Aldiko's Andriod Phone Partnered w/ARe

Has anyone heard of the android phone? ARe sent the following email to me last month and I was wondering if anyone had the pleasure or fright of using one.

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We wanted to give you notice of a press release that was issued yesterday to the public. Feel free to let your readers know - this is one more way they will be able to purchase and enjoy your books. Smartphone sales are up with a very impressive show of growth for the Google-powered Android phone. Android owners (like iPhone/iPod Touch owners) will be able to download an app that will contain the All Romance catalog providing instant access to thousands of ePub titles.

Lori JamesCOO, All Romance eBooks, LLCDownload and Read Thousands of All Romance™ eBooks Right on Your Android™Smartphone with the Aldiko Application
All Romance eBooks (ARe) has partnered with Aldiko to make their eBook catalog available to Google's Android-powered mobile phones.

Palm Harbor, FL (

PRWEB) October 8, 2009 – Readers will now be able to browse, search and seamlessly download more than 10,000 http://www.allromanceebooks.com [eBooks], including free reads, to their Android phones directly from ARe without a computer, cable or subscription using the Aldiko application.With the Aldiko app readers can easily browse ARe's extensive online book catalog, read detailed descriptions and book reviews, and quickly find the books they are looking for using a powerful search tool right on their Smartphone. They can organize their purchases by criteria such as title, author, or subject, edit detail information, tag, bookmark and search—all on a fully customizable display. New features include a full text search that allows readers to find words globally within the book, and a look up feature, which lets users search for a word in the dictionary, Wikipedia, or on Google.

"Readers love the convenience of being able to download ARe's eBooks anytime, anywhere," said Julie Cummings, ARe's manager of Publicity and Marketing. "Earlier this year we launched an iPhone compatible catalog and it's been hugely popular with our consumers who use ATT. We're really excited to now bring that same service to customers who use other cellular carriers," Cummings added.

"Our mission at Aldiko is to provide an open platform where users can discover, access, read and manage a wide variety of digital publications instantly and seamlessly" said Tiffany Wong, co-founder of Aldiko. "The partnership with ARe will help us offer the best and broadest selection of titles to our users."

Aldiko is available worldwide and is free on the Android Market as well as available as a paid premium app for Android open platform phones. To learn more visit Aldiko at

http://www.aldiko.com and Android at http://www.android.com. All Romance eBooks, LLC was founded in 2006, is privately held in partnership, and headquartered in Palm Harbor, Florida. The company owns All Romance, which specializes in the sale of romance eBooks and OmniLit, which sells both fiction and non-fiction eBooks.

Aldiko Limited was founded in 2009. The company has developed an ebook reader application, "Aldiko Book Reader" for use on Android-powered devices. . With Aldiko, users can build and organize their digital library, read on the go and wirelessly browse and download from a broad range of digital publications right on their Android-powered devices.
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So what do you think? Does anyone have any reviews out there of knowledge of this gadget?

Amazon VS. Wal-mart

Have you guys heard of the price wars Amazon and Wal-mart are engaging in over books? I've been following it briefly, but I have to say YAY for authors! With spending down abit because of the economy, retailers are fighting to keep their customers. So they're slashing prices or offering deals. Nothing like good healthy compatition to keep you going, LOL.

Here's an article I read at Publisher's Weekly

Retailer offering same-day delivery in seven major cities

By Lynn Andriani -- Publishers Weekly, 10/16/2009 7:55:00 AM
Amazon has fired the most recent shot in the pricing war with Wal-Mart that broke out Thursday, by introducing same-day delivery in seven major cities and expanding its Saturday delivery options. After Walmart.com cut the price of its top 10 pre-ordered titles to $10 (which includes free shipping) on Thursday, Amazon followed suit, and yesterday, both retailers dropped pricing on those 10 titles down to $9. Now, Amazon has announced it will begin offering same-day delivery in Baltimore, Boston, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Seattle and Washington, D.C. (it already offers the service in New York).

Amazon’s same-day shipping charge is $14.99, plus $3.99 per book. The cut-off time for ordering with same-day delivery ranges from 10:00 a.m. local time in New York and Philadelphia, to 1:00 p.m. local time in Seattle. Girish Lakshman, v-p of transportation at Amazon, said “We want to make online shopping as convenient as possible.” In addition to the same-day delivery service, the retailer will now deliver items ordered before the cut-off time on Thursday using two-day shipping on Saturday (instead of Monday).

