news, generates customized crossword-puzzles, keeps an eye on your favorite authors and an ear on the local grapevine. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10903/1/Big-Money-Online-with-EBooks-Resale-Rights/Big-Money-Online-with-EBooks-Resale-Rights.html EBooks are the quickest, cheapest way to share information, and as internet machinery develops, soon most books will be sold as eBooks. EBooks are becoming more and more popular. This popularity has lead to increasing the number of e-books that are for sale. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10872/1/How-To-Create-E-Books-For-Income/How-To-Create-E-Books-For-Income.html Writing your first E-Book may be seemingly impossible for anyone. For some, writing is natural and they can weave stories, articles and books in a short time frame. But the majority of the population would be dealing with the popular ‘writers block’; they might write a chapter or two and then face shortage of ideas. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10871/1/The-Benefits-and-Advantages-of-Ebooks/The-Benefits-and-Advantages-of-Ebooks.html An ebook is a book in electronic format. It is downloaded to a computer, PC, Mac, laptop, PDA or any other kind of computer, and is read on the screen. It can have numbered pages, table of contents, pictures and graphics, exactly like a printed book. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10836/1/Free-Ebooks-Give-an-Advantage/Free-Ebooks-Give-an-Advantage.html To succeed in any business you have to have a strong marketing plan. If doing business online, or is not needed to market its product. Many ebooks are sold daily. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10835/1/Hachette-Book-Group-Publishes-Nextville-in-Interactive-ebook-Format/Hachette-Book-Group-Publishes-Nextville-in-Interactive-ebook-Format.html DNAML Pty Limited and Hachette Book Group USA announced today the publication of "Nextville," by Barbara Corcoran with Warren Berger, in DNAML's interactive DNL ebook format. Nextville -- subtitled Amazing Places to Live the Rest of Your Life -- identifies the top eight trends that are changing where (and how) boomers are retiring. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10793/1/Esource-Declares-the-Launch-Date-for-Indias-First-Ebook-Portal/Esource-Declares-the-Launch-Date-for-Indias-First-Ebook-Portal.html India’s much awaited first ebook portal 'indiaeBooks.com', a fresh, new and exciting ebook shop which is all set to be launched officially in June 2008. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10792/1/Why-Ebooks-Arent-Ready-For-The-Mainstream/Why-Ebooks-Arent-Ready-For-The-Mainstream.html Joel Johnson over at Boing Boing Gadgets has ably demonstrated one of the major problems with ebook readers. Above you see his Kindle as it emerged from his bag. The screen is broken, in much the same way as the screens of nearly every cellphone I have owned. The problem is, when your ebook reader breaks, you lose a lot more. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10759/1/Create-Passive-Income-with-Ebooks-and-Special-Reports/Create-Passive-Income-with-Ebooks-and-Special-Reports.html Information products are a hot commodity in the online marketplace, transforming traditional entrepreneurs into infopreneurs. Ebooks and special reports are two of the most basic forms of info products. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10758/1/Build-Quality-Membership-Sites-FAST-With-eBooks/Build-Quality-Membership-Sites-FAST-With-eBooks.html You can use your ebooks-especially a “how-to” ebook- to create a lot of content in your membership. Because you can take the chapters, which are often 5-10 steps on how to do whatever your topic is and you can use them to create other more valuable products. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10715/1/NEW-EBOOK-SELLER-ECOBRAINCOM-DRAWS-ATTENTION-TO-THE-ENVIRONMENTAL-BENEFITS-OF-EBOOKS/NEW-EBOOK-SELLER-ECOBRAINCOM-DRAWS-ATTENTION-TO-THE-ENVIRONMENTAL-BENEFITS-OF-EBOOKS.html EcoBrain.com, the #1 seller of eBooks about the environment and environmentally friendly living from hundreds of top publishers is, for the first time, drawing attention to the dramatic environmental benefits of eBooks. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 26 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10714/1/Entrepreneur-Discovers-How-to-Overcome-the-Ebay-Ban-of-Ebooks-While-Making-More-Money-Than-Ever/Entrepreneur-Discovers-How-to-Overcome-the-Ebay-Ban-of-Ebooks-While-Making-More-Money-Than-Ever.html It wasn't long ago that Ray Johnson was not only down on his luck but was actually homeless. During that time, Ray decided to turn his life around. Ray recounted "I just looked at my life and decided that enough was enough. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 26 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10662/1/-Ebooks-book-to-the-future/-Ebooks-book-to-the-future.html The new breed of e-readers could do for reading what the iPod did for listening to music, say Claudine Beaumont and Matt Warman. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10624/1/Those-FREE-ebooks-you-want/Those-FREE-ebooks-you-want.html The most popular posts here at Treated & Released are lists of free ebooks. Publishers, authors, software developers, and mobile device manufacturers offer free ebook downloads to accustom readers to their business models and familiarize them with their brands. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 17 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10542/1/Top-Tips-to-Sell-More-ebooks/Top-Tips-to-Sell-More-ebooks.html It is a fact that most ebooks do not sell very well. There may be lots of reasons, but some of them can be rectified quite easily. Give yourself the best possible chance of success, by following my top ten tips of selling more ebooks. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10541/1/eBooks--an-excellent-way-to-enter-into-the-self-publishing-world/eBooks--an-excellent-way-to-enter-into-the-self-publishing-world.html eBooks are books in electronic format and like other electronic data, they can be distributed easily across networks, downloaded immediately and viewed on a screen. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10540/1/The-eBook-Sale-a-Leading-Online-Retailer-of-eBooks-Announces-the-Formation-of-a-Partnership-with-Raider-Publishing-International/The-eBook-Sale-a-Leading-Online-Retailer-of-eBooks-Announces-the-Formation-of-a-Partnership-with-R.html The eBook Sale, a relatively new eBook store online for almost 8 months, is both Irish owned and ran. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10498/1/Subscribe-to-usSelling-Ebooks-Of-Your-Own---Why-Promote-Someone-Else/Selling-Ebooks-Of-Your-Own---Why-Promote-Someone-Else.html It is incredible what lengths people will go to in an attempt to have success online without using any of their own ideas or products. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10496/1/-Ebooks-Trials/-Ebooks-Trials.html The Library currently has two Ebook trials running.    * STAT!Ref which is a new e-book collection aimed at health care professionals. Its particular strengths include books on nursing, pharmacy and pharmacology, and dentistry. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10464/1/Penguin-to-publish-new-titles-as-ebooks/Penguin-to-publish-new-titles-as-ebooks.html Publishing house Penguin said today that it plans to publish new titles simultaneously in ebook, or electronic, format from this autumn in response to signs of growing reader demand for digital books. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10405/1/From-Articles-To-eBooks---Get-More-From-Your-Article-Writing-and-Marketing-Efforts/From-Articles-To-eBooks---Get-More-From-Your-Article-Writing-and-Marketing-Efforts.html Do you want to write an eBook now?If you’ve been writing articles you can write eBooks and you can write your eBooks much quicker than you think. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10404/1/Handy-Ebooks-That-Can-Make-You-Money-Working-From-Home/Handy-Ebooks-That-Can-Make-You-Money-Working-From-Home.html I was once where you are trying to figure out how to create an income online, but not knowing where to start. I spent hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars on every type of money making system out there. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10402/1/Selling-E-books-for-Revenue/Selling-E-books-for-Revenue.html Can you get rich selling e-books? Huge profit is not guaranteed, but you can build a nice income for sure and you can also create some nice links for your website. Improving your links will help create better search engine ranking and more visitors to your site. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10359/1/64-free-ebooks/64-free-ebooks.html 64 free ebooks of poetry for download today only (until May 2, midnight) at Rick Lupert's Poetry Super Highway. Click on "The Great E-book Free-For-All" from the main menu. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10327/1/Make-Money-Selling-Mini-Ebooks/Make-Money-Selling-Mini-Ebooks.html I am sure that most everyone is familiar with ebooks. They are books that are written to be downloaded through the Internet. Ebooks can be of almost any length. Most of them consist of 10 to 150 pages and can sell for up to several hundred dollars. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10324/1/Need-Extra-Income-Make-Money-Selling-Ebooks/Bum-Marketing-Methods---How-To-Make-Money-By-Doing-Nothing.html With the soaring cost of childcare, more and more parents are deciding to leave the workforce and stay at home with their children. In many cases, it is the woman who chooses to be the stay at home parent. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10244/1/Write-E-books-for-Publicity-and-Even-Profit-Part-1--Why-E-books/Write-E-books-for-Publicity-and-Even-Profit-Part-1--Why-E-books.html An e-book is a book, article, or other self-contained written material that is circulated electronically, usually over the web. Although they’ve been slow to catch on — few people relish the thought of reading a novel-length book on their computer screen — e-books have started to gain a lot of popularity with the release of high-quality e-book reading devices like Amazon’s Kindle. