{"id":64631,"date":"2024-09-18T02:55:52","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T06:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?p=64631"},"modified":"2024-09-18T03:15:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T07:15:38","slug":"sep-18-24-kindle-and-greeting-cards-gullible-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?p=64631","title":{"rendered":"SEP 18, 24 .. KINDLE AND GREETING CARDS.. GULLIBLE TOO.."},"content":{"rendered":"

The below “Day” both Patti and I can really relate to.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Do any of you have an Amazon Kindle?<\/p>\n

Because a lot of us are Senior Citizens, maybe we should ask..<\/p>\n

“Do all of you have an Amazon Kindle?”\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

If you have one, you have an EBOOK, aka an Electronic Book. Gullible introduced Patti to the Amazon Kindle, nine years ago in 2015, and Patti has been an avid fan since day one.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read An eBook Day<\/em><\/span> is observed every September 18 to celebrate the 24\/7 reading accessibility and ease that ebooks offer.<\/p>\n

Can you imagine that the idea of an ebook was born in 1930!\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

However it wasn\u2019t until 41 years later that it came into existence!<\/p>\n

The idea of an ebook was born in 1930 after Rob Brown watched his first talkie \u2014 movies with sound. He introduced this idea in his manifesto, explaining what he envisioned the future for books should look like.<\/p>\n

In 1949, a Spanish teacher, Angela Ruiz Robles invented the first automated book reader, the Enciclopedia Mec\u00e1nica. Texts and graphics were loaded onto the device using spools and operated with compressed air. Robles\u2019 idea of an automated reader was born out of the desire to reduce the number of books that kids had to carry to school every day. However, the device never went into mass production, and the prototype ended up at the National Museum of Science and Technology in A Coru\u00f1a.<\/p>\n

Despite Robles\u2019 invention, it would take 22 years for the first ebook to appear, and that was by a stroke of luck and the introduction of the internet<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n

After being given unprecedented computer time, Michael Hart decided to type his copy of the Declaration of Independence into a computer in plain text. He then shared it on the ARPANET to be freely downloaded by everyone. That led to the founding of Project Gutenberg, which focused on creating electronic copies of texts and publications.<\/p>\n

The late 1980s and the 2000s saw different inventions and innovations that helped shape the ebook into what it is today, including the introduction of the first e-readers, standardization of ebook formats, and online ebook stores.<\/p>\n

In 2014, OverDrive (a business source of free ebooks, audiobooks & magazines from your library) got the idea to create a day to celebrate the existence of ebooks. That eventually led to the annual celebration of Read An Ebook Day every September 18.<\/p>\n

ebook Tid-Bits..<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

ebook sources.. OverDrive, Project Gutenberg, Open Library, Internet Archive, P.D.F. Books World, Planet ebook, Amazon Kindle Books to name a few.<\/p>\n

Unlike print books, you don’t have to cut down trees to publish ebooks. Also, you don\u2019t need a dedicated room or library to store ebooks.<\/p>\n

With your smartphone, e-reader, or tablet, you can store hundreds of ebooks, placing information at your fingertips.<\/p>\n

Due to the limitations imposed by publishers and copyright, it\u2019s not possible to print an entire ebook. However, you can print a percentage of the ebook for your reading.<\/p>\n

Since ebooks are available online, you can quickly go to an online store, search for the latest book from your favorite author, and buy and download it in less than 10 minutes. However, not every time but sometimes, Patti has issues with ebook sources. We won’t “name names here”!<\/p>\n

Fiction is the highest-selling ebook genre.<\/p>\n

Every month, about 56,000 ebooks are self-published and released for reader’s consumption.<\/p>\n

Only 7% of the American adult population only read ebooks. Patti also loves to curl up with both her hard cover and paperback books.<\/p>\n

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Don’t forget that<\/em><\/span> NATIONAL TODAY \/ NATIONAL DAY CALENDAR<\/span>.. Are the sources of most, but not 100%, of the information on our various \u201cDays\u201d.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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To Feel Good? Do Good!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

With this in mind,<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Both Patti and I enjoy sending friends Greeting Cards because we feel good telling them how much we value their friendship’<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

We also enjoy sending Greeting Cards to thank our medical professionals for their services.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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I have often wondered, as I look over rack after rack of Greeting Cards in the store, what it must be like to create them.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

People who are skilled at penning down just the right words at the right time are indeed special.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Please don’t ask either Patti or me how on this good earth we would find a writer of Greeting Cards.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s celebrate Hug A Greeting Card Writer Day!<\/p>\n

We laugh, cry, and feel all sorts of mushy things; let\u2019s give back to the writers who give us the words to express these feelings. This day is held each year on September 18 to honor the talents of these amazing writers. While we still don\u2019t know who created this day, we are all in for this celebration.<\/p>\n

Exchanging greeting cards is a custom that started in ancient times. Records indicate the Ancient Chinese would exchange messages of goodwill during the New Year. There have even been papyrus scrolls that the Ancient Egyptians used as \u2018greeting cards.<\/p>\n

Very Interesting.<\/em><\/span> Among the early greeting card business firms was the Hall Brothers card company \u2014 later rebranded to Hallmark<\/span> <\/em>\u2014 which initially crafted picture postcards. Founded by Joyce Clyde Hall and his brother in Kansas City, Hall Brothers card company had a good run for about five years until sales declined. Then, they turned to making greeting cards, and chose the term \u2018hallmark\u2019 as it was used by goldsmiths to describe a \u201cmark of quality.\u201d Hallmark was also the first company to display cards on shelves standing up. Before this, they were put in drawers. Now, the world is going paperless, but greeting cards are still used in many countries, with America holding one of the top spots.<\/p>\n

Greeting Card Tid-Bits..\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0The valentine is the oldest greeting card.\u00a0<\/p>\n

O<\/span>n an average, greeting-card writers in the US make $51,000 a year, and in New York and San Francisco, they earn close to $70,000.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Hallmark does not accept or purchase unsolicited submissions of ideas, artwork, photography, or writing for their greeting cards.<\/p>\n

\u00a070% of people include their pet’s names on greeting cards.<\/p>\n

At one point \u2014 in 2010 \u2014 a survey revealed that around 170 billion greeting cards were sent per year in America.<\/p>\n

High Dollar Greeting Cards. Gilded Age Greetings sells custom-made greetings cards priced around $395-$4,995; some are even embroidered with real gold!<\/p>\n

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Smiling. No where, in any way, did National Today or National Day Calendar tell us how to contact actual professional Greeting Card Writers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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HooRay! Gullible has published Part 4 of her Fur and Feathers Journals 2024!<\/p>\n

https:\/\/gullible-gulliblestravels.blogspot.com\/2024\/09\/fur-and-feathers-journal-2024-day-two.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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Fun.<\/p>\n

– – – – – – – –<\/span><\/p>\n

Cap and Patti<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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