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1617 New eBooks So Far in 2003
It took us 28 years for the first 1609!
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Here Is A Sample Of What Books Were Being Done Around #1609
Feb 1999 The Survivors of the Chancellor, by Jules Verne #9[tsotcxxx.xxx]1652
Feb 1999 The Mystery of Orcival, by Emile Gaboriau [EG #3][orcvlxxx.xxx]1651
Feb 1999 The Light of Egypt, Volume II, by Wagner/Burgoyne [2tloexxx.xxx]1650
Feb 1999 Ferragus, by Honore de Balzac[Honore de Balzac#54][frrgsxxx.xxx]1649
Feb 1999 The Trees of Pride, by G. K. Chesterton [G.K.C.#6][trprdxxx.xxx]1648
Feb 1999 The Man Who Knew Too Much, by G. K. Chesterton[#5][mwktmxxx.xxx]1647
Feb 1999 Roads of Destiny, by O Henry [O Henry #4][rdstnxxx.xxx]1646
Feb 1999 Rhymes a la Mode, by Andrew Lang [Andrew Lang #13][rmalmxxx.xxx]1645
Feb 1999 The Adventures of Gerard, by Arthur Conan Doyle/14[agrrdxxx.xxx]1644
Feb 1999 Meno, by Plato, Trans by Benjamin Jowett[Plato#14][1menoxxx.xxx]1643
Feb 1999 Euthyphro, by Plato, Trans by B. Jowett [Plato#13][uthphxxx.xxx]1642
Feb 1999 The Lesser Bourgeoisie, by Honore de Balzac[dB#53][lsbrgxxx.xxx]1641
Feb 1999 Lilith, by George MacDonald [GM #5][lilthxxx.xxx]1640
Feb 1999 Eve and David, by Honore de Balzac [de Balzac #52][evdvdxxx.xxx]1639
Feb 1999 The New Revelation, by Arthur Conan Doyle[Doyle13][nrvlnxxx.xxx]1638
Feb 1999 Sanitary and Social Lectures, etc, by Kingsley[#7][saslexxx.xxx]1637
Feb 1999 Phaedrus, by Plato, Trans by Ben. Jowett[Plato#12][phdrsxxx.xxx]1636
Feb 1999 Ion, by Plato, Trans. by Benjamin Jowett[Plato#11][ionbpxxx.xxx]1635
Feb 1999 The Foolish Virgin, by Thomas Dixon [fvrgnxxx.xxx]1634
Feb 1999 The Brick Moon, et. al., by Edward Everett Hale [brkmnxxx.xxx]1633
Feb 1999 A Book of Scoundrels, by Charles Whibley [abkosxxx.xxx]1632
Feb 1999 A Monk of Fife, by Andrew Lang [Andrew Lang #12][mnkffxxx.xxx]1631
Feb 1999 Little Novels, by Wilkie Collins [Collins #19][lnvlsxxx.xxx]1630
Feb 1999 I Say No, by Wilkie Collins [Collins #18][isyanxxx.xxx]1629
Feb 1999 My Lady's Money, by Wilkie Collins [Collins #17][mlmnyxxx.xxx]1628
Feb 1999 The Evil Genius, by Wilkie Collins [Collins #16][vlgnsxxx.xxx]1627
Feb 1999 After Dark, by Wilkie Collins [Collins #15][ftrdkxxx.xxx]1626
Feb 1999 The Frozen Deep, by Wilkie Collins [Collins #14][frzdpxxx.xxx]1625
Feb 1999 The Two Destinies, by Wilkie Collins [Collins #13][2dstnxxx.xxx]1624
Feb 1999 The New Magdalen, by Wilkie Collins [Collins #12][nmgdlxxx.xxx]1623
Feb 1999 The Law and the Lady, by Wilkie Collins[Collins11][lwldyxxx.xxx]1622
Feb 1999 Miss or Mrs?, by Wilkie Collins[Wilkie Collins#10][miomsxxx.xxx]1621
Jan 1999 Lion and the Unicorn, by Richard Harding Davis[10][liunixxx.xxx]1620
Jan 1999 La Celestina, by Fernando de Rojas, in Spanish (C)[clstnxxx.xxx]1619C
Jan 1999 In Shadow of the Glen, by J. M. Synge [Synge #5][sglenxxx.xxx]1618
Jan 1999 Stories Of The Supernatural, by Mary Wilkins [sotsnxxx.xxx]1617
Jan 1999 The Wind in the Rose-Bush, et al, by Mary Wilkins [sotsnxxx.xxx]1617
Jan 1999 Cratylus, by Plato, B. Jowett, Trans. [Plato #10][crtlsxxx.xxx]1616
Jan 1999 Old English Libraries, by Ernest A. Savage [nglbsxxx.xxx]1615
Jan 1999 The Golden Fleece, by Julian Hawthorne [gldflxxx.xxx]1614
Jan 1999 Count Bunker, by J. Storer Clousten [cbnkrxxx.xxx]1613
Jan 1999 Poems By a Little Girl, by Hilda Conkling [pbalgxxx.xxx]1612
Jan 1999 Seventeen, by Booth Tarkington [B. Tarkington #7][svntnxxx.xxx]1611
Jan 1999 The Holy Bible, Douay-Rheims Version, O.T. Part 2 [2drvbxxx.xxx]1610
Jan 1999 The Holy Bible, Douay-Rheims Version, O.T. Part 1 [1drvbxxx.xxx]1609
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INSTANT MESSAGES FOREVER (OR AT LEAST THREE YEARS)
NASD, the self-regulatory body of the investment industry, is telling Wall
Street brokers that instant messages must be saved for at least three years:
"NASD recognizes that instant messaging is becoming increasingly popular as
a real-time method of communicating and we want to be clear about our
expectations for its use. Firms have to remember that regardless of the
informality of instant messaging, it is still subject to the same
requirements as e-mail communications." (Washington Post 19 Jun 2003)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10951-2003Jun18.html
[Don't It Always Seem To Go They Charge Most To Those Who Have The Least]
7-ELEVEN WANTS TO BE YOUR BANK
Convenience retailer 7-Eleven will be equipping about 3,500 of its stores
with "vcom" (for "virtual commerce") kiosks that offer check-cashing and
other financial services. The company will receive 10% of the value of
personal checks, and will require customers to register for the service.
