Ray Bradbury’s e-books were the price of new contracts
Mike Masnick at Techdirt has more details and commentary on why Ray Bradbury’s novels are are becoming available as e-books. Bradbury is noted for his dislike of new technologies, such as video games...
View ArticleSF legend Ray Bradbury passes away, leaving a world that seemed to confirm...
As anyone who reads news or social media on the web may have noticed, Ray Bradbury has passed away at the age of 91. Bradbury was a truly great writer, and a great visionary, though I tended not to...
View ArticleBradbury's works to come to ebooks, says editor; ebooks will be available to...
From a article by Staci K. Kramer in PaidContent. The full article is well worth reading. Evidently Bradbury changed his mind about ebooks as he got older. HarperCollins is in the midst of preparing...
View ArticleRay Bradbury’s books are finally going digital
For many years, author Ray Bradbury didn’t want his books digitized. But he finally relented before his death in 2011, and allowed arguably his most famous book, Fahrenheit 451, to become an e-book....
View ArticleDaily Deal, Aug 10: Amazon offers 16 Ray Bradbury books for $1.99 each
Wow, what a daily deal! Amazon has sixteen Ray Bradbury e-books on sale for $1.99 each, including Something Wicked This Way Comes, Dandelion Wine, The Illustrated Man, and eleven others. The late...
View ArticleRay Bradbury’s home demolished, but home office to be recreated in Indianapolis
The late Ray Bradbury’s house of over fifty years is being torn down. It was purchased in June 2013 for $1.8 million, and the demolition permit was issued December 30th. Apparently the “starchitect”...
View ArticleIn nod to Ray Bradbury, IETF approves HTTP 451 error code for censorship
You know those numbered web errors that pop up every so often when you can’t find a page you want? The best-known is the 404 “Page not found” error, which some sites have made clever creative uses of....
View ArticleIs a home without books always a home without reading?
Please don’t get the wrong idea from this headline. I’m not advocating the elimination of printed books from our homes. I believe that print belongs on our shelves and probably will always be there....
View ArticleHow did Kurt Vonnegut feel about e-books?
Today I went to visit the IUPUI Barnes & Noble, as I had never yet been there. On the way back, I happened to pass near the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library. Vonnegut was a lifelong resident of...
View ArticleReview: Hoopla Digital is a great ‘add-on’ for your library
We’ve carried a few stories about Hoopla Digital before—when we discussed its app adding Chromecast support last year, or when it added e-books in 2014. Hoopla is a digital media streaming service...
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