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Rhetoric (Kindle Edition)

Posted by Coach on Friday, April 16, 2010. Leave a Comment

Rhetoric

Review

“Accurate and readable….The supplementary essays and the glossary are particularly helpful.”–Robert O. Sider, Dickinson College”An excellent translation and a wonderful volume. It is great to teach with!”–William Keith, University of Louisville”Excellent introduction to text and individual chapters, together with helful footnotes.”–Veri Spann, Carnegie Mellon University”Excellent translation and commentary.”–Eugene R. August, University of Dayton”Excellent, relevant (more…)

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Is Amazon More Interested In Selling Kindle Books Than Kindle Readers?

Posted by Coach on Friday, April 16, 2010. Leave a Comment

Was doing some research on ebook reader device and came across this very interesting article which I simply must share with you.

After reading it, I sort of agree with the author…..maybe that is what they call “Window of Opportunity” and I cannot blame Amazon for seizing “the moment”. Personally, I would rather sell the ebooks in volume and on a regular basis rather than sell 1 ebookreader that a consumer buy one time and it will be ages before they buy the next one.

Do you agree? Please do share your thought at the end of article….

Is Amazon More Interested In Selling Kindle Books Than Kindle Readers?
By Hamish Hayward

As well as being a phenomenally successful product for Amazon, the Amazon Kindle e-book reader has played a hugely important role in putting both e-books and e-book readers on the map. However, it didn’t achieve its success as a result of being the first to market. Franklin launched the eBookman reader in 1999 – more than ten years ago – and the Sony PRS reader was launched in 2006, well in advance of the original Kindle launch date of November 2007. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Rig Veda (Kindle Edition)

Posted by Coach on Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Leave a Comment

The Rig Veda

The Rig Veda (Sanskrit: ?g-vedá, a compound of ?c “praise, verse” and veda “knowledge”) is an ancient Indian sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns dedicated to the gods (devas). It is counted among the four canonical sacred texts (?ruti) of Hinduism known as the Vedas. Some of its verses are still recited as Hindu prayers, at religious functions and other occasions, putting these among the world’s oldest religious texts in continued use. It is one of the oldest extant (more…)

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