Ebooks: the new reading + Douglas Adams | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/books/series/ebooks-the-new-reading+douglasadams Index en-gb Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2017 Fri, 28 Apr 2017 16:22:32 GMT 2017-04-28T16:22:32Z en-gb Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2017 The Guardian https://assets.guim.co.uk/images/guardian-logo-rss.c45beb1bafa34b347ac333af2e6fe23f.png https://www.theguardian.com Best ebooks for Christmas https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/dec/02/best-ebooks-for-christmas Anna Baddeley picks December's digital highlights<p>One in 40 of us got an e-reader last Christmas and, judging by the number of new ebook exclusives and promotions, it looks as if publishers are banking on another festive rush.</p><p>The best of December's digital-only short stories is Jonathan Coe's "<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pentatonic-Penguin-Specials-Story-ebook/dp/B00A8U4R4W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1354016474&amp;sr=8-1" title="">Pentatonic</a><em>"</em> (Penguin Specials £1.99), a sweetly melancholic reflection on music, ageing and marital breakdown that also comes as an audio download narrated by the author and set to the music that inspired it. In any other writer's hands this could be horribly pretentious, but Coe pulls it off&nbsp;beautifully.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/dec/02/best-ebooks-for-christmas">Continue reading...</a> Ebooks Douglas Adams Helen Dunmore Publishing Kindle Amazon Technology Books Culture Sun, 02 Dec 2012 00:04:01 GMT http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/dec/02/best-ebooks-for-christmas Photograph: Lehtikuva OY/Rex Features ‘Enchanting’: Helen Dunmore has written a short tale inspired by the young Mozart. Photograph: Lehtikuva OY/Rex Features Photograph: Lehtikuva OY/Rex Features ‘Enchanting’: Helen Dunmore has written a short tale inspired by the young Mozart. Photograph: Lehtikuva OY/Rex Features Anna Baddeley 2012-12-02T00:04:01Z
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