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Digimonkey Tips: Using Calibre to Organize and Convert Your Ebooks
If you’ve spent much time hanging out with other ebook fans, chances are someone has mentioned a free program called Calibre. And with good reason. Calibre is a super-awesome, very cool, incredibly helpful piece of software that allows you to read, organize and convert your regular format ebooks using your PC or Mac computer. Best of all, it’s FREE! FREE! FREE! You can start the download here: http://calibre-ebook.com/
A complete review of all the features in Calibre would take more blog real estate than ...more
Digimonkey Tips: ARe Café “Kindle” and “Pocket” buttons
Digi was visiting the ARe Café the other day and spotted this awesome article that she wanted to read. Unfortunately, she was at the end of her banana break and had to get back to work. She was afraid she might forget where she found the article, which is why she got so excited when she saw the new “Send to Kindle” and “Pocket” icons on the Café posts (including hers!). Those nifty icons allowed her to save the article to her Kindle and in ...more
Digimonkey Tips: Reading QR Codes with Your Smartphone
As some of you already know, Digimonkey has not always been an expert on QR codes. There was a time not long ago when, if you had asked her about QR codes, she would have said “A QR code? What’s that?”
But now Digi knows that QR codes are the cute little black and white squares that can be found on business cards, promotional products, subway billboards, websites…lots of places! However, what she didn’t know is what QR codes do and why they exist in the ...more
Digimonkey Tips for Authors: Creating QR Codes for Author Promotion
When a friend first mentioned a QR code to Digimonkey, sadly her response was to give her friend a very blank look. A QR code? What’s that? Then Digi’s friend started talking about the cute little black and white squares that Digi has been seeing all over the place – on business cards, promotional products, and even at a fast food restaurant Digi’s main squeeze, Paco, loves. Digi knew exactly what her friend was talking about. However, what she didn’t know is what QR codes ...more
Digimonkey Tips: Earth Friendly Technology
Digimonkey is a friend of Mother Earth. Reduce, reuse, recycle has been her mantra since she first moved out of the family tree house. So she’s super excited to be sharing Earth Day with all of you.
Because Digi is also a fan of all things ebook-related, she decided to research ways in which ebook fans such as herself could enjoy their ebooks while also treading as lightly as possible on Mother Earth.
First a few simple tips that apply to all electronics (and most other things, ...more
Digimonkey Tips: Best Sellers, Top Rated and Staff Picks
Everyone enjoys being the best at something, whether it’s singing arias, hitting home runs or spitting watermelon seeds for distance. And even if we’re not personally the best at something, it’s still fun to watch those who are. How else do you explain the popularity of sporting championships, awards shows like the Oscars, and reality show competitions?
On OmniLit and All Romance, we have Best Sellers, Top Rated and Staff Picks to celebrate!
All Romance & OmniLit Best Sellers
The Best Seller lists can be found ...more
Digimonkey Tips: Using Dropbox with the Kindle Fire
For those of you who love to have your ebooks available when you’re on the go, Dropbox is a great free tool that allows you to access your downloaded ebooks at any time from your portable devices. Dropbox is compatible with the Android, iPad/iPhone, Kindle Fire and Blackberry operating systems.
To use Dropbox on your Kindle Fire, you will need to create a Dropbox account on your computer. After that’s completed, you’re ready to install the free Dropbox app on your Kindle Fire.
Using ...more
Digimonkey Tips: Using Dropbox with an Android device
For those of you who love to have your ebooks available when you’re on the go, Dropbox is a great free tool that allows you to access your downloaded ebooks at any time from your portable devices. Dropbox is compatible with the Android, iPad/iPhone, Kindle Fire and Blackberry operating systems.
To use Dropbox on your Android device, you will need to create a Dropbox account on your computer. After that’s completed, you’re ready to install the free Dropbox app on your Android device.
Using ...more
Digimonkey Tips: Using Dropbox with the iPad/iPhone
For those of you who love to have your ebooks available when you’re on the go, Dropbox is a great free tool that allows you to access your downloaded ebooks at any time from your portable devices. Dropbox is compatible with the Android, iPad/iPhone, Kindle Fire and Blackberry operating systems.
To use Dropbox on your iPad/iPhone, you will need to create a Dropbox account on your computer. After that’s completed, you’re ready to install the free Dropbox app on your iPad/iPhone.
Using Dropbox on ...more
Digimonkey Tips: An Introduction to Dropbox
For those of you who love to have your ebooks available when you’re on the go, Digimonkey has a great, free tool called Dropbox that you can use to access your downloaded ebooks at any time from a computer or your portable devices.
Dropbox uses “cloud” technology to allow you to upload your ebook files into your Dropbox account, then access them whenever you login to your Dropbox account online or use the Dropbox app on one of your portable devices. That means you can upload ...more
