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If you're proud of your growing collection of ebooks and audio books you've amassed over the years, but want another place to find interesting titles, then listen up — Librophile is a website that lets you search free and priced ebooks and audio books Read more
Pre-MP3, listening to a full-length audio book meant lugging around a set of CDs or cassettes. But as audiobook files were digitized along with other editorial content, the abridged audiobook went the way of the cassette tape — until now. According to The New York Times, Hachette Audio will give away the abridged version of British author Iain M. Banks's new novel Transition in 23 Read more
Book nerds, rejoice! You no longer have to lug around heavy books or drop $400 bucks on a Kindle to absorb your favorite titles. Now you can listen to them for free on LibriVox. LibriVox offers up thousands of audio books for you to download and listen to online for free, but with a twist. It's a group effort, which means book lovers just like you take the time to read chapters from their Read more
Gwyneth Paltrow hung out backstage at this evening's Grammy Awards in LA. She's on the long list of stars who will present an honor during the ceremony, and she'll take the stage in her cutout Stella McCartney gown. Gwyneth hit the Grammys with her husband Chris Martin. His band, Coldplay, starred in one of the evening's most anticipated performances when they teamed up with Rihanna. It's a big Read more
When it comes to exercising, the more you do it, the better you get at it — as in, you become stronger, faster, or more flexible, and not only that, you are able to exercise longer (and losing inches isn't anything to sneeze at either). But no matter how long you've been committed to fitness, make sure you know how to prep to be your best at every workout. A plan: You've suited up, stuffed Read more
After seeing the success of a personal experiment offering a free Stanford University-certified artificial intelligence course (23,000 people completed the class!), Sebastian Thrun left his prestigious professor position to dedicate himself to teaching on a much larger scale. His new program, Udacity will offer free university-level computer science classes to anyone interested in advancing their Read more
The iPad may be top on Mama's holiday wish list this year, but there's a good chance it's on her tot's too! Kids can't keep their hands off the tablets, leading two of the largest educational games manufacturers to create tot-friendly versions this year. I told you about the LeapFrog LeapPad Explorer ($100) when it first hit the market this Fall, and now I just finished playing around with the Read more
SavvySugar readers are huge fans of visiting the local library, and there's a new reason to love the reading establishment even more: libraries are now lending out ebooks! Amazon just rolled out its library lending program today, and there are 11,000 libraries participating. Basically, you'll be allowed to check out books for two weeks before it'll be deleted from your digital library. I'm a huge Read more
The best of the best of the nation's food world glitterati are in New York this weekend for the industry's Oscars, the James Beard Awards. Although the main ceremony doesn't take place until later this evening, the events kicked off on Friday with the announcement of the book, broadcast, and journalism awards. A huge congratulations is in order for our friends at the San Francisco Chronicle; Read more
