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Archive | Ebooks

Harry Potter eBooks now available in South Africa

Harry Potter

J.K. Rowling has been making news headlines this week with her website’s new online store at Pottermore.com, the only home of Harry Potter eBooks. That means the eBooks and digital audio books by Rowling are now available – including in South Africa – from the website. The books are downloadable to all leading eReaders, tablets, […]

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Book Review of Wonder by RJ Palacio

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Like My Sister Lives on the Mantlepiece, this title surprised me with the depths of its wisdom considering its guise as a book for pre-teens. I’m thinking of categorising these ‘Sneaky Adult Favourites’. August Pullman, or Auggie as he is called by his loved ones, was born with a facial deformity that causes kids to […]

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Embracing the future: eBooks and Digital Publishing

@6000 over on 6000 miles from civilisation discovered a fantastic video on Youtube of a 1-year-old girl struggling to operate a print magazine in the same way she operates her dad’s iPad. He posted the following quote from her dad: Technology codes our minds, changes our OS. Apple products have done this extensively. The video shows how […]

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An Interview with Peter Robinson

Peter Robinson grew up in Yorkshire, and now lives in Canada. His bestselling, critically acclaimed ‘Inspector Banks’ series has won numerous awards in Britain, the United States, Canada and Europe. Exclus1ve’s Graeme Shackleford met up with Peter when he was in South Africa last year to promote his latest book, The Price of Love, a […]

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