National Novel Writing Month - November 2011

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Booker prize populism may well backfire

An article in "the Guardian"  Booker prize populism may well backfire

I've been looking at the list in Wikipedia of winners and short-listed titles since the prize started in 1969
List of winners and shortlisted authors of the Booker Prize for Fiction

I've read several of the books on the list, but don't remember consciously deciding to read any of the books because they were on the list.

Andrew Osmond - The Grimsby-born man who launched Private Eye 50 years ago

A piece of Grimsby history I didn't know about.


http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/Grimsby-born-man-launched-Private-Eye-50-years/story-13529470-detail/story.html

Kindle

I have been reading the description of the latest Amazon Kindle.  This version is wi-fi only, so I couldn't plug in my 3g modem.  I was hoping to find a simple description, but this left me scratching my head.  Some examples of which wi-fi networks work with the kindle wouldn't go amiss.  I have a sub. to BT Openzone but will have to do some research to find out if it is compatible. 

Supports public and private Wi-Fi networks or hotspots that use the 802.11b, 802.11g, or 802.11n (in b or g compatibility mode) standard with support for WEP, WPA and WPA2 security using password authentication; does not connect to WPA and WPA2 secured networks using 802.1X authentication methods; does not support connecting to ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) Wi-Fi networks.

There is a usb socket

USB 2.0 (micro-B connector)

But would the other end of the cable be of a size that would fit my laptop.  And could load the Kindle by linking the Kindle to my laptop?

Storage

Up to 1,400 books or 2GB internal (approximately 1.25GB available for user content).

1400 books sounds a lot, but "up to" 1400 books, and how big is the "average" book used in this calculations.  I downloaded halfof a small book to my laptop yesterday, and that was over 8 MB

Methinks there is still some way to go before the Kindle type product is perfected.  But I want to publish more of my books in Kindle format, and need to use a Kindle to perfect my books!

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