Inherent Vice: Pink Fade

[Joe Allonby]

That's it! To hell with today's plans to prepare for moving! I'm
stealing a copy and hitting the bong!

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 9:34 AM, David Morris<fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> In addition to the news below, P-listers might want to know that B&N's
> chairman is a big Democratic Party contributor.
>
> http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=55281519&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281
>
> Barnes & Noble launches world's largest eBook shop
>
> AFP Global Edition
>
> Jul 21, 2009
>
> Barnes & Noble launched what it bills as the world's largest online
> electronic book shop with virtual shelves holding more than 700,000
> titles.
>
> The major US bookseller is challenging online retail powerhouse
> Amazon.com with electronic works readable on an array of platforms,
> including computers, iPod Touch MP3 players, and iPhone and BlackBerry
> smart phones.
>
> Barnes & Noble added that it will be the exclusive provider of
> "eBooks" for electronic readers to be released by Plastic Logic.
>
> "We want to make eBooks simple, accessible, affordable and convenient
> for everyone," said William Lynch, president of the book giant's
> website BN.com.
>
> "Today marks the first phase of our digital strategy, which is rooted
> in the belief that readers should have access to the books in their
> digital library from any device, from anywhere, at any time."
>
> Amazon staked out a place in the electronic book market with the
> release of Kindle reader devices in late 2007 and has more than
> 300,000 titles for sale at its website.
>
> Early this year, Amazon made software available at Apple's App Store
> that lets people read Kindle books on iPhones or iPod Touch devices.
>
> The increasingly competitive e-reader market includes offerings from
> Japanese electronics giant Sony.
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 4:56 AM, Dave Monroe<against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> but, whil i think B&N is the better (stock, service) of the big two, I do take advantage of those Borders coupons as much as possible, esp. for, say, SF or comic book or whatever stuff the indies here don't necessarily stock.  And, yeah, i'll save a few bucks via amazon as well, but I also get a lot of used stuff, and university presses in particular tend to run regular sales.
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