Musa Publishing – And you!
Hi guys! I am excited to announce that I will be doing the publicity for the new YA imprint at Musa Publishing. I have read the synopsis of both upcoming YA works and fantasy fans, you are gonna love this.
Musa is a quality ebook publisher, with great editors and a big staff to make sure the customer always gets quality items. I am hoping many of you want to review ebooks for the publisher and that you will sign up to go on my (and/or) the other imprints pitch list.
Your information will not go beyond our spreadsheet for any reason.
The tablet readers: Hell bent on ruining reading for next generation
I have been on the e-reader bandwagon. I own a Sony Pocket Edition and have even given one away here on my site. I believe that e-readers are the future. Yes I love my paper books. The smell, the look of them on my shelf. For books I am in love with I buy physical hardback copies. For all the other books, the ones I like or dislike. They are not taking up residence or space in my home. I am in the process of going through my shelves and those not so loved volumes will be out the door. Why? I don’t have unlimited space. However on my computer and reader and with a some USB hard drive I do have unlimited space. My shelves have the unique opportunity to only have those beloved volumes showcased. When people see my shelves they will have an immediate understanding of what I love. I will have more room and less clutter.
I am a firm believer that e-readers can enhance the reading experience for the tech aged kids. Teens and generations of readers to come will always be looking for that next great device. The device itself will encourage reading. You can take my Sony anywhere. It weighs nothing. I carry it in my little Guess bag wherever I go. I have over 200 books to choose from when I am sitting at the doctors office or waiting in line at the DMV. It weighs less than carrying a paperback and takes up less space. The battery runs for two weeks so my whole vacation is covered.
However the one thing it lacks compared to the new tablet readers is a back light. You cannot read seriously on a back light. Ask your eye doctor. Reading on a back light can cause a giant plethora of problems. Migraines to nausea. So why are companies like Google and Apple providing devices that are going to make people dislike reading on a device and possibly keep them from looking into the better devices that do not have a back light? Your guess is as good as mine.
And don’t forget Google books, the Google Reader and Google Voice (soon to feature desktop VoIP, thanks to the recent purchase of Skype-rival Gizmo). Add in the fact that Google is committed to an open platform for which anyone can develop software (unlike Apple’s closed ecosystem), and you have a tablet that could be the perfect opposite of Apple’s.
Apple hopes to tap into the growing digital media market currently dominated by Amazon. Make no mistake about it though; the iPad is very much a full-feature digital media device.
Amazon’s Kindle is an extremely popular e-reader. But, for the moment, it’s dedicated solely to reading electronic books. Apple’s iPad can do much more. With Apple’s iBookstore, iPad will be an e-reader ready to rival Kindle. But Amazon has a Kindle app already available in the App Store, making it possible for you to buy books from its store and read them on the iPad.
Another digital device iPad is sure to lock horns with in the virtual media market is Dell’s Mini 5 prototype, a digital media tablet much like iPad. Set to debut sometime in 2011, the Mini 5 is smaller in size; analysts believe the feature-rich device will run some version of Google’s Android operating system. As it stands, many feel that the e-book segment is on the verge of exploding. Newspapers have been cutting staff to save costs and focusing more on online content. The e-reader could end up saving the newspaper industry. That, like iPad’s success, will only be known over time.
Read more at How Stuff Works.com
Both of those things sound awesome right? Sure but again the back light. People who read more than an hour a day will not want to use these devices long term, but will they turn to a traditional e-reader or did we lose a whole lot of readers in general.
If you want a pad and reader I have a really good suggestion:
The Entourage eDGe is the best of both worlds. A netbook on one side, a reader with no back light on the other. Open to all formats of e-books and you can even upload your DRM free copies on here. Cheaper or the same price as other netbook and tablet readers. Learn more about the eDGe and what books are available from their store.
So please think before you go all fanboi/girl on one of these uber cool brand reading devices. Do some research and get the most bang for your buck.
One year Book Blogging Anniversary Extravaganza
Edit: This contest is International! Also you can pick the color of your choice.
In January I am celebrating my one year book blogging anniversary. I have met so many awesome bloggers, readers, and publishers this year and I want to have a fun contest as a thank you for all the support and fun times you all have given me here at Bookalicio.us.
After careful thinking about what to do for my anniversary, my wonderful husband (who designed and coded up this blog) came up with the idea to give away a Sony Pocket Reader, such as mine seen above in the picture of me cheesing with my pinkalicious reader. I can’t say enough how many times I have thanked my husband for buying me my reader as a surprise gift. I love the store at Sony and that it is compatible with my libraries ebook system, and that it takes pretty much any format out there. I have read a lot with my reader and I hope the winner of this contest reads a lot with theirs. Hopefully this reader will come all loaded up (I haven’t worked on that part of it yet, procrastinator), with cool stuff from some of the pubs I have worked with this year.
There will be a secondary prize of a Powell’s gift certificate for $30 and a third prize for a YA book of ones choice.
Entries will be counted and a random number generator will choose our three winners.
To enter just Tweet: I want to win a Sony Pocket Reader from Bookalicious! http://bit.ly/7dB8os #bookalicious
You will need to make sure to use that hash tag in order to win. Tweet only once. Multiple entries will be discarded and you will be disqualified. We don’t want to spam our friends for the whole month!
If you do want secondary entries, write a blog, or mention the contest on your facebook, or myspace about the contest linking to the post here on Bookalicio.us and tweet the link of your blog or update using the hashtag #bookalicious.
Contest runs all through January, I will announce the winners February 1st via a tweet from the Bookaliciouspam account to a vlog of the drawing. You then have one week to contact me for your prize. Good luck, good reading, and thank you!