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10243/1/Create-Passive-Income-with-Ebooks-and-Special-Reports/Create-Passive-Income-with-Ebooks-and-Special-Reports.html Information products are a hot commodity in the online marketplace, transforming traditional entrepreneurs into infopreneurs. Ebooks and special reports are two of the most basic forms of info products. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10206/1/Free-eBooks-Celebrate-Earth-Day/Free-eBooks-Celebrate-Earth-Day.html Hoping to help spur the publishing community’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect forests, FreeandGreen.com marks Earth Day 2008 by offering free eBooks in partnership with BooksOnBoard.com and Abbey House Press. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10205/1/The-Future-of-eBooks/The-Future-of-eBooks.html David Chisnall looks at the current crop of eBook readers and tries to imagine what's in store as the technology improves. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10147/1/Free-eBooks-Celebrate-Earth-Day/Free-eBooks-Celebrate-Earth-Day.html Hoping to help spur the publishing community’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect forests, FreeandGreen.com marks Earth Day 2008 by offering free eBooks in partnership with BooksOnBoard.com and Abbey House Press. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10145/1/Affordable-and-green-eBooks-may-be-problematic-for-classes/Affordable-and-green-eBooks-may-be-problematic-for-classes.html Global warming and climate change are major issues in the 2008 election as well as on the University of Miami campus - which is why some professors and students are turning to eBooks. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10016/1/Earth-Day-eBooks/Earth-Day-eBooks.html This is from a recent Sunday comic, but I figured I should put it in front of y’all before Earth Day.* Consider it an eco-friendly sticker you can post to a blog. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10014/1/New-NetLibrary-webinar-now-available-Getting-to-Success-with-eBooks/New-NetLibrary-webinar-now-available-Getting-to-Success-with-eBooks.html You and your library staff are invited to attend a free, 60-minute web-based session for an overview and demonstration of NetLibrary and how users can get the most from your library's eBook collection. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9936/1/Win-a-Free-Ebook/Win-a-Free-Ebook.html We (Manning) will hold a random drawing every day from April 17 to April 30. Two winners will be chosen each day. Winners can choose from any ebook available on Manning.com. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9935/1/Books-ebooks-and-Beyond/Books-ebooks-and-Beyond.html “What’s wrong with the Kindle” - a paper guy’s viewI recently picked up a copy of the latest Technology Review for some light entertainment on a flight. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9880/1/Why-Write-an-eBook/Why-Write-an-eBook.html You may want to build a whole business around writing and publishing eBooks. Essentially, you want to start an e-business. You are thinking of setting up a website to promote and market your eBooks. Maybe you’re even thinking of producing an ezine. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9879/1/Free-eBooks---Some-White-Noise-Poetry-Art/Free-eBooks---Some-White-Noise-Poetry-Art.html Well, Doctor Mooze seems to have been a popular old download and amazingly sold as many copies in one day as it has in the last month, so interesting, very so interesting to know. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9810/1/Free-Online-Business-and-Blogging-eBooks/Free-Online-Business-and-Blogging-eBooks.html I wanted to share with you my favorite eBooks, all available for free and all are well written. Why pay $97.00 for an eBook on these exact same topics when these expert authors are willing to share their knowledge with you for free. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9761/1/Butterfly-Reports-FREE-E-books-for-Your-Attraction-Marketing/Butterfly-Reports-FREE-E-books-for-Your-Attraction-Marketing.html One of the basic tenets of attraction marketing is to provide FREE, valuable content upfront to your readers. In this way, you build a community of interested parties and the potential to profit via list-building, affiliate monetization, and direct sales. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9760/1/Easy-way-to-write-200000-profitable-ebooks-that-make-money/Easy-way-to-write-200000-profitable-ebooks-that-make-money.html As a master site builder now since 2004, I know how profitable niche sites, niche blogs, and niche ebooks can be. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9707/1/Penguin-to-Launch-Ebooks-Alongside-Regular-Releases/Penguin-to-Launch-Ebooks-Alongside-Regular-Releases.html The international publisher, Penguin, has decided to hop onto the ebook bandwagon, by promising regular book launches to be held in conjunction with their ebook counterparts.  bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9706/1/CAB-eBooks-Goes-Live/CAB-eBooks-Goes-Live.html CAB International’s (CABI) book collection can now be purchased digitally with the launch of CAB eBooks (www.cabi.org/cabebooks). By developing its own web-based portal, CABI can now provide customers with digital copies of its publications dating from 2000 to 2008. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9647/1/Penguin-will-publish-new-book-titles-as-ebooks/Penguin-will-publish-new-book-titles-as-ebooks.html Penguin, the publishing house, will release new "ebooks" at the same time as it produces a print edition in order to feed a growing demand for digital books. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9600/1/Digital-Downloads-are-Not-Just-eBooks/Digital-Downloads-are-Not-Just-eBooks.html This is just a quick note to tell the world that digital downloads (i.e. downloadable products) are not just limited to PDF ebooks or marketing crap. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9597/1/Armageddon-in-Retrospect-eBook-edition/Armageddon-in-Retrospect-eBook-edition.html When it comes to Kurt Vonnegut, I am not exactly a dispassionate reviewer.  I admit it, up front, I am a fan.  bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9535/1/Book-C-Sharp-Language-Fundamentals-Net-Framework-Data-Access-with-ADONet/Book-C-Sharp-Language-Fundamentals-Net-Framework-Data-Access-with-ADONet.html The book is divided in to three progressive levels. In the first beginner stage we will be discussing the .Net Framework, C# Language Fundamentals and Object Oriented Programming. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9533/1/Ebook-Of-An-Introduction-to-Language-Processing-with-Perl-and-Prolog-An-Outline-of-Theories-Implementation-and-Application-with-Special-Consideration-of-English-French-and-German/Ebook-Of-An-Introduction-to-Language-Processing-with-Perl-and-Prolog-An-Outline-of-Theories-Implem.html Pierre Nugues’ research is focused on natural language processing for advanced user interfaces and spoken dialogue. This includes the design and the implementation of conversational agents within a multimodal framework and text visualization. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9459/1/E-books-provide-cheaper-alternative-to-pricey-textbooks/E-books-provide-cheaper-alternative-to-pricey-textbooks.html Buying textbooks every semester can be overwhelming with hefty prices for new textbooks and a limited number of used books. The electronic book is a cheaper option students can consider. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9458/1/eBooks-Paperbacks-Without-The-Paper/eBooks-Paperbacks-Without-The-Paper.html I have subscriptions to several magazines; I read four newspapers a day; and I pick up the occasional book at the mall. But instead of lugging them all around, I'm looking at buying an eBook reader. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9418/1/ban-on-eBooks-after-28th-April/ban-on-eBooks-after-28th-April.html They're not going to ban them. They're just going to require digital goods to be sold via classified ads, which don't use the feedback system. Apparently too many people were selling $1 reports and the like to manipulate/boost their feedback. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9416/1/Kindle-helps-tiny-ebook-market/Kindle-helps-tiny-ebook-market.html More than four months after Amazon.com released the Kindle, publishers believe that it has helped, if not revolutionised, the tiny market for electronic books. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9391/1/More-than-500-eBooks/More-than-500-eBooks.html From the Internet Marketing Boot Camp, I have more than 500 eBooks which some could be re-sold and some could be given out free. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9390/1/Fat-Envelope-Frenzy-eBook-Edition/Fat-Envelope-Frenzy-eBook-Edition.html I grew up in a solidly middle class family.  I honestly did not know that NOT going to college was an option.  On the other hand, it never occurred to me (or my parents) to apply to an Ivy League college -- too expensive and way to Eastern. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9347/1/Maran-Student-Library-free-eBooks/Maran-Student-Library-free-eBooks.html One more free eBook site to bookmark!I got an email a while back, and asked some questions, and got good responses regarding the Maran Student Library.  The topics of the few books are quite varied (from yoga to algebra to Microsoft XP).  But the books themselves are quite cool. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9346/1/Free-eBooks-graphic-novels-comic-books-and-more-all-at-Wowio/Free-eBooks-graphic-novels-comic-books-and-more-all-at-Wowio.html Wowio is must-have resource for any one that uses iPhone or iPod touch for reading. The library of free eBooks at Wowio is deep and every book in the database is available for downloading to your mobile device. Wowio’s free eBooks are all in PDF format and organized into popular categories. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9303/1/Ebooks-Failings-and-Solutions/Ebooks-Failings-and-Solutions.html Obviously, I find the topic of ebooks and ebook readers fascinating, as I’ve talked about it twice now.  I’m now going to talk about it again. