| Internet Bookstores in Japan leave much to be desired. | | Posted Monday, February 06, 2006 11:38:01 AM by Rose Martins | Buying a book via the internet or purchasing a book for download, has become simple in most countries but it appears that Japan is having a problem. Japanese internet book store sites require very high fees, offer poor interactivity and pathetic customer service. Surprising, no?  Internet sites such as Amazon and Barnes & Nobles.com offer a huge variety of books, both new and used.
There is virtually no book that one can't buy via these internet ecommerce book stores. Downloading from the internet is the trend of today and definitely the future, and ebooks are no exception.
Customers can download a book from the internet to their PC at home or in the office or to their handheld device, and read it on the move while listening to music. A handheld portable device is much smaller and lighter than a book, especially a hardcover edition.
Books about building websites and/or programming for the internet are great for people wanting to educate themselves and/or just want to keep up with the latest technology. There is also a fortune of information regarding internet to be found on the internet, and often no purchase is required.
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| | | `Superstar' pastors pose challenge | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 2:50:00 AM by Blog57 Team | | Pastor Ted's influence was felt everywhere in New Life Church: in the videos shown at worship; in the New Life bookstore, which stocked books he recommended; and in the story of the church itself. He started New Life in his basement, building it into a 14,000-member nationally known megachurch. As the Rev. Ted Haggard's fortunes rose, so did the church's. .... | |
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| | | Getting a read on my habit | | Posted Thursday, November 02, 2006 12:51:38 PM by Blog57 Team | | Almost every waking hour of every day, I search for another hit. It doesn't matter whether I'm eating cereal, sitting in a rink or waiting for an appointment -- I've got to satisfy my craving. That's right -- I'm a reader. (And I guess you are, too.) And yesterday, I met with some other word junkies to talk about some great stuff -- in this case, a novel by a Quebec writer -- and try to get some other folks hooked, too. It was the opening session of London Reads, the fourth instalment of a program begun in 2003 as part of the University of Western Ontario's 125th anniversary celebrations. Modelled after CBC Radio's Canada Reads series, London Reads invites local residents to read along with five pairs of panellists as they debate the merits of five recent books by Canadian writers.... | |
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| | | Mr. Modem's New CD Profiles 1,400 Entertaining and Informative Best Internet Sites | | Posted Wednesday, November 01, 2006 10:48:41 AM by Blog57 Team | | Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) October 31, 2006 -- Almost since the beginning of the World Wide Web, Internet pioneer Richard Sherman (or "Mr. Modem" as he came to be known) has been providing computer tips, help and advice to millions of computer users worldwide. Now, for the first time, this author, syndicated columnist, and publisher is sharing his best-of-the-best Web sites in a newly released CD called Mr. Modem's Web. The CD provides access to a vast collection of Mr. Modem's entertaining, descriptive profiles and links to a treasure-trove of invaluable Web-based resources. .... | |
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| | | Minister, wife charged in theft of antique Bible books | | Posted Sunday, October 22, 2006 10:48:17 PM by Blog57 Team | | ALLENTOWN, Pa. - A United Church of Christ minister and his wife were charged with swiping an antique set of leather-bound Bible books from their former church and selling them on eBay. The Rev. William Shrout Jr., 30, and Carla Shrout, 33, were charged with theft, receiving stolen property and conspiracy stemming from the theft of about 30 books from the First United Church of Christ in Royersford, Montgomery County, where Shrout served as pastor from June 2003 until July 2005. "When something like this happens to a church, it does feel like a betrayal and a sacred trust broken," the Rev. Daniel Hinkle, interim pastor of First UCC, said Friday. "But I am confident the church is handling this well and appropriately, that we are moving ahead and healing." Hinkle said Shrout will undergo a church review of his pastoral fitness.... | |
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| | | UW teams with Google to digitize books, documents | | Posted Friday, October 13, 2006 6:48:01 PM by Blog57 Team | | MADISON, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Wisconsin Historical Society are joining Google's effort to digitize the world's books and make them searchable on the Internet. UW-Madison said Thursday the school and the historical society would make nearly 500,000 of their historical books and documents available on the search engine's new site, Google Book Search, at www.books.google.com. "Wisconsin is in a position to take a leading role in making the primary documents of U.S. government history freely accessible on the Internet for anyone to find and use," UW-Madison Provost Patrick Farrell said in a news release. The university and historical society combined collections of 7.2 million volumes are ranked 11th in North America, according to the Association of Research Libraries.... | |
