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Sara Edmonds | The World of E-readers: Sony Readers
Uncategorized / January 9, 2010

If you read my previous post, you saw that I examined the qualities of Barnes & Nobles nook that you might prefer over the Kindle or Sony e-readers. This time, I take a look at the Sony e-reader’s best qualities. Like Barnes & Noble’s nook, Sony also has a touch screen but they take it a bit further. You can also turn the pages with a touch of your finger, a move to give you still a better feel for reading an actual book. Again, this takes away that extra space of the Kindle’s keyboard, by putting its menu and keyboard in a touch menu. Sony does not however, have their menu in color or give you the chance to look at book covers in color. You can also highlight passages in your book and take notes, either with stylus pen or keyboard. The note feature is also included in the Kindle, but with Kindle you have to use the keyboard. The Sony Reader also supports other formats on its reader, so you can read other PDFs and Word Docs. The biggest drawback to the standard Sony Reader- it is not wireless. But before you take this option off the…

Fresh Pick | CHRISTIETOWN by Susan Kandel
Fresh Pick / January 9, 2010

Cece Caruso Mystery June 2007On Sale: June 1, 2007Featuring: Cece Caruso288 pages ISBN: 0061452173EAN: 9780061452178Paperback$13.95 Mystery Woman Sleuth, Contemporary Chick Lit Buy at Amazon.com Christietown by Susan Kandel A new suspense-themed housing tract on the edge of the Mojave Desert is about to open, and who better to help promote the Cotswold-cozy development than mystery biographer extraordinaire Cece Caruso? For the grand opening weekend, Cece is staging a play featuring the beloved sleuth Miss Marple. Of course, everything goes wrong, including a leading lady who ends up dead. All is not well in Christietown; its secrets are as complicated as the truth behind Agatha Christie’s real-life disappearance. The developer, an Englishman who claims to be Dame Agatha’s descendent, has ruthless investors breathing down his neck. Meanwhile, Cece’s got a wedding to plan, a baby shower to give, and an ex-husband who shows up on her doorstep with his fiancée and future mother-in-law. And when another body surfaces, the intrepid amateur sleuth knows she must play the famed detective for real-or suffer the same mysterious fate. A Cozy Mystery for Agatha Christie Fans…. Previous Picks Visit FreshFiction.com to learn more about books and authors.