eBook Reporter

Best-Selling & Recommended eBooks on Money & Business

2008-05-10T10:37:00.005-04:00

The Wall Street Journal updates their Best-Selling Books list in the print edition each Friday. Here are some titles from the Business Books list that are available in eBook editions. The links are to Kindle editions. The link at this post's footer is for other eReaders. Following the best-sellers are some personal recommendations.* The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New

Gift This Book

2008-05-09T09:36:00.005-04:00

Here's an idea for giving a gift that keeps on giving. DailyLit.com "sends books in installments via e-mail or RSS feed. We currently offer over 750 classic and contemporary books available entirely for free or on a Pay-Per-Read basis (with sample installments available for free). You can read your installments wherever you receive e-mail/RSS feeds, including on your Blackberry and iPhone.

Women Reading - Short Stories

2008-05-06T10:00:00.006-04:00

This month, eHarlequin.com launches the paranormal short stories series "Nocturne Bites" in eBook format. Harlequin publishes them as Silhouette eBooks, tagging them as "dark and sexy paranormal short stories."eHarlequin's first line of short stories, Spice Briefs, "erotic short stories for the discerning woman", proved the demand for romance fiction in short story format.Just in time for

Bezos & Kindle in Limelight at Martha Stewart

2008-05-06T09:40:00.005-04:00

Yesterday, viewers of The Martha Stewart Show got to see Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, demonstrate the revolutionary Kindle reader. Martha is a Kindle owner - she loves it! She has two books published as Kindle Editions: The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: The Original Classics, and The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: The New Classics. Can we look forward to seeing Jeff talk about the Kindle with

Honoring Women - The Pulitzers

2008-05-05T11:02:00.005-04:00

Women Pulitzer Prize Winners FICTION2006 Geraldine Brooks- March - Paperback 2005 Marilynne Robinson- Gilead - Kindle Edition2000 Jhumpa Lahiri- Interpreter of Maladies - PaperbackGENERAL NONFICTION2006 Caroline Elkins- Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya - Paperback2004 Anne Applebaum- Gulag: A History - Kindle Edition2003 Samantha Power- A Problem From Hell:

Honoring Women - The Nobel

2008-05-05T09:30:00.008-04:00

Women Nobel Prize Winners for Literature2004 Elfriede Jelinek (Austria)- Greed - Paperback- The Piano Teacher: A Novel - Hardcover - Women As Lovers (Masks) - Paperback1996 Wislawa Szymborska (Poland)- Poems New and Collected - Paperback- View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems - Hardcover - Sounds, Feelings, Thoughts - Paperback 1993 Toni Morrison (U.S.)- Beloved - Kindle Edition- The Bluest

7 Free MarketWatch Titles

2008-05-04T11:48:00.002-04:00

The Wall Street Journal www.wsj.com is offering a great deal.* Free 30 Day Trial of MarketWatchs' Hulbert Interactive Newsletter Hulbert Interactive, with Mark Hulbert, gives investors 24-hour access to The Hulbert Financial Digest’s performance ratings and search over 180 stock and mutual fund newsletters with over 500 recommended portfolios.* Free 30 Day Trial of MarketWatchs' Retirement

Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2008

2008-05-02T11:29:00.008-04:00

Last night in New York City, the Mystery Writers of America awarded The Edgars for the best books published in 2007 in mystery fiction and non-fiction.Here is the list of winners with links to Amazon. Those editions which are not available for the Kindle are noted.BEST NOVELDown River by John HartBEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHORIn the Woods by Tana FrenchBEST PAPERBACK ORIGINALQueenpin by

Books That Changed America

2008-04-30T12:40:00.004-04:00

"Books always have captured the imagination of readers, inspired reforms and revolutions, changed hearts and minds and altered people’s lives." This statement by Dr. Michael Winship, the Iris Howard Regents Professor of English at The University of Texas at Austin, is born out by his web site's list "Books that changed America" (www.utexas.edu/features/2007/books_america/). There he provides

eBooks Help Manage Business & Money

2008-04-30T12:20:00.005-04:00

Tax time, mortgage crunch, recession...help! Here are some personal picks written by experts that can offer guidance and solutions to managing your money and business.These titles are available for the Amazon Kindle. See the link at the post's bottom for availability for other eReaders.- Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk by Peter L. Bernstein"With the stock market breaking records

Kindle Korner Picks for History

2008-04-29T10:21:00.005-04:00

Kindle Korner is the Yahoo! Group for Kindle owners and those considering one. Recently, I asked at the group's message board if there are others who enjoy reading about historical subjects. Here are the responses so far:claddidle recommendsExtraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower by Cynthia Cooper#8 in Kindle Store > Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Professionals &

Notable Recent eBooks

2008-04-27T10:35:00.004-04:00

Here are some recommendations of titles made available this year as Kindle editions. They are also available in other eReader formats. They are all published by John Wiley & Sons. This publisher, in my experience, provides a quality product.- Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower by Cynthia Cooper#7 in Kindle Store > Biographies & Memoirs > Professionals &

Bezos Delivers

2008-04-19T19:05:00.006-04:00

Amazon.com/kindle states the Kindle Reader is in stock!Several weeks ago, after it was apparent there was a logjam in delivery of the revolutionary eBook reader, Amazon's founder personally involved himself in support of his customers. Amazon's vow to place customer service first is golden.Thanks Jeff!

