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April 18, 2010
My Fictionwise e-book woes continue…
Giving up on having an iPad version of eReader, I'm checking out Stanza, but customer support does not seem to be replying to questions on the topic:
Meanwhile, I also tried getting versions of the e-books I purchased on Fictionwise onto my iPad to read through the iPhone app versions of eReader or Stanza…but am encountering problems.
I'm getting the following error when I try downloading many of the titles in my Fictionwise library:
"EBOOK DOWNLOAD: Territory not authorized. You are attempting...
April 17, 2010
Fictionwise eReader Not Supporting iPad
I recently wrote the following to Customer Support at Fictionwise:
I'm a longtime customer of Fictionwise and I recently bought an iPad. All my ebooks from Fictionwise, however, are in the "recommended format" e.g. Secure eReader, but reading these ebooks on my iPad means I either have to read them iPhone size (too small for the iPad screen) OR blurry (increased to fill the size of the iPad screen).
Do you plan to develop an iPad version of eReader? If not, I regret that I'm not going to be...
April 12, 2010
Weekly Wordcount Check-in: 250, 500, 1000 wds/day
Ok, I had a total #fail when it came to writing during my vacation. I got frustrated at first but then just decided to let it go so I could actually enjoy the vacation. It was hard to explain the frustration to non-writers. It wasn't that I felt OBLIGATED to write…I WANTED to write. Not being able to write some days was like not drinking water. But now I'm super-motivated, and I figure that's only a good thing.
Do you need a wordcount challenge with some leeway?
Check out the challenges below:
April 5, 2010
Weekly Wordcount Check-in: 250, 500, 1000 wds/day
I'm out of town right now with sporadic online access, so won't be posting much in Inkgirl this week. But I'm still going to try to get in my daily wordcount, dangit! I'm also going to experiment with doing some of this writing on my new iPad.
Do you need a wordcount challenge with some leeway?
Check out the challenges below:
250 wds/day | 500 wds/day | 1000 wds/day
So how did you all do with your daily wordcount challenges since the last check-in?
March 31, 2010
Old typewriters as mechanical art
The Copywriter Underground has a great post about how clunky manual typewriters have undergone a transformation.
Three more days until I pick up my iPad
My husband was kind enough to give me an iPad for my birthday on Monday, and I'm picking it up on Saturday. Here's what I feel like.
March 30, 2010
My Life In A Nutshell updated
For those interested, I've updated My Life Life In A Nutshell with an iPad paranoia comic. [image error]
March 29, 2010
100 Pages in 30 Days: Script Frenzy!
Only a couple of days left for you to sign up for Script Frenzy. From the site's About page:
Script Frenzy is an international writing event in which participants take on the challenge of writing 100 pages of scripted material in the month of April. As part of a donation-funded nonprofit, Script Frenzy charges no fee to participate; there are also no valuable prizes awarded or "best" scripts singled out. Every writer who completes the goal of 100 pages is victorious and awe-inspiring and will...
Weekly Wordcount Check-in: 250, 500, 1000 wds/day
Do you need a wordcount challenge with some leeway?
Check out the challenges below:
250 wds/day | 500 wds/day | 1000 wds/day
So how did you all do with your daily wordcount challenges since the last check-in?
March 27, 2010
Seven more days
7 more days until I pick up my iPad. Thanks to Susan Pigott for pointing out this gorgeous Vaja cases for the iPad. I especially love the one that looks like a Moleskine.
To avoid overloading those of you who aren't iPad fans, I've been pouring most of my iPad obsessings into my @iPadGirl Twitter account and iPad Girl blog, so feel free to follow me there.
