http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/21/anansi-and-shortcovers-team-up-to-give-away-digital-book/ Daily updates from the blog division of Quill & Quire, Canada's magazine of book news and reviews Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/21/anansi-and-shortcovers-team-up-to-give-away-digital-book/comment-page-1/#comment-190439 angel guerra Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:37:19 +0000 http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/?p=3792#comment-190439 Whatever way you look at it this is a great enticement. I stopped reading after a few pages because I want to read the rest in old technology book form. I might not have given Shultz's book a thought otherwise. Whatever way you look at it this is a great enticement. I stopped reading after a few pages because I want to read the rest in old technology book form. I might not have given Shultz’s book a thought otherwise.

]]> http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/21/anansi-and-shortcovers-team-up-to-give-away-digital-book/comment-page-1/#comment-190438 Julie Wilson Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:31:54 +0000 http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/?p=3792#comment-190438 To clarify, once a book is bookmarked at Shortcovers you can read it for all eternity provided the file continues to be hosted by Shortcovers, be it online, or from a selection of mobile readers. Anyone who goes to bookmark "Heaven is Small" will be able to revisit that title — for free — even after the special offer is over. Enjoy! To clarify, once a book is bookmarked at Shortcovers you can read it for all eternity provided the file continues to be hosted by Shortcovers, be it online, or from a selection of mobile readers. Anyone who goes to bookmark “Heaven is Small” will be able to revisit that title — for free — even after the special offer is over. Enjoy!

]]> http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/21/anansi-and-shortcovers-team-up-to-give-away-digital-book/comment-page-1/#comment-190437 ripley Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:08:44 +0000 http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/?p=3792#comment-190437 With the Malla book, you could download it and read it at your leisure, online or off. With the Schultz book, all you can do is bookmark it via Shortcovers. You can't download it, it must be read online, and if you don't finish it in time, you'll have to pay to read the rest after Friday. As a marketing strategy, it's fine but Anansi is not being nearly as generous this time. With the Malla book, you could download it and read it at your leisure, online or off. With the Schultz book, all you can do is bookmark it via Shortcovers. You can’t download it, it must be read online, and if you don’t finish it in time, you’ll have to pay to read the rest after Friday. As a marketing strategy, it’s fine but Anansi is not being nearly as generous this time.

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