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9301/1/eBooks-Paperbacks-Without-The-Paper/eBooks-Paperbacks-Without-The-Paper.html I have subscriptions to several magazines; I read four newspapers a day; and I pick up the occasional book at the mall. But instead of lugging them all around, I'm looking at buying an eBook reader. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9251/1/WOWIO-Publishing-Free-eBooks/WOWIO-Publishing-Free-eBooks.html Over the past year, there's been a huge movement towards free online books and other learning materials. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9250/1/-E-Books-in-my-library/-E-Books-in-my-library.html Was in (another) meeting the other morning, and alerted to some interesting bits and pieces. Apparently, ebooks have now taken off, according to our University Librarian. The numbers are interesting. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9165/1/How-can-I-buy-ebooks-from-Sony-Connect-without-a-USA-Credit-Card/How-can-I-buy-ebooks-from-Sony-Connect-without-a-USA-Credit-Card.html Folks, I have a ebook reader 505 from Sony and I have un issue regarding that I am not from USA!! bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9164/1/-Saleable-ebooks/-Saleable-ebooks.html Myths abound about print books being the right kind of book and eBooks are on their last leg. These ideas spring from traditional publishing. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9163/1/eBooks-on-Demand/eBooks-on-Demand.html Exciting things happen in Europe.  Maybe I'm over-romanticizing this, but it often seems that European libraries do some pretty astounding things way before libraries here in the U.S. do. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9085/1/-Safari-Books-Online-to-Add-Packt-Publishing-eBooks-to-its-Digital-Library-Service/-Safari-Books-Online-to-Add-Packt-Publishing-eBooks-to-its-Digital-Library-Service.html Safari Books Online (www.safaribooksonline.com), the provider of digital libraries that increase the productivity of IT professionals, today announced an agreement with Packt Publishing to make Packt’s books and other technical publications available online to corporate and individual library subscribers. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9083/1/New-iPhoto-08-Book-from-CJRTOOLS-ebooks/New-iPhoto-08-Book-from-CJRTOOLS-ebooks.html CJRTOOLS ebooks, a small independent publisher of ebooks on Mac OS X, has released a new ebook on iPhoto '08. The book, "iPhoto '08 in 7 Easy Lessons," consists of seven comprehensive lessons on the main features of the application. Each lesson consists of step-by-step instructions for using iPhoto '08. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9009/1/Dominate-the-eBook-Market-With-Your-Own-Product/Dominate-the-eBook-Market-With-Your-Own-Product.html The eBook market is a thing that evokes quite a range of emotions in those attempting to make money online… some hate eBooks and those that write them with a passion while others find themselves purchasing a new one every single day. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/9008/1/Making-pretty-ebooks/Making-pretty-ebooks.html A new document publishing service called Issuu transforms PDFs into attractive ebooks and hosts them on the Web for free. The site is streamlined and very easy to use. I dredged up a paper I wrote back in 1999, inserted hyperlinks, converted it to PDF, and uploaded it to Issuu. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8974/1/Random-House-eBook-Titles-Now-Available-to-Public-Libraries/Random-House-eBook-Titles-Now-Available-to-Public-Libraries.html Public libraries can now offer eBooks by best-selling authors such as Barack Obama, Dean Koontz, and Christopher Paolini to their patrons. OverDrive (www.overdrive.com), the leading digital book distributor to public libraries, has arranged to offer Random House, Inc. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8973/1/How-to-Find-Sober-Living---Free-eBook-available-to-help-find-halfway-houses/How-to-Find-Sober-Living---Free-eBook-available-to-help-find-halfway-houses.html TreatmentUSA.com and HalfwayHouseUSA.com have launched a new series of eBooks to assist those who are seeking recovery from addiction and alcoholism.  By simply visiting one of the sites, you can download your free copy of How to Find the Right Sober Living. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8884/1/-Ebooks-Galore/-Ebooks-Galore.html I am thinking that it’s getting to be the right time for me to start writing an ebook about my experiences getting back to the states and making it in real estate. I think everyone is writing an ebook these days and then hawking them online. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8882/1/In-the-age-of-ebooks-you-dont-own-your-library/In-the-age-of-ebooks-you-dont-own-your-library.html Reporting on a Science and Technology Law Review article about copyright and ebooks, Gizmodo's Matt Buchanan has written a great piece on the way that hardware ebook readers (Kindle, Sony Reader) run on stores that only license -- instead of selling -- books to you, even though they encourage you to think of the books as a purchase, saying things like "buy it now for the Kindle!" Books that you own can be loaned, re-sold and given away, bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8880/1/Price-of-e-books/Price-of-e-books.html I like the idea of the E-reader as I think it will encourage me to read more during my commute. However I am put off by the price of content. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8783/1/-Ebooks-Galore/Ebooks-Galore.html I am thinking that it’s getting to be the right time for me to start writing an ebook about my experiences getting back to the states and making it in real estate. I think everyone is writing an ebook these days and then hawking them online. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8781/1/Secret-technique-for-promoting-your-Viral-Ebooks/Secret-technique-for-promoting-your-Viral-Ebooks.html In the last article, you’ve learned the basics, now we’re off to the next level! Here 4 more secret techniques to actually make your viral eBook viral. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8777/1/In-the-age-of-ebooks-you-dont-own-your-library/In-the-age-of-ebooks-you-dont-own-your-library.html Reporting on a Science and Technology Law Review article about copyright and ebooks, Gizmodo's Matt Buchanan has written a great piece on the way that hardware ebook readers (Kindle, Sony Reader) run on stores that only license -- instead of selling -- books to you, even though they encourage you to think of the books as a purchase, saying things like "buy it now for the Kindle!" Books that you own can be loaned, re-sold and given away, bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8775/1/Tor-is-Offering-Free-eBooks-and-Sci-Fi-Wallpaper/Tor-is-Offering-Free-eBooks-and-Sci-Fi-Wallpaper.html Tor.com is offering a new free ebook and two incredibly beautiful sci-fi wallpapers each week for a limited time.  You can’t beat free for drawing people to a website especially when the website also offers a contest for an Asus Eee PC. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8707/1/More-Free-eBooks/More-Free-eBooks.html There are more sites than ever providing free access to online text and audio books. Many of the books are older classics that are “in the the Public Domain” as they are no longer covered by copyright law, however some sites may be hosting material illegally. Check the authenticity of host/editor of the site before you download. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8663/1/Penguins-Missed-Ebook-Opportunity/Penguins-Missed-Ebook-Opportunity.html I've seen several softball pieces (such as this one) praising Penguin's decision to release, on Amazon's Kindle and Sony's Reader, some classics of English literature, starting with Jane Austen, with certain extras, in multiple ebook formats. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8662/1/-EbooksWill-They-Work-for-You/-EbooksWill-They-Work-for-You.html I have been following the development of ebooks for eight years now. The one thing I still remember from Book Expo America 2000 in Chicago is how the topic of ebooks seemed to dominate every single workshop I attended. Ebooks were the next big thing. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8615/1/BooksOnBoard-eBook-Bestseller-Lists-Released---Paranormal-Dominates/BooksOnBoard-eBook-Bestseller-Lists-Released---Paranormal-Dominates.html Paranormal romance dominates the BooksOnBoard.com ebook romance bestseller list for the first half of March. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8614/1/Top-authors-to-go-digital-with-ebooks/Top-authors-to-go-digital-with-ebooks.html The two biggest publishers in Britain are to offer dozens of likely bestsellers to read on a hand-held screen this autumn in a sign that, after many false dawns, the electronic “ebook” may finally have arrived. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8550/1/Should-You-Pay-For-eBooks/Should-You-Pay-For-eBooks.html Through the Internet, there are thousand ebooks about everything. Internet marketing, blogging and SEO, are the most common topics of these eBooks but, should you pay to get that information? I would say that you should not. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8548/1/More-Maran-eBooks-available-online-for-FREE/More-Maran-eBooks-available-online-for-FREE.html Robert Maran posted a comment to my post ‘Maran Illustrated Yoga eBook available online for FREE!’ that I want to be sure you see. He said, bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8491/1/-Converting-DRMd-ebooks-to-LRF/-Converting-DRMd-ebooks-to-LRF.html Welcome to the MobileRead Forums.You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8490/1/Ebooks-released-on-trucking-success/Ebooks-released-on-trucking-success.html Write Up The Road Publishing has released a new series of eBooks, 7 Secrets of a Successful Trucking Company. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8426/1/A-marketers-guide-to-social-media---free-eBooks-from-NixonMcInnes/A-marketers-guide-to-social-media---free-eBooks-from-NixonMcInnes.html NixonMcInnes are pleased to announce the latest chapter in their set of free eBooks ‘Essential Web Analytics’ white paper for Marketers. