Month: December 2018
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Copyright Ghosts of 1923 Come Alive Tomorrow!
(I originally posted this on Teleread in 2007. The horrifying decision to freeze the public domain for 20 extra years has increased costs to libraries, schools, students and scholars. The works below would have gone into the public domain in 1999; instead, they will go into the public domain tomorrow! The openculture blog has more).…
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Robert’s Roundup #5 of Smashwords Ebook Deals (Post Christmas edition)
TX litblogger Robert Nagle shares ebook budget deals and ebook finds from December 2018.
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We interrupt this program….
Today, Cornell University Press is pricing their older academic titles to free. It’s unclear how long that will last! (Amazon US store only). I grabbed 75 titles. Cornell U. Press is one of the major academic presses. Some of these titles have been free before, but I haven’t seen many of them before. Cornell usually…
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Robert’s Roundup of Ebooks #4 (Dec 2018 — Week 3/4)
View the post series | Read how I compile this list. || How to Submit Smashword deals || How to Submit your own Ebook Deals in the Comment Section || Commercial Disclosures See previous Robert’s Roundup. and the next roundup (Special Smashwords-holiday edition). Preface Avalanche! I’ve been telling people that on average I pick up about 5 cool ebooks a…
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Robert’s Roundup #3 of Smashwords Ebook Deals (Dec 2018 edition)
View the weekly Robert’s Roundups || Read how I compile this list. || How to Submit Smashword deals || How to Submit your own Ebook Deals in the Comment Section || Commercial Disclosures Preface (View last week’s ebook roundup and next week’s roundup.) Although this is a weekly column, once every month or so I’ll be doing a separate roundup…
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Housekeeping Notes
Ok, running a little late on my roundups. I’ve busy doing other book-related stuff. Some other thoughts. Smashwords Roundup will definitely be tomorrow (it was practically ready last week). Before I thought I could do 4 Amazon roundups and 1 SW roundup a month. That’s not realistic. 1 SW roundup and 3 Amazon roundups seems…