Now I am one for anything that is free. Who isn't but I thought this was just truly amazing. Generally I don't watch the news for anything only because of all the devastating happenings going on plus I could really care less about the presidential race at this point (I only know I will vote for the lesser of two or three evils). But every now and again I will watch the news (my fave right not is ABC 15) and make sure the world and Arizona is still standing. And it is at least for now. But this night's news cast was a special involving the Smart Shopper segment that is occasionally done with host Daphne Munroe where she tells you all about certain deals you can find in the Valley as well as products she tries out before you buy them to see if they are worth it or not.

So tonight they had a segment about what you can do at the public library and since I am getting my Master's in Library Science I felt I had to see what it was all about. And what do you know it was all about how to get free books, music or even take a free class. Which I thought was awesome. And all you needed was a Phoenix library card. The thing that really excited me was the borrow a Nook program because that gives Barnes and Noble (where I work) more publicly about the e-reader device the Nook. This will get more people to try it out for free and see if it may be worth getting one themselves, especially since they can get free ebooks from their local library.

I really hope this furthers not only the future of ebooks and the Nook from Barnes and Noble but the further cements the futures of public libraries every where because if more and more of them take on programs like this (and I hope that my hometown of Chandler gets the hint and starts something like this) then the future of public libraries were be there for the taking. This will open up a whole new world and many opportunities for patrons and staff.

Here is the link to the story:
Download music, borrow a Nook and take a class all for free at Phoenix libraries

Well it's been roughly two years since I added any recent posts to this blog so maybe it's time to continue the saga of all my remarkable connotations. Hopefully I can keep this up as I have tried to do in the past but have failed miserably. Ah well. Beggars can't be chooses now.

To get on with what I really about to say. My book Remembrance which was published four years ago this April has now gotten a whole lot better. Since in this day and age e-readers like the Nook by Barnes and Noble or Amazon's Kindle have become almost the go to for reading, ebook have been gaining popularity for years. Well in the beginning I actually had an ebook format created but it was not up to par as most are these days.

That was when I received an email from my publishers stating that they converted my book into the new ebook format of epub which is one of the types of formats that these e-readers can support. So much to my amazement I was ecstatic to search for it as an ebook and come up with results for Amazon and Barnes and Noble. It is completely awesome to see my book on these devices so people can buy it and read it then and there instead of waiting about a week to get a hard copy.

Hopefully since this has happened more will see my book and become interested in it and want to read and then tell others. that way my name (or my pseudonym) will get out there and become increasing popular. I am also hoping to publish my second book sometime this year.

So go check it out. It's available on Barnes and Nobles website or Amazon. But you must search for my pen name Paige Lewis along with the title Remembrance. :)