- 13:28 Make sure you have backups of your google mail: www.gmail-backup.com/ #
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Month: April 2009
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- 14:28 @miltownkid This looks like something you’d be interested in; free educational software kit: wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/FAQ #
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- 10:55 @cygnoir Maybe you should try "garn!" #
- 10:57 Google Latitude is an extension to Google Maps that lets you see where your friends are. And they can see where you are too if you let them. #
- 11:33 Is Akismet broken? My blog is getting tons of spam comments slipping through today. #
- 15:03 Checking out @WPSpamFree to see if that helps the sudden uptick in blog comment spam that Akismet is missing. #
- 18:16 Paid lots of bills. #
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- 01:08 If you are on Google Latitude add james.lick@jameslick.com. #
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- 16:12 My dad arrives in Taipei tonight. #
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- 12:03 RED ALERT: J.R.R. Tolkien books including LotR Trilogy now available as ebooks: Amazon and Fictionwise. #
- 12:21 @miltownkid Being drunk impairs your good sense. That doesn’t change any when you get the Internet involved. #
- 12:23 @dmuth Me too. Watery eyes and itchy nose since yesterday afternoon. Allergy season HELLO. #
- 21:37 I bought a new computer chair from cool-office.com.tw/ today and already delivered! #
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- 11:41 @edwardvirtually they can see at-replies of people they don’t follow depending on the account settings. #
- 11:46 Beware the failwhale! tinyurl.com/bg2cqa #
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- 22:12 Went to Hooters, got drunk. #
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- 10:54 twitpic.com/3c5ut – Burlwood Kindle 2 Front #
- 10:56 twitpic.com/3c5yp – Burlwood Kindle 2 Back #
- 11:00 My first Amazon publication: Illustrated edition of "David and the Phoenix" for Kindle: www.amazon.com/dp/B0026IB13Y #
- 11:02 I got my decalgirl.com "Burlwood" Kindle 2 skins yesterday. See the latest two pics on: twitpic.com/photos/jimlick #
- 11:37 @edwardvirtually See my reply to your comment: blog.jameslick.com/?p=1157 #
- 11:45 @jamespark That’s a hot Audrey Hepburn pic you posted; tinyurl.com/96qx7o #
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Illustrated “David and the Phoenix” by Edward Ormondroyd for Kindle
I’ve been pretty happy about the quality of eBook purchases so far. There’ve been a few rough edges but nothing major.
That changed when I bought a Kindle version of “David and the Phoenix” by Edward Ormondroyd a few weeks ago. This is a classic children’s storybook which is no longer in copyright. It is also beautifully illustrated by Joan Raysor.
Unfortunately the version I bought did not have any of the illustrations. Instead, everywhere there was supposed to be a picture there was instead just the text “[ILLUSTRATION].” To their credit, when I complained to Amazon about the problem they immediately refunded the purchase.
That still left me with a problem. I still wanted an illustrated ebook copy. I set out on my quest and unfortunately all the Kindle-compatible versions I found were either without illustrations or were very poorly formatted.
I came across a free version with illustrations in HTML and was able to reformat the text, table of contents and images such that it would display nicely on the Kindle. After much toil I got a beautifully displayed Kindle version with all the original illustrations.
Since the source I used was freely redistributable, I opened up a publishing account with Amazon and published my version with them, which you can now get here: