As many veterans have discovered, the brutality of serving in wartime is only half of the ordeal of service; coming home and readjusting to life as a stateside service member or civilian requires a whole other level of focus and commitment, but it is a stage of military service that far too many veterans are unprepared for. For Bob Tanner (www.wattpad.com/user/BobTanner), a … [Read more...] about Wattpad Helps Veteran Give Voice to Combat Story
Archives for November 2013
Digital Comics Best-Sellers for November 10, 2013
Every Friday I highlight the digital comics bargains of the week, and every Sunday I look at the best-seller lists, and seldom do the two converge. This week is the exception (except for the Nook store). comiXology 1. Forever Evil #3 2. Amazing X-Men #1 3. Batman, vol. 1: The Court of Owls 4. Superman Unchained #4 5. Batman/Superman #5 6. Earth 2 #17 7. Cataclysm: … [Read more...] about Digital Comics Best-Sellers for November 10, 2013
eBook Review: After Action by Dan Sheehan
Verdict: 5 Stars There is no shortage of reads--good, bad, and ugly--that offer readers either fictional stories in the military genre or completely honest, raw, non-fiction accounts of actual war. But Dan Sheehan's self-published title After Action offers readers something that not many well-known books present, which is an amazingly well-written open look at what happens … [Read more...] about eBook Review: After Action by Dan Sheehan
Pop-Up Bookstores Might Increase Holiday Sales
This holiday season, shoppers might encounter a new shop here and there, temporary locations that have sprung up just to cater to the needs and spending whims of holiday consumers. One retail book chain, Blackwell's has already announced several new locations that will serve as temporary store fronts for the holiday season. While traditionally an academic bookstore, … [Read more...] about Pop-Up Bookstores Might Increase Holiday Sales
Top 10 Android Apps to Teach Math to Kids
Here is another compilation of Good e-Reader Top 10 Apps for Google Android, this time targeting kids and education. All the apps mentioned here have one thing in common: all of them are designed to enhance the math skills of toddlers or kids from kindergarten to about second grade. These apps are built to make the kids pick up elementary math skills from a very young age … [Read more...] about Top 10 Android Apps to Teach Math to Kids
PressReader Kiosk Adds 50+ Titles From Singapore Press Holdings Magazines
NewspaperDirect announced more than 50 titles from Singapore Press Holding Magazines will now be available via PressReader as well as its online site, PressDisplay.com. PressReader is already considered the world’s largest publication kiosk app, which no doubt will get a further boost to its appeal now that it has 50 more publications in its catalog from a publisher as … [Read more...] about PressReader Kiosk Adds 50+ Titles From Singapore Press Holdings Magazines
National Library of Australia Launch Unique Cartography Exhibition, Russel Crowe Lends Hollywood Grace
The National Library of Australia recently held an event in Canberra to mark the launch of the "Mapping our World" exhibition that is showcasing some of the rarest and oldest maps . Lending grace to the occasion was none other than Hollywood star Russell Crowe, a self-professed "map geek who said he has loved pouring over maps since his childhood. “We have a history of … [Read more...] about National Library of Australia Launch Unique Cartography Exhibition, Russel Crowe Lends Hollywood Grace
Fantagraphics Launches All-Print Kickstarter and First Digital-Only Graphic Novel
Fantagraphics is probably the leading publisher of independent and art comics in North America, in terms of sheer numbers as well as quality. They are the longtime publishers of the Hernandez brothers' Love and Rockets, Daniel Clowes's Ghost World, Linda Medley's Castle Waiting, archival editions of classics from Peanuts to the works of underground cartoonist Robert Crumb, and … [Read more...] about Fantagraphics Launches All-Print Kickstarter and First Digital-Only Graphic Novel
Top 10 Apps for Android and Blackberry 10 for the Weekend
Welcome to another installment of the Good e-Reader Top 10 Apps for Blackberry 10 and Google Android! It is the weekend and its time to allocate sometime to discovering some of the great new apps that have either received a major update or just came out. Like always, these links are often valid for only one week and then you will need to search for the name of the app using the … [Read more...] about Top 10 Apps for Android and Blackberry 10 for the Weekend
Satirical Newspaper The Onion Goes Strictly Digital
After twenty-five years of providing satirical headlines, articles, and features, some of them meant to take a stab at politics or religion, others simply intended to be pointlessly funny, The Onion will no longer be available in print. According to an article on the move to digital by Lynne Marek for Crain's Chicago Business, the paper has been slowly phasing out some of … [Read more...] about Satirical Newspaper The Onion Goes Strictly Digital