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8422/1/A-brief-update-and-some-thoughts-on-the-future-of-eBooks/A-brief-update-and-some-thoughts-on-the-future-of-eBooks.html It’s been far too long since I’ve written anything. A whole lot has happened since the last post, much of it work. I’m on track for my biggest project yet to go live pretty soon, and I’ve got a number of other smaller projects that should be released even before then. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8420/1/A-Favor-To-Convert-eBooks/A-Favor-To-Convert-eBooks.html A long time co-moblogger requested me to convert her 10 doc ebook files, 1 in prc format and 1 pdf ebook file to repligo format last week. I admit, the files were in my email inbox for a week and haven’t checked the details until last night. Its not that I don’t want to grant her request, but I can’t find time to convert them sooner. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8418/1/-Accessing-Ebooks-is-now-even-easier/-Accessing-Ebooks-is-now-even-easier.html It has just become even easier to search for Ebooks - with our new, easy-to-use Ebooks search option available on the Library’s Homepage, you can search for Ebooks quickly and easily – just type in a few keywords and you’ll find a range of Ebooks that are sure to meet your needs. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8356/1/50-New-EBooks/50-New-EBooks.html The LRC has invested in a collection of 50 new Ebooks. With a range of titles including; Performing Chekov,  Celebrity/Culture,  Merce Cunningham: the modernizing of modern dance,  Brands: meaning and value in media culture, there’s something for all programmes. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8355/1/30-Benefits-of-Ebooks/30-Benefits-of-Ebooks.html If you are in the habit of promoting eBooks to your users, perhaps extolling their benefits as travel books on PDAs (think one PDA with three Lonely Planet guides vs. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8353/1/Why-ebooks/Why-ebooks.html Over at my personal blog, I’m having an ebook giveaway this week. There’s still 3-4 more days worth of prizes going on, so make sure you check it out. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8352/1/750-Free-Amazon-Kindle-MobiPocket-Books-from-Diesel-eBooks/750-Free-Amazon-Kindle-MobiPocket-Books-from-Diesel-eBooks.html [Update: the reason i like this list is - its a single list of books, all in .prc format (so your kindle gets ‘em without any conversions) and its big enough to be exciting and not too big - that’s why i said i find it better than Project Gutenberg - i love PG  just that its often times overwhelming]  bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8272/1/eBooks-One-with-a-dog-and-one-like-a-Mac-Classic/eBooks-One-with-a-dog-and-one-like-a-Mac-Classic.html That’s a pretty big screen, ladies and gentlemen. The one on the left there, with the dog — it’s almost ten inches! Guess what else? It’s got built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and it uses electronic ink, has 4GB of storage, and lasts 5000 pages on a single charge. I’d actually buy it if I knew how to accomplish such a task (more on that later). bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8271/1/Different-Ebook-Formats-Explained/Different-Ebook-Formats-Explained.html Ebooks can be produced in a wide variety of formats, and each has its own special features. The special features make the it suitable for certain publications and styles, which makes sure that the necessary information is conveyed in the must suitable and economical way possible. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8269/1/Free-eBook-Result-On-TrafficJam/Free-eBook-Result-On-TrafficJam.html A comment called my attention about the traffic I received when my article Free eBook made it #1 to TrafficJam last March 4. For the record, my blogrush widget is ten days old at that time. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8267/1/Is-anyone-using-eBooks/Is-anyone-using-eBooks.html Kari Paulson, President of EBL, offered these statistics at the Charleston Conference last fall. I verified them with her today. The stats are from EBL. Kari collected these anecdotal stats to respond to the common question, is anyone using eBooks? bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8167/1/Opinion---Visions-and-failures-eBooks-smart-furniture-grid-computing/Opinion---Visions-and-failures-eBooks-smart-furniture-grid-computing.html “Ubiquitous computing” has been fueled by strong visions of Mark Weiser’s disappearing computers” or the need for “calm” technologies, but although the ever-increasing numbers of smart houses, intelligent assistants or mobile location-based applications have found niches,  bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8165/1/Star-Trek-Ebooks-To-Take-Hiatus/Star-Trek-Ebooks-To-Take-Hiatus.html Star Trek fiction fans will have to rely on printed books for the time being with the announcement that original ebook Star Trek fiction will be discontinued. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8163/1/Diesel-eBooks-Now-Offering-Mobipocket-Format-Along-with-Over-750-Free-eBooks-for-Download/Diesel-eBooks-Now-Offering-Mobipocket-Format-Along-with-Over-750-Free-eBooks-for-Download.html Diesel eBooks (http://www.diesel-ebooks.com) announced today that it is celebrating the addition of Mobipocket ebooks to its inventory by permanently offering over 750 Mobipocket titles for download at no charge. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8079/1/Marketing-for-Business-New-e-Books-for-Winning-at-Business---Toolbox-for-Marketing-and-PR/Marketing-for-Business-New-e-Books-for-Winning-at-Business---Toolbox-for-Marketing-and-PR.html McKerns Development, a West Palm Beach, Florida based strategic marketing, press and public relations firm, announces the new e-books, Winning at Business - Toolbox for Marketing and PR, and the companion workbook Winning at Business - Toolbox for Marketing and PR, bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8078/1/Introducing-The-Instant-eBook-Library-on-CD-ROM-Includes-250-Innovative-eBooks-Written-by-World-Famous-Authors-and-Business-Leaders/Introducing-The-Instant-eBook-Library-on-CD-ROM-Includes-250-Innovative-eBooks-Written-by-World-Fam.html Owning the new Instant e-Book Library CD-ROM is the fastest way to get started growing a private e-Book library. Have immediate access to over 250 cutting-edge e-Books spanning a wide variety of interesting topics such as The eBay Cash Explosion e-Book, Memory Power Tricks, bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/8076/1/Pulp-Fact-Books-Publishing-Gets-Greener/Pulp-Fact-Books-Publishing-Gets-Greener.html The latest report about the publishing industry doesn't compile sales figures, track the market for fiction or lament the future of reading. It does tell a great deal about books — not what they say, but what they're made of. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7971/1/You-and-Your-Money-in-30-Free-eBooks/You-and-Your-Money-in-30-Free-eBooks.html Many people say personal finance is common sense. In fact, if you were to visit a popular finance blog you'd be hard pressed to get away without running into the genius commenter that simply adds, "Spend less than you earn...duh". bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7970/1/Ebooks-and-the-Internet/Ebooks-and-the-Internet.html These days just about everybody uses the internet for gathering information. Whether it be driving directions or how to fix a leaky faucet, the internet is the most valuable resource available to people today. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7969/1/DriveThruRPG-and-eBooks/DriveThruRPG-and-eBooks.html There is a great interview with Steve Wieck on RPGnet about the history of White Wolf (from magazine to publisher), how DrivethruRPG got started and where it is headed. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7968/1/Learn-How-to-Write-and-Market-Articles-and-Ebooks-to-Promote-Yourself-and-Your-Business-Online-by-Learning-from-Connie-Ragen-Green-During-Her-4-Module-Course/Learn-How-to-Write-and-Market-Articles-and-Ebooks-to-Promote-Yourself-and-Your-Business-Online-by-Le.html Connie Ragen Green has taught hundreds of people how to make money online through a 4 Module Teleseminar program. This is an intensive program where authors, entrepreneurs, speakers, and small business owners will have unlimited email access to Connie, a private telephone consultation, and receive content rich weekly Teleseminars and Action Guides for each module. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7967/1/eBook---fact-or-fiction/eBook---fact-or-fiction.html What will it take for eBooks to take off?eBooks are one of those technologies that have been "the next big thing" for years but never quite seems to hit the big time. They're basically books in an electronic format, designed to be read on portable devices capable of storing hundreds of novels. Think of it like an iPod for your book collection. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7785/1/Harpercollins-will-post-free-books-on-the-Web/Harpercollins-will-post-free-books-on-the-Web.html In an attempt to increase book sales, HarperCollins Publishers will begin offering free electronic editions of some of its books on its Web site, including a novel by Paulo Coelho and a cookbook by the Food Network star Robert Irvine. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7784/1/-Sony-palm-ebooks/-Sony-palm-ebooks.html Welcome to the MobileRead Forums.You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7782/1/Homebased-business---How-To-Use-Ebooks-To-Boost-Your-Advertising-Power/Homebased-business---How-To-Use-Ebooks-To-Boost-Your-Advertising-Power.html Many people still think of book writing and publication as difficult to accomplish and achieve. To some extent, that remains true of the traditional world of paper based publishing. On the other hand, the internet offers many new expressions for the book format. In particular, bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7718/1/IMPRIMER-GRATUITEMENT-DES-EBOOKS-ET-LIVRES-GRATUITS-SUR-LES-CONSEILS-MARKETING/IMPRIMER-GRATUITEMENT-DES-EBOOKS-ET-LIVRES-GRATUITS-SUR-LES-CONSEILS-MARKETING.html IMPRIMER GRATUITEMENT DES EBOOKS ET LIVRES GRATUITS SUR LES CONSEILS MARKETING bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7716/1/Safari-ebooks-completely-changed--updated/Safari-ebooks-completely-changed--updated.html I’ve had a massive spring clean (errr late summer storming?) of Safari ebooks - exchanging some rather raggedly old titles for fabulous new ones.  