One Click: Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon.com by Richard L. Brandt

On January 8, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Business & Investing, Nonfiction, by Editor

Amazon’s business model is deceptively simple: Make online shopping so easy and convenient that customers won’t think twice. It can almost be summed up by the button on every page: “Buy now with one click.”

Are Brick & Mortar Bookstores Prepared For The Future?

On November 27, 2011, in Articles, Home Business, Wilfried F. Voss, by Editor

In terms of bookstores, the challenge is real. Within the next few years, we will witness the vanishing of the majority of the good old-fashioned brick & mortar bookstores. Thus, the question of “Are Brick & Mortar Bookstores Prepared For The Future?” is valid. Are bookstore owners determined and prepared to face the challenge, or do they dwell in a mixture of apathy and ignorance?

Kindle DX Wireless Reading Device, Free 3G, 3G Works Globally

On May 5, 2011, in Electronics, Technology, by Editor

The most elegant feature of a physical book is that it disappears while you’re reading. Immersed in the author’s world and ideas, you don’t notice a book’s glue, the stitching, or ink. Our top design objective was to make Kindle disappear—just like a physical book—so you can get lost in your reading, not the technology.

Friends, Romans, & Countrymen; straight from Katonah.

On April 24, 2011, in Guest Writers, History, Philip Katz, by Philip Katz

Article about Philip Katz and IMPERATOR from the “View from the Porch” column in the Record Review Newspaper by Eve Marx published Friday, April 15, 2011. Philip Katz the Author of Imperator and Cody   So I’m sitting in the Katonah diner with Phil Katz, local carpenter and subcontractor and author of the novel, “Imperator (The Life of [...]

Kindle Edition: Queen Of Misfortune – A Lady Jane Grey Love Story by Peter Carroll

On February 22, 2011, in Amazon Kindle, by Editor

Queen Of Misfortune is the fictional story of Lady Jane Grey as told by her beloved tutor, John Aylmer. At the time of her execution a stranger is recorded to have assisted her when, blind folded, she lost her way upon the scaffold. Was it the same ‘stranger’ who was also recorded to have visited her when she was imprisoned in the Tower?

Kindle Edition: Open City: A Novel by Teju Cole

On February 14, 2011, in Amazon Kindle, by Editor

Nigerian immigrant Julius, a young graduate student studying psychiatry in New York City, has recently broken up with his girlfriend and spends most of his time dreamily walking around Manhattan. The majority of Open City centers on Julius’ inner thoughts as he rambles throughout the city, painting scenes of both what occurs around him and past events that he can’t help but dwell on. For reasons not altogether clear, Julius’ walks turn into worldwide travel, and he flies first to Europe, where he has an unplanned one-night stand and makes some interesting friends, then to Nigeria, and finally back to New York City.

Emunah-La-Paz: Not All Secrets Remain In The Dark

On January 30, 2011, in Book Reviews, Guest Writers, Misc. Contributions, by Misc. Contributions

Author Emunah La-Paz believes that all dreams have a meaning. Bizarre dreams have left even great Kings of ancient history baffled and increasingly fearful in which they would call upon profits. One of the most famous dream profits of them all was known as Joseph who had a gift for interpreting odd dreams.

Kindle Edition: Life In Miniature – A Novel by Linda Schlossberg

On December 31, 2010, in Amazon Kindle, by Editor

There are books out there on library shelves that make you laugh, make you cry, take you on the adventure of a lifetime, scare you to death, and educate you on all aspects of history. There are only a small few, however, that make you truly stop and think; think about the issues that face people in their hectic, anxiety-ridden lives, and how all the pain and angst that’s building every day in this world affects the children who have to watch things – including their own family – fall apart around them. This is one of those stories.

Kindle Edition: World and Town – A Novel by Gish Jen

On November 6, 2010, in Amazon Kindle, by Editor

Cherished novelists are often those who combine humor with humanism, a feat Jen performs with particular aplomb as she choreographs telling cultural collisions. Her fourth sparkling yet deeply inquisitive novel portrays Hattie Kong, a retired high-school biology teacher who grew up in China, the daughter of an American missionary and a Chinese father descended from Confucius.

Kindle Edition: Valley Forge: George Washington and the Crucible of Victory by William R. Forstchen and Newt Gingrich

On November 3, 2010, in Amazon Kindle, by Editor

Writing team Gingrich and Forstchen follow up the success of To Try Men’s Souls (2009) with another novelization of a seminal episode in the history of Revolutionary-era America. Once again, George Washington provides both the narrative focal point and the moral core of the story, as he and his fledgling Continental Army struggle to survive the bitter winter of 1777 at Valley Forge.