Tag: Amazon

Some reflective thoughts about social reading…

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on March 6, 2016

We read to know we are not alone. SOURCE I have recently purchased a new Kindle e-reader. You can click on that last link and […]

Posted in Digital life, Popular culture | Tagged Amazon, goodreads, Kindle, kobo, librify, reading, social reading | 1 Comment

Where do you get your books?

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on November 8, 2015

I haven’t analysed how much money I spend proportionally on hardcover, paperback, audio or ebooks each year but know it is not as predicted several […]

Posted in Digital life | Tagged Amazon, audible, audiobooks, eBooks, hardcover, Kindle, kobo, paperback, reading | 9 Comments

Eggs & baskets, Kobo & Calibre

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on June 1, 2014

It always concerned me that Amazon had such a monopoly on ebooks. However, my customer satisfaction since purchasing my first kindle in 2009, compared with the obvious inferiority […]

Posted in Digital life, Popular culture, Professional development | Tagged Amazon, Calibre, DRM, ereader, Kindle, Kobo Aura HD, reading, social reading | 1 Comment

Amazon Fails Social Reader

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on May 10, 2014

I have written many posts about social reading but this one is focused on the the decline in Amazon’s (previously excellent) customer service. It is really difficult […]

Posted in Digital life | Tagged Amazon, customer service, iPad, Kindle, social reading | 1 Comment

Darcy Moore

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New evidence shows that education resource gaps between disadvantaged and advantaged schools in Australia are among the largest in the OECD and the world. This is a shameful record for a country that regards itself as egalitarian. via Trevor Cobbold. johnmenadue.com/trev…

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Train #reading on the way to work. pic.twitter.com/K609…

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ping ⁦@billbowtell⁩ themandarin.com.au/1…

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Emailed a bookseller for a photo of cover. He responded with, it is not just a store name, we really are Old Goats and do not own a digital camera or phone. He did email a photo though, ‘from the internet’.

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A very important question for @workingdogprod follows: when will season 5 of #Utopia screen?

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COVIDSafe app identifies just 17 contacts not found by contact tracers smh.com.au/politics/…