There have been plenty of times when I've said to a Twittere friend "Have you read any Jonathan Carroll books?" Of course, they've generally never heard of him so I offer to send them something so they can see if they like his writing. That's where it gets a little tricky. I could just go out and buy a copy of "Sleeping In Flames" and post it off but that takes time. I could use a file sharing site but, let's face it, that's a bit of a hassle. Twtebook is a PDF book share tool for Twitter that let's ... Read more
As if students don't have a hard enough life anyway there is always the added cost of textbooks and what to do with them when you don't need them anymore. Usually, it's just advertising at your college or university, but you won't get much for them as there are plenty of others selling theirs too. Or you buy and sell them through booksellers leaving you open to bad customer service and hard to read websites. Fairbooks is an education selling tool that buys and sells textbooks at a much better rate than it's competitors. Fairbooks makes textbook buyback work ... Read more
Do you find it hard to keep up with all the books that are released these days? You used to be able to walk into your local bookstore and pick up a 'what's new' pamphlet but the humble and much-loved bookshop is beginning to become a thing of the past. Then there's the online releases too, of course. So where do you find out about all the latest book releases? BookPeeper is a simple book shopping tool that details all the books, whether online or on paper, that are released today. BookPeeper is a simple shopping tool that gives ... Read more
There are a few sites of this type around offering families a platform to keep up to date with who owes who. They follow a similar pattern in that a virtual bank is created, with Mom and Dad providing the funds of course, and virtual transactions are credited and debited to reflect the real cash position. Read more
Launched with the support of a number of celebrity endorsements, including one from Monty Python’s Terry Jones, Unbound is a publishing house that uses crowdfunding to get the books on the shelves that people want to read. Read more
Although claiming to offer a new and better way to lend and borrow, lendfriend.com looks just like the many other friend & family borrowing sites on the web. In fact if anything it lacks the clarity in respect of pricing and what is and isn’t chargeable that usually appears on the front page of other sites. Read more
So what do you get for the person who has everything? Well, are you and your partner concerned that you wont get a chance to say goodbye when you depart this mortal coil? Death can come so quickly and unexpectedly and its important to have all bases covered. This is one occasion when you really cant change your mind. DyingMessage is a rather morbid but useful tool that allows you to compose a video or text message that can be passed on to your friends and family when you go. Read more
There's always one flatmate that doesn't pay his share of the bills isn't there? Meanwhile you sit there trying to work out who paid this and who owes that. WhoseBill is a brilliant way of solving and simplifying money management problems as it tracks all your payouts to one place, offsets debts and payments against each other...and then gives you a settle-up figure for everyone. Simple, brilliant and unique.WhoseBill is perfect for sorting out bills in shared houses, group holidays, clubs and teams as well as friend and family expenses. There's no spreadsheets or complicated calculations and definitely no post-it ... Read more
Ever wanted to open your own bookshop? Well those days are well and truly over it seems. Everything's online these days. You can, however, open your own online book club with Bookclubit and connect with online friends with similar literary interests. You can even invite your own friends to join you. It's simple to navigate and heaps of fun.The fun part is inviting friends to join and creating meetings and polls on favorite (and least liked books.) Being the potential literary megalomaniac, the user can create their own profile and avatar and get down to the serious business of connecting ... Read more
This collection of 55 ARISE positivity cards come with 110 messages (there are two sides to every card) They are life lessons reduced to just a few words using memorable, often... Read more