If you have any suggestions for titles you’d like to see & ones you don’t find that interesting anymore - please let me know. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7715/1/Learn-How-to-Write-and-Market-Articles-and-Ebooks-to-Promote-Yourself-and-Your-Business-Online-by-Learning-from-Connie-Ragen-Green-During-Her-4-Module-Course/Learn-How-to-Write-and-Market-Articles-and-Ebooks-to-Promote-Yourself-and-Your-Business-Online-by-Le.html Connie Ragen Green has taught hundreds of people how to make money online through a 4 Module Teleseminar program. This is an intensive program where authors, entrepreneurs, speakers, and small business owners will have unlimited email access to Connie, a private telephone consultation, and receive content rich weekly Teleseminars and Action Guides for each module. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7648/1/Learning-3ds-Max-2008-Foundation/Learning-3ds-Max-2008-Foundation.html Learning Autodesk® 3ds Max® 2008 | Foundation is your shortcut to learning 3ds Max quickly and effectively. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7588/1/Reminder-Free-eBooks-from-Tor/Reminder-Free-eBooks-from-Tor.html I mentioned last week about how Tor was giving away free eBooks of popular titles (including Old Man’s War) to those folks who signed up to receive a newsletter; well, the e-mail about first of these titles, Brandon Sanderson’s Elantris Mistborn, just showed up in my mail queue. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7586/1/Giving-eBooks-another-shot/Giving-eBooks-another-shot.html I'm frightened. I'm starting to see the light behind eBooks. I've owned a Rocket eBook for years, but have only used it to avoid printing out free texts from Gutenberg and the like. Until the last couple of weeks, I'd never purchased an eBook. Recently, bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7490/1/How-Can-Ebooks-Generate-Traffic/How-Can-Ebooks-Generate-Traffic.html Electronic self-publishing has become really popular. Each day the number of people accessing the internet continues to grow by leaps and bounds. This growth exposes your ebook exponentially. Ebooks are the new medium for sharing information, ideas, techniques, and expert knowledge. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7488/1/re-free-ebooks/re-free-ebooks.html I did a bit of checking on the whole free ebook deal, and was pleasantly surprised to find that it is legit. Brandon Sanderson (he’s the author of the first book offered) even mentions it on his blog and on Amazon. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7486/1/-How-Elsevier-Created-New-Ebooks-From-Old-Content-to-Lift-Revenue-15/quot-How-Elsevier-Created-New-Ebooks-From-Old-Content-to-Lift-Revenue-15quot.html SUMMARY: Libraries and other institutions continue to add online content databases to their collections. So, opportunity calls for publishers to digitize even more specialty content for these customers. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7371/1/TextOnPhone-20000-eBooks-on-your-iPhone-iPod-Touch/TextOnPhone-20000-eBooks-on-your-iPhone-iPod-Touch.html I've been so busy reading eBooks on my UMPC of late that TextOnPhone somehow slipped past my radar. This web service is compatible with both the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch only, but sounds like it really leverages the Safari platform nicely. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7370/1/-Ebooks-and-Print-Publishing-How-to-Choose-What-is-Right-for-Your-Book/-Ebooks-and-Print-Publishing-How-to-Choose-What-is-Right-for-Your-Book.html Ebooks and Print Publishing: How to Choose What is Right for Your Book bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7368/1/eBooks-from-European-Libraries/eBooks-from-European-Libraries.html eod eBooks  - eBooks on Demand - is a European project to make millions of books in European libraries available electronically on demand. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7246/1/Starting-an-Ebook-Selling-Empire/Starting-an-Ebook-Selling-Empire.html Ebooks are simply the new format of books and sometimes they are called digital books. There are two main ebook formats that are being used in the internet nowadays, the PDF and EXE. PDF Ebooks are ebooks that was created in PDF forms and needs an Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view it. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7245/1/Why-You-Should-Read-Ebooks/Why-You-Should-Read-Ebooks.html I think ebooks are the future of reading, especially as portable readers like the Amazon Reader and Rocketbook become cheaper. As well flexible, foldable, low power, dynamic displays to present anything we want to read. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7114/1/Smashwords-Previews-Breakthrough-ebook-Publishing-Platform-Where-Authors-Control-the-Pricing-Sampling-and-Marketing-of-Their-Works/Smashwords-Previews-Breakthrough-ebook-Publishing-Platform-Where-Authors-Control-the-Pricing-Sampli.html O'Reilly Tools of Change -- Smashwords, a new digital publishing startup, today previewed a breakthrough ebook publishing platform for authors and publishers at the O'Reilly Tools of Change publishing conference in New York City. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7055/1/Rip-This-Book-Not-Yet/Rip-This-Book-Not-Yet.html Could the publishing industry get Napsterized? That was my first thought when I saw the marketing materials for the Atiz BookSnap, the first consumer device that enables you to "release the content" of your books by transforming the printed words on the page into digital files that can be read on computers and handheld e-readers. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7009/1/Make-Money-with-Marketing-eBooks---A-Guide-From-the-eBook-Guru/Make-Money-with-Marketing-eBooks---A-Guide-From-the-eBook-Guru.html Over the past couple week I have had a few authors sign up in the authors center and then submit eBooks having to do with online marketing. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7008/1/Best-Selling-eBook-quotMy-Web-Traffic-Secretquot-is-Now-Free/Best-Selling-eBook-quotMy-Web-Traffic-Secretquot-is-Now-Free.html Last year was a good year for author Nikola Jankovic. He launched several successful Web sites and authored one of the best-selling eBooks of the year, "My Web Traffic Secret" (http://webtrafficsecret.net). Today he announced that his eBook, which once sold for $17, will now be free. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6922/1/Of-eBooks-and-Audio-Books/Of-eBooks-and-Audio-Books.html My friend sent me a link to a website where we can download entire eBooks. I also found a *list* of more than a hundred websites where you could find FREE eBooks. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6920/1/Adobe-Wont-Fix-DRM-Screw-Up-Rendering-E-Books-Unreadable/Adobe-Wont-Fix-DRM-Screw-Up-Rendering-E-Books-Unreadable.html If you use Leopard on a Mac and plan on buying e-books, be very careful—according to the various complaints on this thread, Adobe's Digital Editions still doesn't work on Leopard, and yet most places selling Digital Editions e-books won't warn you of this, leaving you with activated books you can't return but also can't read. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6852/1/How-Did-Anyone-Sell-Ebooks-Before-Kindle/How-Did-Anyone-Sell-Ebooks-Before-Kindle.html I dug up this link showing PDA shipments declined 43% last year alone, mostly to give a citation to a wikipedia story I’d referred folks to, when it hit me about just how large an impact on the ebook “market” that figure represented. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6849/1/Ebooks-and-enabling-remote-access/Ebooks-and-enabling-remote-access.html Hello Rachel,I was faced with a similar dilemma recently when we imported thousands of MARC records for titles in the EEBO and ECCO databases. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6735/1/Free-Ebooks-for-fellow-Members/Free-Ebooks-for-fellow-Members.html For all those who enjoy downloading e-books: As a long-time creative writer and webmaster, I enjoy sharing with other creative souls such as in gather.com - I have many websites with many free ebook download offers for you all to enjoy. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6733/1/eBooks---e---i--Badass/eBooks---e---i--Badass.html Jim Lynch, from Extremetech has a decent discussion of the possibility of an Apple produced eBook reader; including a nice summary of supporting rumors floating around the net. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6643/1/eBooks-Network---more-about-Professional-Ajax-Programmer-to-Programmer/eBooks-Network---more-about-Professional-Ajax-Programmer-to-Programmer.html Professional Ajax (Programmer to Programmer)Professional Ajax (Programmer to Programmer)Written for experienced web developers, Professional Ajax shows how to combine tried-and-true CSS, XML, and JavaScript technologies into Ajax. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6642/1/How-To-Use-Ebooks-For-Viral-Marketing/How-To-Use-Ebooks-For-Viral-Marketing.html There are many different methods of unleashing viral marketing campaign. One of the tested and proven methods is ebooks. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6641/1/Are-publishers-over-obsessed-with-eBooks/Are-publishers-over-obsessed-with-eBooks.html Last week The Bookseller  hosted a seminar entitled, ‘Reaching Readers Online’, at which Peter Collingridge of Apt Studio warned publishers of ignoring eBooks at their peril and pleaded with them to sort out their digitisation strategy, “…because they are coming whether you like it or not.” bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6640/1/CS-Odessas-ConceptDraw-MINDMAP-53-Creates-Visual-eBooks/CS-Odessas-ConceptDraw-MINDMAP-53-Creates-Visual-eBooks.html Computer Systems Odessa Corp. (www.csodessa.com) announced the release of ConceptDraw MINDMAP 5.3, a new version of its mind mapping business productivity software. