Who wouldn’t want to get ebooks for free (and legally)? Sure, Gutenberg.org and other services have books that have entered public domain because the authors’ copyright periods have run out, but what about current fiction and non-fiction books? This is what Bookgrabbr is trying to achieve: get a free book, … Read >
Modern Gold Rush in Mongolia Is Transforming Nomads to Ninjas
For hundreds of years, people of rural Mongolia went about their daily business the same way they had always done: herding goats and living a nomad life. As Stephen Parliament described in his book The Herder’s Boots, nomad lifestyle was under threat already twenty years ago when mining companies … Read >
Pack a Budget Ereader in Your Bag for a Holiday Trip
Many people have collected a stack of books that they are going to read during their vacation. Today, it makes sense to store those books on an ereader for saving space and weight. If you worry you might damage or lose your tablet or laptop while reading at a pool, … Read >
Festival of Books in Madrid, Spain in Lovely Summer Surroundings
In 2015, la Feria del Libros de Madrid (the festival of books) is organized in the capital of Spain for the 74th time. This time, the festival has attracted 471 bookstores from Madrid and from other Spanish cities to celebrate books. Participating stores will sell books in their stalls in … Read >
The Secret of the Bridge of Avignon in France
Scientists are not always trying to invent new things, because there is a lot we can learn from history as well. For years, historians, archeologists, architects, geologists and engineers have searched the archives, researched the Rhône river and its banks, calculated the river flow, the strength of old constructions and … Read >
Egranary Provides a Chip-Size Information Library for Regions without Internet Access
In many countries, Internet access is such an elemental part of daily life and business that people couldn’t live without it anymore. Yet, more than five billion people go about their daily businesses without Internet access. Widernet organization is building an ambitious program called eGranary whose objective is to bring … Read >
Driven by Disruptive Innovation, Book Publishing Is in Slow Transformation
The disruptive innovation of ebooks and readers has become so self-evident that even industry experts tend to forget that digital book business is still taking its first baby steps. It is a long way to go (years, tens of years) for ebooks before the dust settles. That’s why I was … Read >
The Best of Helsinki, Finland: Tips from a Local Writer
Helsinki, Finland is a relaxing Scandinavian destination to visit: it is a relatively compact city that can be explored by foot, by bicycle or by public transportation, like trams. Local people think there are traffic jams in the city, but visitors from one of the metropolis of the world may … Read >
Movies, Music and Cartoons Inspired H-P Virkki during the Long Process of Writing a Book about Stunts
Finally, stuntman, stunt coordinator H-P Virkki can look back and reflect on those years when he was writing a book about his passion and work – movies. Stunts, Scenes and Safety – Introduction to Movie Stunts is one of the first books in the world that literally shows (it includes … Read >
Perhaps You Already Have Written a Book – It Is Just Hiding on Your Phone
Many book lovers dream of writing a book of their own, but very few actually get even anywhere close of completing the work. Writing a book is simply hard work that can take years to successfully complete. Fortunately, new technologies have opened new avenues for aspiring authors as well.