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“Anne of Green Gables” and “Anne of Avonlea”

Perhaps suprising for a book about a young girl, readers of both genders and all ages have posted reviews about how wonderful Anne's story is, "without violence, sexual situations, or earthy language." We marvel that we still have the capability of being taken in by such a simple story. Somehow these novels help us tap into a primal instinct for nature and simplicity that reminds us of what life's really about, and they do it most absorbingly.

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• After a deal with publisher Simon & Schuster Inc, Amazon is adding 5,000 more books to their Kindle ebook store bringing the total amount of ebooks available to 125,000. Read an article about it here. Now if only they'd put up Wide Sargasso Sea and some Georgette Heyer ebooks, I mght plunk down some money for one of those myself. I have posted most of Girlebooks' ebooks for sale (from $.99 to $1.59) on the Amazon Kindle store. You can take links from the pages in our ebooks catalog to the appropriate download page on Amazon. If anyone has feedback on how these books look on the Kindle, I'd be most appreciative! #
• An article in LaptopMag.com talks about the new OLPC (one laptop per child) computer. Smaller than the previous OLPC laptop, it has some pretty neat features. "The design will provide a right and left page in vertical format, a hinged laptop in horizontal format, and a flat, two-screen continuous surface for use in tablet mode." It appears to be made specifically with reading ebooks in mind. See the full article here. #