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6580/1/Are-eBooks-next-for-the-iTunes-Store/Are-eBooks-next-for-the-iTunes-Store.html Now that Apple has put into effect its plans to include movie rentals and HD videosin the iTunes Store, what would be the next logical step for them to follow? Okay, let’s see — they have music, audiobooks, podcasts, TV shows, movies, rentals… eBooks? bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6578/1/-Using-perl-scripts-to-produce-IMP-ebooks-and-more/-Using-perl-scripts-to-produce-IMP-ebooks-and-more.html Welcome to the MobileRead Forums.You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6577/1/The-Middle-Place-eBook-Edition/The-Middle-Place-eBook-Edition.html The Middle Place is one of those books that will stay with me for a very long time.  I identified at  a deep level:  I  had a larger than life Father. I was  a "Daddy's girl". bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6496/1/Get-15-eBooks-for-997-on-my-eBay-listings/Get-15-eBooks-for-997-on-my-eBay-listings.html I’m selling a group of health related (mostly weight loss/diet/recipe) eBooks on eBay for $9.97. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6495/1/21-Books-of-PMP-and-PMI/21-Books-of-PMP-and-PMI.html Amacom - The Project Management Question and Answer Book - 2004.chm Charvat - Project Management Nation.pdfHeerkens - Project Management. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6493/1/Amazon-Kindling-New-Interest-in-eBooks/Amazon-Kindling-New-Interest-in-eBooks.html Amazon's unveiling of their new ebook reader, the Kindle, has generated much attention in both publishing circles and in the general media. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6351/1/CJRTOOLS-ebooks-Seeks-Partnerships-with-Mac-User-Groups/CJRTOOLS-ebooks-Seeks-Partnerships-with-Mac-User-Groups.html CJRTOOLS ebooks, a small independent publisher of ebooks on Mac OS X, is seeking to establish partnerships with Mac user groups. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6350/1/30-Free-Ebooks-On-Personal-Finance/30-Free-Ebooks-On-Personal-Finance.html Mint has gathered 30 of what they consider the best free personal finance ebooks around, grouped into categories like "Basics," "Saving & Investing," and "Security & Privacy." bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6347/1/ConceptDraw-MINDMAP-53-makes-visual-eBooks/ConceptDraw-MINDMAP-53-makes-visual-eBooks.html CS Odessa today released ConceptDraw MINDMAP 5.3, an update to the mind mapping business productivity software for Mac OS X. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6346/1/TDNet-Launches-New-eBook-Manager/TDNet-Launches-New-eBook-Manager.html TDNet, Inc. (www.tdnet.com), a provider of e-resource access and management solutions, announced the launch of its new eBook Manager, which is designed to provide libraries with a tool for accessing, resolving, and managing ebooks. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/6345/1/BOOK-LITE-E-textbooks-offer-students-a-thinner-cheaper-alternative/BOOK-LITE-E-textbooks-offer-students-a-thinner-cheaper-alternative.html Few courses offer downloadable textbooks at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth this semester, but some students say they would prefer the cost savings and the convenience of not carrying books from class to class. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1885/1/In-depth-review-can-Amazons-Kindle-light-a-fire-under-eBooks/In-depth-review-can-Amazons-Kindle-light-a-fire-under-eBooks.html Amazon's new Kindle ebook reader is billed as the iPod for digital reading. Will it inspire a new era of mainstream electronic reading, just service a dedicated niche of hard core readers, or simply fizzle out into failure? We put the new device through its paces to find out. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1883/1/All-Romance-eBooks-Supports-Indie-Publishing-at-the-20th-Annual-Independent-and-Small-Press-Book-Fai/All-Romance-eBooks-Supports-Indie-Publishing-at-the-20th-Annual-Independent-and-Small-Press-Book-Fai.html All Romance eBooks (ARe) announced today that they will be hosting authors from some of today's hottest romance publishers at the December book fair which will be held on the 1st and 2nd at the New York Center for Independent Publishing, 20 West 44th Street in New York City. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1779/1/How-to-Create-Ebooks-That-Sell/How-to-Create-Ebooks-That-Sell.html As more people begin to realize that blogging for ad dollars and other free content strategies might not be the best way to make money online, I’m getting more and more questions related to creating ebooks. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1778/1/If-You-Love-Reading-Youll-Love-Ebooks/If-You-Love-Reading-Youll-Love-Ebooks.html Last week, I wrote about my frustrations with ebooks and current ebook technology. Jayne, my blogging partner, commented that if she had read the article before I had converted her to ebooks, she would never have wanted to try them out. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1637/1/Slow-Starting-E-Books-Find-Niche-Markets/Slow-Starting-E-Books-Find-Niche-Markets.html Ebooks! if you look away from the mainstream publishing industry, e-books are already a success in a few niches, where they are giving rise to new ways of doing business. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1634/1/MPS-Technologies-Launch-eBooks-in-Australia-for-Macmillan-Publishers-Australia/MPS-Technologies-Launch-eBooks-in-Australia-for-Macmillan-Publishers-Australia.html Australia’s best-selling authors are now able to reach new readers online. Macmillan Publishers Australia launched the Macmillan Digital platform this week (www.macmillandigital.com.au) which includes over 400 titles from some of Australia’s bestselling fiction, non-fiction, children’s and academic books. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1632/1/CrunchDeals-100-free-eBooks-with-the-purchase-of-a-Sony-Reader/CrunchDeals-100-free-eBooks-with-the-purchase-of-a-Sony-Reader.html In what appears to be a last ditch effort by Sony to thwart the onslaught that the Amazon Kindle is bringing in the realm of eBooks, they’ll be giving away 100 Connect eBooks Classic titles with the purchase of the Reader Digital Book. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1630/1/Bad-Math-Among-eBook-Enthusiasts/Bad-Math-Among-eBook-Enthusiasts.html The Amazon Kindle has excited a lot of comment from people who have long wanted portable electronic access to books. Amazon has put together a lot of the pieces that makes this holy grail seem reachable, even if not yet truly achieved. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1629/1/Wake-up-call-Stop-reading-ebooks-time-to-do-something/Wake-up-call-Stop-reading-ebooks-time-to-do-something.html I have a question to ask you at this point in our little journey. Do you consider yourself a serios Website Investor? Have you read all about research, development and marketing? If not go ahead and finish reading those first. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1466/1/Dieting-Help-for-the-Holidays----DietWatchcom-Offers-Free-eBook-for-Successful-Weight-Loss/Dieting-Help-for-the-Holidays----DietWatchcom-Offers-Free-eBook-for-Successful-Weight-Loss.html DietWatch.com, a leading online weight loss website, announced today that it is offering the public a free eBook entitled "Top 7 Tips for Successful Weight Loss." bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1464/1/Big-Bro-ing-of-US-continues-WiFi-spy-billwith-possible-e-book-ramifications/Big-Bro-ing-of-US-continues-WiFi-spy-billwith-possible-e-book-ramifications.html “The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill saying that anyone offering an open Wi-Fi connection to the public must report illegal images including ‘obscene’ cartoons and drawings–or face fines of up to $300,000.”  bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1461/1/Booksapp-iPhone-eBook-Reader-v08/Booksapp-iPhone-eBook-Reader-v08.html Zach Brewster-Geisz released a new version of the Books.app native iPhone eBook Reader. According to Zach:This is a major release–there is now a Preferences pane to choose your font, among other things, as well as chapter navigation buttons in the bottom toolbar, so you don’t need to go back to the browser to move on to the next chapter. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1460/1/Dymocks-Booksellers-partners-with-Ebooks-Corporation/Dymocks-Booksellers-partners-with-Ebooks-Corporation.html Dymocks Booksellers has partnered with Ebooks Corporation to deliver a wide range of digital books to its online customers in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1457/1/Rekindling-the-ebook-debate/Rekindling-the-ebook-debate.html As has been widely reported, bookseller Amazon has made a foray into hardware development with its Kindle ebook reader (US$399). bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1297/1/OUP-signs-deal-with-NetLibrary/OUP-signs-deal-with-NetLibrary.html Oxford University Press has signed a deal with online content provider OCLC NetLibrary, to sell the eBook titles previously only available digitally through the publisher's Oxford Scholarship Online product (OSO). bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1294/1/Seattlest-Roundtable-The-Amazon-eBook-Reader/Seattlest-Roundtable-The-Amazon-eBook-Reader.html Amazon released an eBook reader today, it's three years in the making. They call it Kindle. Here's a big 'ol Newsweek piece about it. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1292/1/The-Gizmo-Report-Amazons-Kindle-ebook-reader-part-1/The-Gizmo-Report-Amazons-Kindle-ebook-reader-part-1.html I wrote about Kindle when it was announced, and again when it arrived, but all of that was just warmup. Today I'll be providing a genuine review. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1291/1/Cambridge-to-launch-Ebook-Collections/Cambridge-to-launch-Ebook-Collections.html On the first day of the major Online Information Conference in London this week, Cambridge University Press announced that it will use Ebooks Corporations eb20 platform to deliver ebooks to academic libraries. