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Kendra Wilkinson to Author Memoir
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Sports, Television, Weddings,
Kendra Wilkinson is penning a memoir.
The 24-year-old former Playboy Playmate - who is expecting her first child with her American football star husband Hank Baskett - can’t wait for the book to hit stores next year. She said in a statement released by publishers Simon Spotlight Entertainment: “I feel like the luckiest girl in the world. I have a husband I adore, a baby on the way, and now my memoir is going to be published!”
The tome, which should be available next summer, will cover Kendra’s childhood as well as the period she spent living at the Playboy Mansion when she was dating 83-year-old magazine mogul Hugh Hefner. It will also look at her TV career, which includes reality shows The Girls Next Door and her new series Kendra.
“The memoir will be a humorous, relatable, fish-out-of-water tale that captures the spirit of one of the most beloved Playboy cover models in history,” the statement added.
Simon Spotlight Entertainment’s Jennifer Bergstrom said: “Kendra is so genuine and funny that her memoir is sure to be unique, refreshing, and a reflection of the woman so many people have fallen in love with.”
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Amazon Kindle-Gate: Purchased copies of Orwell’s Animal Farm and 1984 disappear
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Handhelds, Wireless / WiFi,
I have no idea what to even say about this, other than that we are severely, severely disappointed with Amazon and how they are allowing their publishers to treat Kindle users. In a nuthsell, Kindle users who purchased George Orwell’s 1984 and/or Animal Farm found yesterday that those two titles had mysteriously disappeared from their Kindles, and that they were credited $.99 for each purchase. Why? That’s because the publisher decided that they no longer wanted to sell the books on the Kindle Store. Now, that’s all fine, but did they really have to take it away from those who had already made the purchase?
The Kindle edition books Animal Farm by George Orwell. Published by MobileReference (mobi) & Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) by George Orwell. Published by MobileReference (mobi) were removed from the Kindle store and are no longer available for purchase. When this occured, your purchases were automatically refunded. You can still locate the books in the Kindle store, but each has a status of not yet available. Although a rarity, publishers can decide to pull their content from the Kindle store.
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George Carlin’s Last Words
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Television, Rumors,
Comedian George Carlin, deceased at age 71, is gone but never forgotten. The funnyman’s memoir, Last Words, is scheduled to hit book stores in November 2009. According to reports, Carlin worked on the book for ten years prior to his June 2008 death.
Carlin worked on the book with writer Tony Hendra, and the tome will examine his amazing 50-year run in showbiz. To date, Carlin authored three New York Times bestsellers in his lifetime.
Read More | Entertainment Tonight
eReader Lowers Prices
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Corporate News, Misc. Tech,
Fictionwise, in an effort to compete with Amazon, has lowered its pricing in its company eReader. While Kindle customers pay $9.95 for newly released books, Fictionwise, now owned by Barnes & Noble, promises no e-book priced over $12.95, all new and New York Times best sellers will be $9.95 or less and buyers will get a 15% reward on all purchases. Now if they could find a way to incorporate “book smell” we might consider the expense.
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Michael Jackson’s Last Days Unmasked in New Book
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Music, Child Stars, Rumors,
“If you think you know everything there is to know about Michael Jackson, you’re wrong.” These were the words of Jennifer Bergstrom, vice president of Simon Spotlight Entertainment. This is the company that’s behind Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson.
The man hasn’t been buried yet, and already there’s a new book on the way. Bergstrom’s comments continue, “Startling new information…will make this book the definitive biography of the most iconic performer of our time.”
You see, the publishing industry can’t afford to waste any time - many more authors are no doubt writing furiously this very moment. Author Ian Halperin is behind this particular book, which is scheduled for publication in July. This is surely only the start of an industry cavalcade that will include many more volumes about the life and times of the King of Pop.
Read More | E! Online
Salinger Sequel Nixed in the U.S.
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Rumors, Where Are They Now?,
The Swedish author who penned a sequel to J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye received a court ruling Wednesday that prevents him from publishing the book Stateside. The court judged that the book mirrors Salinger’s far too closely.
The novel, 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye, according to the judge, has “taken well more from ‘Catcher,’ in both substance and style, than is necessary.”
Originally, the book was scheduled for a late summer U.S. publishing schedule. It’s already been published in England, where no legal action against the tome has been taken.
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Scribd Adds E-Commerce
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Corporate News, Internet,
Pay attention, starving novelists. Scribd has begun beta testing an e-commerce platform to sell documents. The site, which already claims 60 million readers and millions of documents, will allow the publishers to set prices and DRM options, and receive 80% of the revenue. Scribd’s objective is to obtain new content and they plan to work on an iPhone app. Prices are currently set from $1.00 for a graphic novel to $5,000.00 for a market research report.
Brother SV-100B Document Viewer
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Corporate News, Misc. Tech,
Brother’s SV-100B Document Viewer is a mere 15.5mm thick and weighs 600g. It has a 9.7-inch black and white display (1200x825) that can be viewed under direct sunlight and a miniSD card slot. A 2GB card can support up to 10,000 pages of information and its lithium-ion rechargeable battery will run up to 83 hours. At a size of 237×247×15.5 mm, Brother claims its reader has a life span of 5 years or 37 million pages.
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ebook Price Searches Availability, Best Price
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories:
Just bought an e-book but not sure where you can get the best deal for content? ebook price.info allows you to search for a book by author, title or ISBN. It will then display results from sites such as ebooks.com, Amazon and ereadable. You can also find what is available by format and the site will suggest other titles by the same author. Some books even feature a synopsis. The site is really simple to use and worth checking out before you purchase.
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Fujitsu FLEPia Color e-Book
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Corporate News, Misc. Tech, Wireless / WiFi,
Fujitsu has the honor of developing the first color e-paper mobile terminal. FLEPia is thin and lightweight and has a simple to view 8-inch display with up to 260,000 colors in HD. It also has Bluetooth and high-speed wireless LAN capability. When completely charged, it provides up to 40 hrs. of usage only for re-draw. When used with a 4GB SD card, the e-book can store up to 5,000 conventional sized paperbacks which equals out to 300 pages long at 600KB per book.
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