Amazon is without doubt one of the largest online book stores in the world. People who once used local book shops to order and buy books are now using Amazon’s online shop to do the same. It is in many regards a more comfortable but less direct experience. A recent article in the New York [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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BookInfoLine, Compare Book Prices Online
One of the things that you should always do when shopping online is to compare prices. You can use price search engines for that, or manually visit some of your favorite stores and online shopping portals to buy for the best price. We have taken a look at price comparison add-ons for Firefox (see Firefox [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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How To Create Wikipedia Books
Did you know that you can create books from Wikipedia articles? Chance is you did not as the feature is currently available in the beta interface which can only be activated by registered users. Every Wikipedia user who creates an account and switches from the standard interface to the beta interface can create books from [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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What Should I Read Next Suggests Books To Read
How do you decide what to read and what not to read? The decision might be influenced by past books that have been read (e.g. from the same author or same topic), friend, colleague or magazine recommendations, advertisements, related books that are shown on shopping sites or by simply stumbling upon interesting books online or [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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1 Million Public Domain Books Added To Google Books
Google Books is an extensive books and magazines search engine that is maintained by Google. Users can search for books online, browse them on the website if the publishers or authors have given permission, look at references or buy or borrow it. The service became more interesting to a lot of readers thanks to the [...]
- Author: Daniel Pataki
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Self-publish for free with Lulu
If you think you’ve got what it takes, why not write a book? Oh yeah, it’s takes a load of time, a huge load of marketing effort, and even more money to get enough published to start selling. It’s also risky, since you could be throwing money out the window if people don’t buy your [...]
Catalogue your DVDs, games and book
Often you will be certain that you have a DVD but cannot remember where you placed it or if you lent it someone. The best way to keep track of your possessions is to catalogue them, allowing you to remind yourself of where they are, but also letting you quickly value them. It may seem [...]
How to Find the Best Deals on Textbooks
Most of you will agree with me when I say that education (especially in university) is expensive. After tuition and living costs, the next highest expense on the list will no doubt be textbooks. College textbooks prescribed by the university change on an almost yearly basis and most students have no choice but to cough [...]
Wikipedia gets books and gets printed
Last year, the German Wikipedia was printed. Now, many Wikipedias worldwide – including the English Wikipedia – has given people the opportunity to compile a book of Wikipedia articles which can then be professionally printed or exported as a PDF or OpenDocument. Wikipedia has enabled the ‘Book’ extension to MediaWiki, the content management system it [...]