A Reporter's Reporter

2008-04-18T09:45:00.006-04:00

Yesterday I was privileged to hear Roy Harris, author of Pulitzer's Gold: Behind the Prize for Public Service Journalism, tell of interviewing the reporters of Pulitzer Prize winning newspaper reporting teams. Astonishingly, no one had previously asked these reporters about how their historic reports and investigating journalism came to be. Roy entertained the audience with slides and a

Mystery and Thriller Bestseller eBooks

2008-04-17T14:01:00.005-04:00

Here's a list of currently popular eBooks in the Mystery and Thriller genre.Following the bestsellers are some personal recommendations for your consideration.Kindle Bestsellers1. Where Are You Now? by Mary Higgins ClarkDescription"From America's Queen of Suspense comes a gripping tale of a young woman trying to unravel the mystery of a family tragedy -- a quest with terrifying repercussions.It

More Travelers' Aids

2008-04-17T12:19:00.006-04:00

For the traveler there are some very convenient speaking dictionary and translator devices at Franklin Electronic Publishers Best Sellers.Here are some pocket-size units that caught my eye:* Travel Translator TGA-490 12-language (((Speaking))) Global Translator* English Dictionary SCD-1870 ((Speaking)) Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary* Spanish-English Dictionary BES-1850 Merriam-Webster®

Eureka! Science eBook

2008-04-17T09:39:00.005-04:00

Today's Wall Street Journal has an excellent book review "Eureka Revisited" by Russell Seitz. The WSJ article reviews in depth The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments by George Johnson. Seitz, a physicist in Cambridge MA, introduces the book's subject matter, "It's not easy being green. In 1786, Luigi Galvani chopped one of Kermit's forebears in two, wiring its hindquarters to an iron railing to see

On the Go with eBooks

2008-04-16T14:29:00.005-04:00

Travelers find eBooks a great convenience, as attested by Wall Street Journal Columnist Lee Gomes. His column Portals appears in the Technology section of the online edition (Marketplace section page B1, print edition). In today's column, "You Can Enjoy a Book On a Mere Cellphone; (Hit Spacebar Now)", he writes of reading an Ian McEwan novel on his Blackberry and says, "Contrary to all of my

Booking for the Big Apple

2008-04-16T11:39:00.002-04:00

Eureka! A one stop source for travel arrangements to the World Science Festival next month in New York City is Frommers.comFrommer's services are arranged in categories:* Destinations* Hotels* Trip Ideas* Deals and News* Book a Trip* Tips & Tools* Travel Talk Arthur Frommer is Blogging! Get daily comments, opinion and advice from the travel guide founder.* Frommer's BookstoreFrommer's Travel

Mad about Science?

2008-04-16T09:23:00.010-04:00

Mad as in excited, that describes my upbeat feeling this morning upon learning of the first World Science Festival to take place in NYC 5/28-6/1/08. See the Events by Date.There will be more than 60 notable speakers. Many of them have published works on science topics for the general public.Here are three Kindle Editions by some of the speakers:- The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the

Free Sampling eBooks

2008-04-14T11:41:00.003-04:00

We all like sampling the inside of a book to be sure its content and style meets our expectations. Here are two free eBook samples.First is five sample installments of Fieldwork by Mischa Berlinski. The installments are a sample from the books-by-email service at DailyLit. Here's some of DailyLit's description of the book, "A National Book Awards finalist and a Barnes and Noble Discover Great

National Garden Month & eBooks

2008-04-13T11:13:00.005-04:00

The National Garden Association (NGA) proclaims April as National Garden Month. The nationalgardenmonth.org web page advises, "When you garden, you GROW! Every April communities, organizations, and individuals nationwide celebrate gardening during National Garden Month. Gardeners know, and research confirms, that nurturing plants is good for us: attitudes toward health and nutrition improve, kids

Picoult the Phenomenal

2008-04-12T13:51:00.005-04:00

Video of Jodi Picoult and daughter on book tour in Italy.thSetupPlayer("thPlayer39", "ss_jpicoult_road");Jodi Picoult has a book on the bestseller lists...again.Amazon.com bestsellers and The New York Times bestsellers show her latest novel Change of Heart at the top of the lists.FYI:- Jodi Picoult graduated from Princeton and Harvard.- She was awarded the 2003 New England Book Award.- She was

Professional Standards - eBook Editions

2008-04-12T09:58:00.003-04:00

"ANSI is the official U.S. representative to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and, via the U.S. National Committee, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). ANSI is also a member of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF).As the voice of the U.S. standards and conformity assessment system, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) empowers its

Read eBooks and Grow Rich?

2008-04-11T11:44:00.009-04:00

Today's print edition of The Wall Street Journal's Books page has a list of Best Selling Books. The list is divided in three categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Business.I searched Amazon's Kindle Store to see if any of the business bestsellers are available as eBooks. Here are five Kindle Edition titles that are on the current WSJ list for bestelling books in the business category.- Women & Money: