Tag: eBooks

Eighty Free Microsoft eBooks

I’m going to make this article short and sweet – thanks to Sarah Miller for sharing this with me! The MSDN blog has two great posts with links to a stack of free eBooks covering topics from development, deployment and operations guides through to training packs, introductory materials and capacity planning information. Anyway, here are …

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Apple Forces eBook Apps to Stop “In App” Purchases

Just a heads up for those of you using iPads and iPhones for eBook reading through apps such as the Kindle, Kobo and Nook apps. If you remember, Apple drew the ire from the user community for wanting to claim 30% of the revenue for in app purchases for media publications including newspaper subscriptions and …

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Incoming Gadget Alert – Amazon Kindle

Just a brief note to let you all know that my wife has ordered an Amazon Kindle for her Christmas present this year which will mean another round of the unboxing, preview and review videos. Not being such a huge reader of books (or ebooks) myself, my wife may actually end up doing the guest …

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