7-Eleven executive Jay Giesen says, "During focus groups we conducted last
year, customers told us they wanted to cash their paychecks and pay their
bills at the same time. 7-Eleven created Vcom to provide customers
around-the-clock access to products and services not traditionally found in
convenient locations." Industry consultant Morris Reid says that fees range
from 5% to 25% for businesses offering check cashing services, and explains
that, by "answering a market demand," 7-Eleven will be able to "capture
lucrative fees and get people into their store where they can then up-sell
other products and services. I think you will see other non-traditional
companies, particularly retailers, make these services available."
(San Jose Mercury News 20 Jun 2003)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/6131717.htm
VERIZON TO SUPPORT CELL NUMBER PORTABILITY
Verizon Wireless, which has 33.3 million subscribers, had decided to
distance itself from other wireless providers by supporting the idea that
customers should be allowed to keep their cell phone numbers when they
switch wireless carriers. Chief executive Dennis Strigl urges his peers:
"Let's as an industry stop moaning and groaning. Our government has spoken.
Our customers tell us they want it. Let's clear the decks and get it done."
(Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times 25 Jun 2003) http://tinyurl.com/f7xw
SENATE TRIES AGAIN TO LEGISLATE AGAINST SPAMMERS
The Senate Commerce Committee has unanimously approved a bill that would
make it illegal for any person or company to use fraudulent or deceptive
return e-mail address, false e-mail headers, or false and misleading subject
lines. The bill, if passed into law, will also require that all e-mail
marketing messages label those messages as advertisements, provide the
sender's physical address, and offer a way for recipients to decline to
receive any further messages from the marketer who sent them. (New York
Times 20 Jun 2003)
http://partners.nytimes.com/2003/06/20/technology/20SPAM.html
[They Used To Say The Same Thing About Interferce With Medical Equipment]
DO CELL PHONES FLY WELL?
The Federal Aviation Administration and the Air Transport Association have
commissioned a new study to determine whether cell phones and other wireless
communications devices on commercial flights do or do not interfere with
navigational equipment. The head of the organization that will be doing the
study says, "There's potential of interference from these devices, but no
one has ever been able to corroborate that when you turn the electronic
gizmo on, it will cause an airplane failure." (Washington Post 20 Jun 2003)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14290-2003Jun19.html
[Another Digital Divide Benefit?!?!?!?!]
E-FILERS MAY GET EXTRA TWO WEEKS NEXT YEAR
To encourage tax payers to save the government money by filing their taxes
electronically, the House of Representatives has passed a bill that would
extend the deadline to April 30th for those who pay their taxes
electronically. The Senate will have to pass a similar bill if the measure
is to become law. (AP/Los Angeles Times 20 Jun 2003)
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APPLE'S SUCCESS CONVINCES OTHERS
The success of Apple Computer's iTunes music service has encouraged
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modify existing services in the manner of iTunes. Companies including
Amazon.com, Microsoft, America Online (AOL), and RealNetworks have
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ability to make one-click purchases subsequent to entering customer
identification and credit card information. Amazon.com, which formerly
refused to consider selling individual songs, is now pursuing such a
strategy after iTunes showed that consumers will still buy whole CDs.
AOL Music, which does not directly sell downloadable music, will begin
doing just that by the end of the year. RealNetworks has already
modified its online music service and offered songs at 79 cents each, a
direct response to the success of iTunes.
San Jose Mercury News, 23 June 2003
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/6150883.htm
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