http://blogs.msdn.com/reedme/archive/tags/books/default.aspxTags: booksenCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/reedme/archive/2008/01/09/the-voice-of-the-grunts-writes-novels-too.aspxWed, 09 Jan 2008 20:30:44 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:7043190reedme0http://blogs.msdn.com/reedme/comments/7043190.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/reedme/commentrss.aspx?PostID=7043190http://blogs.msdn.com/reedme/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=7043190<p>Learn something new every day...</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Contact Harvest</em> is the most recent book in a series of adaptations of the video game <em>Halo</em>, for which Staten has been writing for years. <br /><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17938562">Best-Selling Book Shows 'Halo' Game's Wide Appeal (NPR Audio)</a></p> </blockquote> <p>I didn't know that Staten was the voice of the grunts! Somehow knowing that (in some weird way) I'm shooting Staten in the head makes the <em>Grunt Birthday Party</em> skull that much cooler... pi&#241;ata confetti and all. Hooray!!</p><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=7043190" width="1" height="1">Halovideo gamesXboxbooksgeek humorhttp://blogs.msdn.com/reedme/archive/2008/01/03/book-addresses-teen-issues-with-an-autism-twist.aspxFri, 04 Jan 2008 02:37:10 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:6973075reedme1http://blogs.msdn.com/reedme/comments/6973075.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/reedme/commentrss.aspx?PostID=6973075http://blogs.msdn.com/reedme/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=6973075<p>Sounds like a book any teen could benefit from, not just teens with autism!</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Damian, who was diagnosed at the age of 5 and is now a college student, defines a term like acne, kissing or gossip. Then Josie describes the same issue from a parent&#8217;s point of view. <br /></em><a href="http://www.autism-society.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&amp;id=10312&amp;JServSessionIdr012=unptgtoij2.app26a">Autism Society of America: Book Addresses Teen Issues</a></p> </blockquote> <p>I know I probably could've -- not necessarily would've -- benefited from a book on someone else's previous experience... Maybe that's part of my own Larn It the Hard Way&#174; disorder?</p><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6973075" width="1" height="1">booksfamilyautismhttp://blogs.msdn.com/reedme/archive/2007/11/20/i-think-they-re-eventually-going-to-have-to-give-it-away-for-free.aspxTue, 20 Nov 2007 17:01:08 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:6433377reedme1http://blogs.msdn.com/reedme/comments/6433377.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/reedme/commentrss.aspx?PostID=6433377http://blogs.msdn.com/reedme/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=6433377<p>Just my guess... Even if they priced ebooks under dead tree books (they're not right now), it would still take a lot of ebooks to amortize the $400 reader cost to a justifiable level.</p> <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071119/ap_on_hi_te/amazon_e_book_reader_9">Amazon sells own gadget to boost e-books (Yahoo! News)</a></p><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6433377" width="1" height="1">gadgetsbooks