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The Last Surgeon Autographed Book Giveaway!

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[This giveaway is now closed.]

So I was hanging out on Twitter when I saw an author asking bloggers if they wanted to read his new book. That happens quite a bit. But this time it was Michael Palmer. As in New York Times bestselling author Michael Palmer. As in one of the triad of authors who got me interested in science and medicine Michael Palmer (the others were Robin Cook and Michael Crichton).

Except he wasn’t asking me.

So I very politely and demurely said “ME PLEASE! GIMME PLEASE!” Or words to that effect (sometimes it’s hard to remember what I said out loud as opposed to what I was thinking).

A week or so later I got The Last Surgeon in the mail along with a note offering an autographed copy of the The Last Surgeon to Booklorn readers. Which brings me to today’s post: Giveaway!

Not only is Michael Palmer autographing the book, but he’s happy to ship it to a winner ANYWHERE in the world.

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Amazon Throws a Hissy Fit and Realizes No One Cares

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In case you’re blissfully unaware, MacMillan placed an ad in Publishers Weekly explaining that they were changing the prices of their ebooks, which Amazon was none too happy with.

Amazon responded by informing MacMillan that they would no longer sell any MacMillan books–digital or otherwise. Basically, Jeff Bezos took his ball and went home. On Sunday afternoon, Amazon quietly announced in its Kindle forum that maybe it would sell MacMillan books after all. Apparently, Bezos realized the game would go on — with or without him.

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Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell (Review)

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Fascinating ideas on society’s view of talent, but concerns about the quality of fact-checking tarnished my enjoyment of the book.

What drew me to the book

I’ve been reading about making a career of what you like doing, which led to an exploration of the nature of talent and success. Also, I figured it was about time I read this very popular book by Malcolm Gladwell (whom I have never read before).

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Free Ebook: War of the Worlds

For a limited time (I’m not sure how limited), you can get a free download of a War of Worlds (H.G. Wells) ebook that comes with illustrations and the complete 1938 radio dramatization at Wowio.com. You will need to have or create an account before you can download the ebook.

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Enhance This, Publishers

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I just finished reading “What Are Enhanced Ebooks?” over at Booksquare. Kassia’s answer is that nobody knows, but that some publishers feel “enhancements” are the cure for low ebook prices. Apparently, they think that consumers will pay more for an ebook with enhancements than they will for a hardcover.

I think they’re delusional.

When I went through my first technology upgrade after buying ebooks ten years ago, I didn’t realize that my ebooks would become so many useless 1s and 0s. You know which enhancement I want? Ebooks that I can read in five or even ten year’s time. When I buy a book, I expect a DVD-like permanence, not a one-time movie pass.

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