Maelstrom: Martin's Musings

Children's picture book

Checkout LittlePicklePress.com on 10/2/2009 or after. Some friends of mine are launching a cool children's picture book about what it means to be global. For those interested I will post a better description and a more specific link after the launch.

Tell them I sent you. I do not get anything direct from this, except that I helped create the ebook version and I think it is a cool book.

Technorati Tags: integrity, kids, responsibility, social, children, book, global, values, eco-friendly

Kindle or Kindling

It is definitiely interesting how the Kindle seems to be peaking the interest of bloggers, and usually in a positive sense. See this video.

Anil Dash has written a pretty good piece on his thoughts about the Kindle and some of its potential impact. I think what has struck me is that how much it is similar to the iPhone/iPod touch/Starbucks product bundle. Obviuosly they are looking at somewhat different markets, but the distribution model is similar and it is does not take a rocket scientist to see the cross-over and possible competition.

Tags: kindle, ipod, itouch, books, reading, music

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Adult Literacy

58% of the US adult population never reads another book after high school.

An enormous list of statistics about books. Other statistics include: 57% of new books are not read to completion, 70% of US adults have not been in a bookstore in the last five years, and 70% of the books published do not make a profit.

It looks like Reading is Fundamental is working! I guess when you are one of the 42% that reads after high school it makes you wonder why books are not read. I suppose with the Internet, video games, DVDs, etc. people do not see it as one of their options. But trying to read Dan Brown on line is not very viable either.

technorati tags:literacy, adult, reading, books

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