Today is the last day of the official "Read an Ebook Week" over at http://www.domokos.com/readebookweek.html , and if you didn't know this week was happening, you've got another chance! Samhain Publishing, one of my publishers, is extending Read an Ebook week as Reader Appreciation week from March 9-15, and they are giving away all sorts of goodies (including non-ebooks) on their chat loop. You can find the loop at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/samhaincafe/ .
Ebooks, as you probably know, are electronic versions of books, just like audio books are aural versions of books and hardbacks are really heavy versions of books. They are, indeed, 'real' books, with the added attraction of not requiring trees for production; as they say at the Domokos site, they reduce one's carbon footprint in the world. They're greener and more earth-friendly than hardcopy books and I love them. I love the fact I don't have to find shelf space for the ebooks I own and so does my husband, whose biggest gripe with me is probably my tendency to packrat us out of house and home.
Now the Samhain Cafe can be a very busy and entertaining loop, so I personally keep it on "digest", but this would be a great week to try it out, if you haven't already. There's going to be an ebook given away **on the hour**, as well as other goodies, including a grand prize of an ebook reader! I don't know if Samhain authors are eligible for the prizes, but I'd love to win some free ebooks and a reader! I read ebooks on my little old PDA, which is great, but an actual ebook reader is so tempting.
I'm going to be participating on and off through the week, sharing excerpts, random comments, contests, jokes, and general observations from the peanut in my gallery. Hope to see you there!
JW
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I found you through RomVets. I love kitties, too, and adore my own. But sometimes, they can be mean, just like my kids. Wait! They're also my kids. :)
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