Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-24

  • We got our rescue dog today. She's adjusting. Misses her foster family. #
  • In PW: Nearly 20% of respondents saying they’ve stopped buying print books in favor of buying e-books. #
  • Amazon revises DTP Terms & conditions: #
  • @twignest I was wondering about using isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol) on a lint-free cloth for the Kindle screen. Sounds like it's okay. in reply to twignest #
  • Study Finds Pervasive Online Book Piracy: Publishers Weekly #
  • @twignest Will have to look for some distilled water next time I'm in CVS! Thanks. in reply to twignest #
  • PW offering digital subscription (via Zinio) at whopping discount of $12. Pay ONLY $162 for the NO PAPER, NO INK, NO LABOR version. Woohoo! #
  • Subscribe to NJ's Courier Post. No delivery last 3 days. Trying Inquirer on the Kindle via Calibre. Would rather have C. Post or Daily News. #
  • Another print vs Kindle pub delay, this one not as bad. Kim Harrison's new novel is out FEB 23 (h/b) and APR 6 on Kindle. #
  • @DarkWoofer Do you have some influence with her? 🙂 in reply to DarkWoofer #
  • How Everything Goes to Hell During a Zombie Apocalypse: (caution strong language) #
  • Our rescue dog has flipped my night owl schedule on its ear. Can't stay up late and sleep in when I'm the only one home w/ the dog all day! #
  • New Study Finds Reading Holding Steady Among Young People – 1/20/2010 Publishers Weekly: #
  • Robert B. Parker Dies At 77 – 1/20/2010 – Publishers Weekly #
  • Amazon Offers Higher Royalty on Self-Published e-Books – 1/20/2010 Publishers Weekly #
  • Well, that settles that… or NOT. At NWU Event, Confusion, Strong Opposition to Google Settlement. PW #
  • Mattel takes innovation to the dogs with its Puppy Tweets #
  • My Kindle has a heartbeat. While it's connected, my HD makes a "whump" noise every other second. Stops only when I pull USB plug…? #
  • Little bit of everything today for clients: blogging, tweeting, web updates, graphic creation, WordPress upgrading, script tinkering… #
  • IN THE LOOP: If this, in any way, represents the functioning of actual politics, we are all doomed. #
  • Calibre upgrade note: Should fix problems w/ floppy drive being activated while e-book reader connected. -maybe it wasn't my HD pulsing! #
  • For a SyFy movie, House of Bones was… OK, but (spoiler) suffered from the 'must kill everyone in the final 30 seconds' syndrome. #

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About John

Bram Stoker Award-Winning author of Wither (co-authored), Wither's Rain, Wither's Legacy, Return to Silent Hill: The Official Movie Novelization, Halloween: The Official Movie Novelization, Shimmer, Kindred Spirit, Exit Strategy & Others and many original media tie-in novels including Supernatural: Joyride, Grimm: The Chopping Block, etc.
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