It’s always fun to be “picked,” and even more fun when the compliment comes from someone you’ve never met but with whom you share a bond. I am honored that Leslie Ann at Ancestors Live Here enjoys The Family Curator and has tagged me with the Kreativ Blogger Award, and I was especially delighted to … [Read more...]
Google Books Settlement Will Bring More Out of Print Books to Family Historians
As a fan of Google Books, I am pretty excited about last week’s settlement for the class action lawsuit filed by authors and publishers over digitizing rights by Google Books. The preliminary agreement, if approved, will bring more access to full-text books to the public AND compensate authors and … [Read more...]
Tech Tuesday Surprise! It’s Here, It’s Awesome: Kindle for PC App
This morning Amazon released the Kindle for PC Application, Beta, bringing Kindle content to Windows 7, Vista, and XP desktops, with the Mac Version to follow. The clean interface presents with two main buttons -- Archived Items shows the cover image of books purchased or downloaded through the … [Read more...]
Shades, The Magazine Comes Into the Sunshine
What excitement to wake up this morning to the premiere edition of Shades, The Magazine, now online at Shades of the Departed. footnoteMaven has been hosting an exceptional blog-format publication for some time and the magazine format brings Shades to a new level of innovative design and … [Read more...]
Have You Voted Today?
The polls are still open for the Family Tree Magazine 40 Best Genealogy Blogs. Cast your ballot and help select the top genealogy blogs to be featured in Family Tree Magazine this spring, 2010. Voting is open through November 5, 2009 at the Family Tree website where the nominations are listed in 10 … [Read more...]
No Kindle? No Problem? More ebooks now available for Kindle for iPhone and iPod Touch; PC, Mac and Blackberry Apps on the way
Members of the Couch Potato Club take note! The ebook reader wars are heating up, which is only good news for fans of public domain ebooks. In recent weeks, Amazon has positioned its Kindle ebook reader to remain a top choice in electronic readers even if you don’t own a pricey Kindle. The … [Read more...]
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