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| | | New publishing partner for WND Books | | Posted Wednesday, October 04, 2006 2:47:29 PM by Blog57 Team | | LOS ANGELES ? WND, the leading independent Internet news service, and World Ahead Publishing, a cutting-edge West Coast publisher, will join forces in 2007 on WND Books, the imprint responsible for some of the biggest non-fiction best-sellers of the last five years. World Ahead Publishing was founded in 2004 by Eric M. Jackson, a former marketing executive with the Internet giant PayPal. After PayPal was acquired by eBay, Jackson and World Ahead co-founder Norman Book started a media company dedicated to advancing freedom while at the same time standing up for traditional values. World Ahead's titles have included the bestseller "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed" by Katharine DeBrecht and most recently "Minutemen: The Battle to Secure America?s Borders" by Minuteman Project founder Jim Gilchrist and Jerome R.... | |
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| | | Atwood signs books over internet | | Posted Monday, September 25, 2006 6:47:21 AM by Blog57 Team | | Top Canadian author Margaret Atwood will perform a transatlantic signing of her new novel from Scotland, with the aid of an internet autographing device. The award-winning writer is in Dunfermline where she will read from her latest book Moral Disorder. The event will be transmitted to Toronto in her home country where fans will have gathered as part of the city's annual Word on the Street book and magazine festival. .... | |
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| | | Understanding the High Holidays | | Posted Friday, September 15, 2006 6:48:48 PM by Blog57 Team | | It is impossible to reduce an explanation of the High Holidays - Rosh Hashanah, which begins on Sept. 22, and Yom Kippur, which begins 10 days later, on Oct. 1 - to a few simple paragraphs, but to hasten the spirit of ecumenism and understanding, a few basics follow. Much more information, even a glossary of Hebrew terms, is available at any number of Web sites on the Internet, from books at the library, or simply from conversations with a Jewish friend or acquaintance. Rosh Hashanah, literally "head of the year" in Hebrew, bears little similarity to the New Year celebration of Jan. 1, except that the Jewish event does encourage introspection, does invite believers to look back on mistakes of the past year and to plan changes in the new year. It is observed on the first and second days of Tishri, the seventh month, and the holiday that begins a week from today marks the beginning of the year 5767.... | |
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| | | Bass Player Magazine Launches Internet Television Site | | Posted Monday, September 11, 2006 8:47:18 PM by Blog57 Team | | SAN MATEO, CA - - September 12, 2006 - - Music Player Network, the world's leading music instrument publishing company, has partnered with TrueFire TV, a major Internet TV broadcast network, to launch Bass Player TV (www.bassplayer.tv), the first Internet-based TV station for bass players.The premier of Bass Player TV (www.bassplayer.tv) features exclusive content from Flea, who walks bassists through the bass lines on the Red Hot Chili Pepper’s new hit album, Stadium Arcadium. BPTV also showcases content from Jeff Berlin, Paul Jackson, Steve Bailey and live footage from their signature event, Bass Player Live!"We’re thrilled to have Bass Player TV as part of what we offer," says Bass Player Editor-in-Chief Bill Leigh. "The content we already have is exciting, and the possibilities are endless.... | |
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| | | RBC sees Internet potential | | Posted Thursday, August 31, 2006 12:47:13 PM by Blog57 Team | | With customers now able to buy insurance on the Internet as well as obtain quotes, Canada's biggest bank says it may allow insurance customers to make claims and change policies online. Royal Bank in March began allowing Canadians across the country to buy home and auto insurance online. And while it has been possible to get a variety of insurance quotes online, there is an expansion underway in the types of policies that can actually be purchased over the Net. Royal Bank is investigating possibilities including allowing claims to be filed online and renewing policies online, said James McGuire, RBC's vice-president of online strategy. "And then there's all the maintenance — changing your policy, changing your deductible, things like that.... | |
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