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I Love Amazon

By Jeff | Published: 5 April 2010
The e-book wars are coming to a head, and the consumer is the victim. The new Dresden book Changes comes out tomorrow. I was originally planning on getting it for the kindle, just like all the books I read. Unfortunately, it was pulled a couple of days ago because the publish is being a dick. [...]
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A Nook Book

By Jeff | Published: 21 October 2009
I just received a newsletter from Barnes & Noble trying to drum up pre-orders for their new eBook reader, the Nook. As you can guess by the graphic above, the first thing I noticed was the fucked up line spacing in their promo shot. The shot on the left was from the newsletter I received. [...]
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Amazon Shipping, Part II

By Jeff | Published: 18 June 2009
Recently, I posted about an Amazon shipping experiment. On Monday, I ordered two pieces of software fro m Amazon one with paid shipping and one with free shipping. They are both the same size and approximate cost. Today is Wednesday (two days later). I have received my paid shipping order. And, just received a notice [...]
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Amazon Shipping

By Jeff | Published: 15 June 2009
Today, I ordered two different products from amazon. They were both priced roughly the same, and are both roughly the same size and weight. However, for one I elected to pay for standard shipping, and for the other I chose free shipping. The reason I did this was to compare how drastic the difference is. [...]
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