Dirk Does Dallas (and OK City, too)

Posted on May 18, 2011 by willd

The Western Conference finals in the NBA started last night with a big win from the Dallas Mavericks over the upstart Oklahoma City Thunder. The player credited with an outsized contribution to the team’s success is superstar Dirk Nowitzki. The NBA nabobs are falling all over themselves today to assess the career of this gentle giant and his prospects for taking his team all the way to the championship. Read Dirk’s biography and a history of the team in today’s free book for Kindle, Nook, and iPad.

photo by Keith Allison

Grab Dirk’s jersey!

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Mighty Thor (the movie, the rocket, the band, the god…)

Posted on May 6, 2011 by willd

The new superhero movie Thor hits US theater this weekend, and based on overseas box office success, the movie is expected to do very well indeed. So, in honor of this auspicious debut, eReadUps offers its own little title on the subject, The Many Faces of Thor. This seven-chapter book covers the comics, the movie, the band by the same name, the rocket by the same name, and, oh yeah, the Norse hammer-wielding god who got it all started! So grab a Kindle, Nook, or iPad and immerse yourself in this culturally potent force know as Thor.

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The Essential Kindle/Nook/iPad Guide to Fleetwood Mac and Rumours

Posted on May 4, 2011 by willd

Anyone tuned into music in the 70s knows the impact that this British band had on the face of popular music. And now interest and awareness has been revived by the t.v. show “Glee!” by the selection of songs in the May 3 episode from the band’s most popular album, Rumours. Just in case you lost track of Stevie Nicks, the band, the album, or the infectious music that fueled, among other things, President Bill Clinton’s nomination celebration at the 1992 Democratic Convention with a rousing “Don’t Stop,” then have a look at this six chapter eReadUp to refresh your memory!

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Dead or Alive: JSOC and the Hunt for Osama bin Laden

Posted on May 2, 2011 by willd

From happy events like weddings to the grimmest kind of search and destroy mission, we turn to the incredible news of the attack on Osama bin Laden’s compound and his destruction in a firefight. How did it take us so long to find this wanted man–is that the right question? Or, how did we find him at all? This free eReadUp covers the operation that lead to bin Laden’s death, and the forces behind it. More to come as the world learns more about this extraordinary event. Stay tuned to the eReadUps blog!

(Or go to eReadUps Homepage and build your own book for free!)
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It is Royal Wedding Week at eReadUps!

Posted on April 25, 2011 by willd

The Third Book of the Week: The Bride

Kate Middleton

Of course eReadUps couldn’t go any deeper into the week without a profile book about Miss Kate Middleton, the bride-to-be. Read the whole story, including the reports of a breakup in 2007, and the subsequent reconciliation. As usual, the book is formatted perfectly for Kindle and Nook, and iPad. So download here and start getting ready for the event itself this Friday.

Photo by Nick Warner from Windsor, England

The Second Book of the Week: The GroomPrince William

Today, the focus is on the Groom, Prince William.  Read the whole history, including the tragic story of his mother, Princess Diana. Perfectly formatted for your reading device!

Photo by Phooto, modified by Gridge

The First Book of the Week: The Wedding

This week we will be building free books for everyone concerning the royal wedding to occur on Friday. Today, enjoy the overview article on your Kindle, Nook, iPad, Prince William and Kate MiddletonKobo, Sony, or smartphone by downloading the Kindle and ePub files below. Stay tuned for a few more background articles throughout this historic week!

Photo by Alexandre Goulet / Nick Warner

Instructions for loading your eReadUp onto your mobile device can be found here. iPad users: just email the ePub file to yourself, open the email on the iPad, and click on the file. Select the program you want to open the book with (iBooks, Bluefire Reader, or Stanzan must be installed for free on your iPad…)

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60 Minutes Expose: Greg Mortensen and Three Cups of Tea

Posted on April 18, 2011 by ereadups-admin

A report on 60 Minutes examines issues of truth-telling in Greg Mortenson’s bestseller Three Cups of Tea and its sequel Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Here is a free eReadUp that covers both the books and the controversy. Enjoy!

Or get Three Cups of Tea on your Kindle here:

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True Grit, eReadUps Style

Posted on January 6, 2011 by willd

They are calling it a “breakout” hit, surpassing in attendance anything the Coen brothers have ever done, including Fargo and the Oscar-winning No Country for Old Men. So at eReadUps that can only mean one thing: time to build a book about it!

What is cool about this eReadUp is that it includes the Wikiquote quotations from the film, with gems like:

  • “By God! She reminds me o’ me!” (Rooster on Mattie)
  • “I want Tom Chaney hanged for killing my father! It’s little to me how many dogs and senators he’s killed in Texas.” (Mattie to Rooster)

And tons more! This eReadUp has the following chapters included:

  1. True Grit (2010 Film)
  2. True Grit (1969 Film)
  3. True Grit (Novel)
  4. True Grit (Wikiquotes 1969 Film)
  5. John Wayne (who won his only Oscar for his portrayal of Rooster Cogburn)

Read before or after seeing the film, and enjoy!
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The eReadUps Guide to the Novels of Steig Larsson

Posted on December 9, 2010 by willd

I just finished The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, and I reluctantly set the book on the pile to go back to the library. I even slowed down and only allowed myself to read a certain number of pages per day, just to make the reading enjoyment last. Oh, well, it’s over. With Stieg gone prematurely at age 50, is there anything else left to read?

In my despondent state over finishing the trilogy, I used eReadUps my own further reading, in the form of a ten-article e-book called the Guide to the Novels of Steig Larsson, and I share here with all of you fellow Lisbeth-deprived readers. With the new capability to add your own title to the eReadUps you create, I was able to use a variety of search terms at eReadUps in order to get all the articles I wanted. In this one eReadUp, you can learn about Larsson, Salander, Kalle F. Blomkvist, each of the books, and each of the movies.

It’s a bit of a nicotine patch approach, but, hey, it gives me something to read until I pick up The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and start all over again!

Download your free eReadUps Guide to the Novels of Stieg Larsson by selecting the Kindle or ePub versions below. You can click here to get instructions for loading the downloaded file onto the ereader device of you choice.
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Welcome to the blog!

Posted on November 8, 2010 by ereadups-admin

Our new blog is the place to learn about ebook building with eReadUps and to get free content for whatever mobile reading platform you use: Kindle, Nook, iPhone, iPad, Android, laptop, netbook–whatever!

We will post information about emerging technologies that have an impact on your ereading here as well.

So keep an eye on this space for eReadUps developments!

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