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1290/1/-MPS-Technologies-Launch-Ebooks-In-Australia-For-Macmillan-Publishers-Australia/-MPS-Technologies-Launch-Ebooks-In-Australia-For-Macmillan-Publishers-Australia.html Australia's best-selling authors are now able to reach new readers online. Macmillan Publishers Australia launched the Macmillan Digital platform this week (www.macmillandigital.com.au) which includes over 400 titles from some of Australia's bestselling fiction, non-fiction, children's and academic books. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1140/1/ReKindling-e-books/ReKindling-e-books.html Amazon's US launch this week of Kindle, its digital reader, has given fresh impetus to the quest to establish a mainstream market in e-books, notes the FT. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1139/1/Comparing-Amazon-Kindle-to-E-Book-Readers-of-Yesterday-and-Tomorrow/Comparing-Amazon-Kindle-to-E-Book-Readers-of-Yesterday-and-Tomorrow.html So Amazon unveiled its Kindle yesterday. The fancy eBook with "free" EV-DO got a lot of attention and has a lot of people talking about whether or not digital books have a chance of taking on the paper kind. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1137/1/Dymocks-booksellers-partners-with-Ebooks-Corporation/Dymocks-booksellers-partners-with-Ebooks-Corporation.html Australia's leading chain of quality bookshops selects eb20 Platform for push into digital books Ahead of the major Online Information Conference in London this week, Dymocks Booksellers announced today that it has partnered with Ebooks Corporation to deliver a wide range of digital books to its online customers in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1135/1/E-books-could-be-in-the-librarys-future/E-books-could-be-in-the-librarys-future.html In a few years, students may be able to walk out of the library with hundreds of books in their backpack.The Edmund Stanley Library staff sees that print books are beginning to phase out and digital media will replace classroom textbooks, and they want to stay ahead of the game. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/1133/1/Slow-Starting-E-Books-Find-Niche-Markets/Slow-Starting-E-Books-Find-Niche-Markets.html For a decade now, publishers have been hoping to wean readers off books and move them to electronic versions, which are much cheaper to produce and distribute. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/980/1/E-book-readers-by-Sony-Amazon-have-their-charms/E-book-readers-by-Sony-Amazon-have-their-charms.html Ready to curl up with a good, um, e-book?It sounds like pulp fiction. But once you get used to reading James Patterson, Michael Lewis and other authors on a light paperback-size electronic reader, it's less odd than you think. You eventually forget how you're reading, and get engrossed in the writer's creation. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/978/1/-Cambridge-to-Launch-Ebooks-Collections/-Cambridge-to-Launch-Ebooks-Collections.html On the first day of the major Online Information Conference in London this week, Cambridge University Press announced that it will use Ebooks Corporation's eb20 platform to deliver ebooks to academic libraries. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/977/1/Coming-transformation-of-education-thru-e-Books/Coming-transformation-of-education-thru-e-Books.html The release of Amazon's Kindle and the downward pricing of Sony's e-Book has set off a firestorm of discussion as to whether this is a must-have for the Christmas season. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/975/1/eBooks-Versus-Digital-Picture-Books/eBooks-Versus-Digital-Picture-Books.html eBooks as I invented them are what you would get if you sat at your computer and typed in a book the same way a person types in anything else, however, but most of the news items that claim a million books are book pictures rather than actual computer characters. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/973/1/The-Future-Of-E-Books/The-Future-Of-E-Books.html Tech-savvy bookworms have waited years for the digital world to revolutionize book publishing the way it has changed music and video. But Amazon's Kindle, an electronic reader dubbed "the iPod of books," isn't quite what those techno-bookphiles had in mind. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/835/1/upFronteZine-Releases-2-eBooks-on-AutoCAD-LT-2006/upFronteZine-Releases-2-eBooks-on-AutoCAD-LT-2006.html ABBOTSFORD, BC, Canada, Nov 29, 2007 - upFront.eZine Publishing, Ltd. releases two new CAD reference eBooks:"Inside AutoCAD LT 2006, Volume 1: 2D Drafting" is a beginner's tutorial for learning AutoCAD LT. This PDF eBook works equally well with LT 2007 and 2008. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/833/1/Creating-a-Niche-eBook-in-a-Weekend-Using-Off-line-Resources/Creating-a-Niche-eBook-in-a-Weekend-Using-Off-line-Resources.html In the future people will read their news, conduct research, and do their general reading online. However, we are not there yet. Just visit your local book store and you will see how many people are sitting on the couch and browsing through the pages of printed books and magazines. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/831/1/Dymocks-Booksellers-Partners-with-Ebooks-Corporation/Dymocks-Booksellers-Partners-with-Ebooks-Corporation.html Ahead of the major Online InformationConference in London this week, Dymocks Booksellers announced today that ithas partnered with Ebooks Corporation to deliver a wide range of digital booksto its online customers in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/830/1/Cambridge-to-Launch-Ebooks-Collections/Cambridge-to-Launch-Ebooks-Collections.html On the first day of the major OnlineInformation Conference in London this week, Cambridge University Pressannounced that it will use Ebooks Corporation's eb20 platform to deliverebooks to academic libraries. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/828/1/-Adobe-to-Offer-Parole-to-Jailed-eBooks/-Adobe-to-Offer-Parole-to-Jailed-eBooks.html Adobe plans to release an update to its Digital Editions e-book reader software that will solve the problem of e-books being locked to a single PC – or in some cases, vanishing after a system crash or format. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/724/1/Dymocks-Booksellers-Partners-with-Ebooks-Corporation.html Australia's leading chain of quality bookshops selects eb20 Platform for push into digital booksAhead of the major Online Information Conference in London this week, Dymocks Booksellers announced today that it has partnered with Ebooks Corporation to deliver a wide range of digital books to its online customers in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/722/1/-Cambridge-to-Launch-Ebooks-Collections/-Cambridge-to-Launch-Ebooks-Collections.html On the first day of the major Online Information Conference in London this week, Cambridge University Press announced that it will use Ebooks Corporation's eb20 platform to deliver ebooks to academic libraries. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/720/1/Dymocks-Booksellers-Partners-with-Ebooks-Corporation/Dymocks-Booksellers-Partners-with-Ebooks-Corporation.html Ahead of the major Online InformationConference in London this week, Dymocks Booksellers announced today that ithas partnered with Ebooks Corporation to deliver a wide range of digital booksto its online customers in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/718/1/Cambridge-to-Launch-Ebooks-Collections/Cambridge-to-Launch-Ebooks-Collections.html On the first day of the major OnlineInformation Conference in London this week, Cambridge University Pressannounced that it will use Ebooks Corporation's eb20 platform to deliverebooks to academic libraries. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/716/1/-Adobe-to-Offer-Parole-to-Jailed-eBooks/-Adobe-to-Offer-Parole-to-Jailed-eBooks.html Adobe plans to release an update to its Digital Editions e-book reader software that will solve the problem of e-books being locked to a single PC – or in some cases, vanishing after a system crash or format. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/566/1/VitalSource-Takes-Advanced-eBook-Platform-across-the-Pond/VitalSource-Takes-Advanced-eBook-Platform-across-the-Pond.html Vital Source Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of eBook solutions, today announced an agreement with SAGE, a leading international publisher, to provide services for the publisher’s digital strategy in the UK. vSAGE is focused on serving the global academic community with high quality journals, reference books and textbooks. Working with VitalSource further supports SAGE’s goal. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/564/1/Simple-everyday-prayers-are-available-in-a-new-eBook-at-the-DPPstore/Simple-everyday-prayers-are-available-in-a-new-eBook-at-the-DPPstore.html Palm Springs, CA -- DPPpress (www.dpppress.com) and DigitalPulp Publishing (www.digitalpulppublishing.com), an eBook publishing and distribution company, invite you to visit their online bookstore (www.dppstore.com) where readers can peruse, purchase and download eBooks by new authors and the best eBooks from self and independent publishers. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/563/1/Voicescom-Selects-Clickbank-to-Sell-eBooks-and-Manage-Affiliate-Program/Voicescom-Selects-Clickbank-to-Sell-eBooks-and-Manage-Affiliate-Program.html Partnering with Clickbank, Voices.com, esteemed publisher of voice over content and resources for voice actors, provides partners with opportunities to make money selling digital products, specifically, downloadable e-books.Voices.com, the industry leading voice over marketplace, is no stranger to seizing the moment and creating effective solutions that benefit not only the company as a whole but their customers as well. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/561/1/-Will-Amazons-Gadget-Kindle-eBook-Sales/-Will-Amazons-Gadget-Kindle-eBook-Sales.html Amazon on Monday finally unveiled its long awaited Kindle e-book reader, a 10-ounce device that can store up to 200 books and utilizes the EVDO cellular network to wirelessly connect to the online retailer's offerings. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/559/1/Dymocks-to-sell-ebooks-in-store/Dymocks-to-sell-ebooks-in-store.html One of Australia's largest book retailers, Dymocks, has leapt into the 21st century with a move to sell digital books in text and audio formats. