Tuesday, May 31, 2011

What is Inner Peace

Last week I watched Kung Fu Panda 2 movie. My daughter asked me this question where do you get inner peace if you want to get it. I think I finally got it in a devious way.


You are very unhappy when you don't have inner peace.
You are always asking, searching and (worst) sad when you don't have inner peace.
Others know it when you have inner peace.

Monday, May 16, 2011

Forget Coupons - now Free eBooks to sell eBooks

If you are an avid reader like me on a budget for books and you have an eReader, you are left with reading from the limited eBooks selection offered by your library.

The evolution of this publishing segment is fascinating.
Amazon has finally decided to partner with Overdrive and allow public library books to be borrowed and read on Kindle. Once that happens, the number of devices that permit borrowing of books will grow exponentially.

Now RosettaBooks is giving away 5 eBooks to increase their (poor sales). What's in it for the publisher? They get the email addresses and contact information of potential customers by giving away royalty free books that were not selling well anyway!

Me - I am looking forward to eBooks being released without Digital Rights Management. This happened when Apple used its marketing muscle to dispense with Rights Management - allowing you to download music once and then allowing you to share/ use it with your friends or on multiple devices.