Among the $9 titles is Going Rogue by Sarah Palin, due out from HarperCollins November 17. Amazon and Wal-Mart offer the book for $9, while BN.com and Borders.com are selling it for $17.39. The book's list price is $28.99. Other $9 hardcovers include Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb (Putnam), The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper) and Ford County by John Grisham (Doubleday).

http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6702373.html?nid=2286&rid=#CustomerId&source=link

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Barnes & Noble New eReader

I recently read an article on Barnes and Noble's new ereader that will be hitting the scene shortly.

The ereader is said to have a touch screen with a virtual keyboard. Okay, now for someone like me who hits every button while the item is sitting in my purse, this could be a good thing, as long as it has a cover or keyboard lock on it. Supposedly hte screen is in color as well, instead of the black and white Kindle.

Does the color of the screen matter to you?? For me, I'm thinking not really, if you have the option of black and white or color, that's okay, but it's not going to be a sale buster for me.

It needs to feel right in the palm of my hand and have the ease and comfort I'm looking for in order for me to buy it.

I'm curious as to how it's going to fair against Amazon's Kindle and the Sony ereader. Barnes and Noble is after all one of the biggest book sellers around.

I'm psyched that you can now log onto the Barnes and Noble website and find my ebooks!!

So tell me, what do you think?

Seasonal Allergies

My head's pounding, my nose is stopped up and I just want to close my eyes and go back to sleep.

Sound familiar? It's hit everyone in the family different, the boy is coughing up the sinus excretions (gross), the man has a headache and you've read my symptoms above.

Yeppers, it's seasonal allergies. Hate it!! It's as annoying as the damn litle lovebugs that infest Florida in the spring and now in September.

Can I close my eyes and tap my heels together three times...Go away seasonal allergies, go away seasonal allergies, go away seasonal allergies.

*Eyes peek open* DAMN it didn't work, LOL. Maybe tomorrow!

Thanks to thinkingwoman_souths for the pic from photobucket above.

Netbooks - Any Suggestions?

Okay, so I'm in the market for a netbook.

Any suggestions out there?

I've scanned the internet, reveiwed and even tried out a few.

Sleak, A touch pad that "doesn't" move the mouse when ever your hand slides over or shadows it, no protruding battery packs and something that "WILL" last for 8 hours like advertised.

I don't need alot of garbage on it. All I need it for is picking it and my flashdrive up to go to a quiet room to write, and take with me on road trips. Maybe get on to check emails and post blogs, but that's it. All the heavy stuff will still be done on the desk top.

I've tried the Acer, it's okay, but reviews are mixed. Honey says he likes the Asus because of the textured touch pad.

I know my best bet is to just hop in the car and go to Ocala to Best Buy and try them all out.

But I want the inside scoop if any of you have it, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

C~

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Sexual Style by Sign

Blogged over at Nice and Naughty today about...Sexual style by sign.

Yeppers what sign are you? Aries, Gemini, Scorpio... Here's a teaser, but stop on over and check the rest out!!

By julymoon69

Sexual Style by Sign

What Your Sign Says About Your Sex Life

By JUSTINE VAN DER LEUN

Sure, we've all read about how romantic or commitment-shy each zodiac sign is -- but do you know what a person's sign says about how they feel about sex?

Who likes role-playing and who likes a bed of roses?

Who needs a long warm-up session and who's ready for take-off after a peck on the cheek?

With the help of Phyllis Vega, author of "Erotic Astrology: The Sex Secrets of Your Horoscope Revealed," we found out what your -- or your love interest's -- sign indicates about sexual style, turn-offs and turn-ons. Plus, find out which signs are sexually compatible.

Aries

Sexual Style:

Passionate and impatient, these lovers want to get down to business. They're not into wooing you with flowers and romance. They're actors, not dreamers, and they prefer a spicy, energetic romp to a drawn-out lovemaking session. "They want what they want, and they want it now," says Vega. If what they want is you, you'll have a partner dedicated to pleasing you between the sheets -- but you'd better not be into foreplay, because you're not going to get much.

Sexually Compatible Signs:

Leo, Sagittarius, Gemini, Aquarius

Turn-ons: Anything different; aggressive partners. "Attack!" says Vega. "Subtly is totally lost on the Aries." As is the joy of a routine: The ram gets randy when exhilarated and surprised.

Turn-offs: The same-old, same-old. Scheduling sex every Tuesday and Thursday with your Aries is a sure-fire way to bore him to death.

Nice & Naughty Blog Today

Stop on over at Nice & Naughty's Blog. I'm talking about QUERY's.

AAAHHHHHH, run for the hills!!!!!!!

LOL.

The link's on the left hand side of the column