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/409/1/E-book-readers-by-Sony-Amazon-have-their-charms/E-book-readers-by-Sony-Amazon-have-their-charms.html Ready to curl up with a good, um, e-book?It sounds like pulp fiction. But once you get used to reading James Patterson, Michael Lewis and other authors on a light paperback-size electronic reader, it's less odd than you think. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/408/1/Amazon-turns-a-new-leaf-with-Kindle/Amazon-turns-a-new-leaf-with-Kindle.html Amazon has unveiled a new handheld device allowing users to wirelessly download and read books, magazines and blogs.The $399 Kindle device downloads content from Amazon directly. The reader weighs 10.3 ounces and features a 6in screen. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/406/1/Analog-Books-A-Kabillion-Sold-E-Books-Not-So-Much/Analog-Books-A-Kabillion-Sold-E-Books-Not-So-Much.html Below is a video interview with Amazon’s majordomo Jeff Bezos conducted by The Wall Street Journal’s Jeffrey Trachtenberg about the new $400 Kindle wireless electronic-book reader that the online retailer unveiled last week. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/405/1/The-random-endorsement-e-books-and-anyone-who-disagrees-is-an-imbecile/The-random-endorsement-e-books-and-anyone-who-disagrees-is-an-imbecile.html This endorsement is by no means random. It is a direct challenge to one of the many well thought out theses put forward by Peter Ha in his terrific Kindle review:    I’ll be the first to admit that e-books suck. They’re great in theory, but they’ll never catch on. There’s nothing that screams dork more than an e-book. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/403/1/Can-eBooks-Kindle-Amazon-sales-Maybe-not/Can-eBooks-Kindle-Amazon-sales-Maybe-not.html For some time now, digital technology has been inventing new things we’ve never seen before. The futuristic outlook has generated such marvels as multifunction cell phones, life-saving medical devices and Furbies. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/309/1/Amazon-re-Kindles-the-ebook/Amazon-re-Kindles-the-ebook.html Yesterday Amazon launched its electronic book reader, the Kindle, through its US online store. Retailing at $399 (€272) it is capable of storing up to 200 books, but can be expanded with an SD card. Amazon will also sell access to over 88,000 books; US, French German and Irish newspapers; and over 250 blogs. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/308/1/Take-Control-News-Five-Ebooks-Launch-You-into-Leopard-Save-30/Take-Control-News-Five-Ebooks-Launch-You-into-Leopard-Save-30.html Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is finally here, and we can now share with you the fruits of an incredible amount of work over the last few months: five of our most popular ebooks completely updated for Leopard, all available right now. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/306/1/All-Romance-eBooks-Gives-Readers-Something-to-Talk-About--Online-Chats-with-Best-Selling-Romance-Aut/All-Romance-eBooks-Gives-Readers-Something-to-Talk-About--Online-Chats-with-Best-Selling-Romance-Aut.html All Romance eBooks (ARe), one of the largest on-line booksellers of genre and cross-genre romance, announced today they've opened a suite of virtual conference rooms where, among other things, they'll be hosting their monthly book club meetings. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/302/1/All-Romance-eBooks-Supports-Indie-Publishing-at-the-20th-Annual-Independent-and-Small-Press-Book-Fair-in-NYC/All-Romance-eBooks-Supports-Indie-Publishing-at-the-20th-Annual-Independent-and-Small-Press-Book-Fai.html All Romance eBooks (ARe) announced today that they will be hosting authors from some of today's hottest romance publishers at the December book fair which will be held on the 1st and 2nd at the New York Center for Independent Publishing, 20 West 44th Street in New York City. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/196/1/eBooks-come-to-cell-phones/eBooks-come-to-cell-phones.html Cell phones aren't just getting smart. They're turning into bookworms.From their humble start as a simple phone that you could carry in your pocket, mobile phones have added a raft of features, such as the ability to take photos, shoot video, receive and send e-mail, and search the Internet. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/195/1/REIeBookscom---Affordable-Real-Estate-Investing-eBooks-Website-Has-Been-Launched/REIeBookscom---Affordable-Real-Estate-Investing-eBooks-Website-Has-Been-Launched.html Charles W. Moore, real estate investor, speaker and author of "Million Dollar Rent To Own Real Estate Secrets Exposed" announces the launch of his new website, REIeBooks.com bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/194/1/All-Romance-eBooks-Gives-Readers-Something-to-Talk-About--Online-Chats-with-Best-Selling-Romance-Authors/All-Romance-eBooks-Gives-Readers-Something-to-Talk-About--Online-Chats-with-Best-Selling-Romance-Aut.html All Romance eBooks (ARe), one of the largest on-line booksellers of genre and cross-genre romance, announced today they've opened a suite of virtual conference rooms where, among other things, they'll be hosting their monthly book club meetings. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/193/1/Wi-Fi-TV-Delivered-First-Online-Movie-in-1995-and-First-eBooks-With-Changeable-Type-Size-to-Host-Call-Announcing-Next-Generation-of-Internet-TV-Delivery/Wi-Fi-TV-Delivered-First-Online-Movie-in-1995-and-First-eBooks-With-Changeable-Type-Size-to-Host-C.html Wi-Fi TV Inc. (PINKSHEETS: WTVN) has set this Tuesday, November 27, at 7 AM Pacific, 10 AM Eastern as the time for a live conference call (phone 712-432-2323, access code 677667) and live webcast (www.Wi-FiTV.com, select topic Wi-Fi TV News, and webcast will also repeat throughout remainder of week at this location) to announce new features for its Social Internet TV web site and to describe its plan for membership growth and revenue generation, as well as reasons why it believes the new Wi-Fi TV platform is ideally suited to the global growth of high speed Internet delivery. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/192/1/eBooks-future-isnt-ebooks-the-makings-of-Apples-tablet/eBooks-future-isnt-ebooks-the-makings-of-Apples-tablet.html Last weeks interesting launch of Amazon’s Kindle ebook reader dragged ebooks back into consumers minds. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/115/1/-Will-Amazons-Gadget-Kindle-eBook-Sales/-Will-Amazons-Gadget-Kindle-eBook-Sales.html Amazon on Monday finally unveiled its long awaited Kindle e-book reader, a 10-ounce device that can store up to 200 books and utilizes the EVDO cellular network to wirelessly connect to the online retailer's offerings. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/113/1/Online-retailer-Amazon-launches-own-e-book-reader-to-jump-start-e-book-market/Online-retailer-Amazon-launches-own-e-book-reader-to-jump-start-e-book-market.html Amazon.com Inc. is hoping to invigorate a nascent market for electronic books by introducing its own e-book reader with free wireless connectivity. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/112/1/ReKindling-e-books/ReKindling-e-books.html Amazon's US launch this week of Kindle, its digital reader, has given fresh impetus to the quest to establish a mainstream market in e-books, notes the FT. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/110/1/Be-kind-to-the-Kindle-ebooks-have-a-long-way-to-go/Be-kind-to-the-Kindle-ebooks-have-a-long-way-to-go.html The launch of Amazon's Kindle, the latest and by far most ambitious realisation of the electronic book concept has once again rekindled (excuse the pun!) the debate about the merits of print. It's time to put this to bed once and for all. Electronic books will open up access to the world's vast collections of words on paper in a way that paper itself could never achieve.For every ebook evangelist there have been plenty of ebook opponents. My own colleague, Stan Beer is no fan. "We're not talking about an iPod, iPhone, Wii, PS3 or even an Xbox 360. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/109/1/Books-versus-documents-whats-wrong-with-so-called-quote-booksquot/Books-versus-documents-whats-wrong-with-so-called-quote-booksquot.html AsIadmittedinourrecentThanksgivingarticle,Ilovenext-generationdisplay technologies like E Ink. And I hate it when specialists get up in arms over apopularmisappropriation/redefinition of one of their pet technical terms (e.g., "well actually, you ignorant rube, the Mahler symphony that's currently playing is a piece of late romantic—not 'classical'—music"). bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/10661/1/Entrepreneur-Discovers-How-to-Overcome-the-Ebay-Ban-of-Ebooks-While-Making-More-Money-Than-Ever/Entrepreneur-Discovers-How-to-Overcome-the-Ebay-Ban-of-Ebooks-While-Making-More-Money-Than-Ever.html It wasn't long ago that Ray Johnson was not only down on his luck but was actually homeless. During that time, Ray decided to turn his life around. Ray recounted "I just looked at my life and decided that enough was enough. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7115/1/Do-I-Believe-in-Ebooks-Part-Two/Do-I-Believe-in-Ebooks-Part-Two.html Evan’s post last week, Do I Believe in Ebooks?: Part One, stimulated some interesting conversation in the blogosphere and I hope that Part Two, his bold recommendation, will encourage all of us to reconsider the potential of ebooks. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7113/1/Former-Sony-ebook-and-Marketing-Executive-Places-Bet-on-ebook-Industry/Former-Sony-ebook-and-Marketing-Executive-Places-Bet-on-ebook-Industry.html Clint Brauer, General Manager of CyberRead, LLC, announced today that his firm has acquired CyberRead.com, a pioneer in the ebook retail and publishing industry. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.sgdnetworks.com/web-articles/articles/7056/1/Why-You-Should-Read-Ebooks/Why-You-Should-Read-Ebooks.html In preparation for Read an Ebook Week (March 2-8), Epublishers Weekly has written a list of reasons why you should put down that paperback and focus on reading electronic media instead. bharath@bharath2.com (bharath B) Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500