Happy New Year

Happy New Year

From Panzer, Mom and What's His Name

Happy New Year's Eve

Happy New Year's Eve!

From Panzer, Mom and What's His Name

A New Panzerism

Panzer on New Year's Eve and Kitty Zen:

This is an amazing point in time.

We are at that precise intersection of history and the future.

And ...

We can embrace it and create a wonderful tomorrow.

Or ...

Sequential kitty napZZZZZ

Some I suppose may want to sit back and watch.

Or ...

A few may be disposed toward sleeping through it all until next year.




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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays    

 

From Panzer, Mom, and What's His Name

A New Panzerism

The dent? The big guy with the reindeer. *

Panzer on the Christmas holiday:

Do I think those look like my paw prints on the hood of the car?

Noooo ...

From here I'd say they're reindeer prints.



* From Cat Wisdom for humans

New column on free and low-cost books: Robert's Roundup of Ebook Deals - TeleRead

Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere when he decided to stop in at the TeleRead site. With just a little digging around our inquisitive kitty found a post about a new place to find links to free or low-cost cost ebooks.

According to Robert Nagle, he's started a new column where he locates free and low-cost ebooks. There seems to be a wide range of fiction and nonfiction ebooks included in his lists. He does admit in the preface that he hasn't read the books on his lists. The post begins with links to his first three columns. There's a lot of good information in the post after the links, so you might want to finish reading the post before you go to the columns.

Christmas is only five days away.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... Free ebooks just in time for Christmas."

Note: These are long posts. Bring a thermos (or two) of cocoa and a dozen muffins for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to Robert's Roundup of eBook deals

Bookkeeper Gets Two Year Sentence for Scheme that Destroyed Donadio & Olson - Publishers Weekly

This afternoon Panzer was shaken awake from his nap by the sounds of crying and wailing coming from the Catosphere. Jumping into the Panzermobile, our brave kitty boy followed all the noise to the Publishers Weekly site. There with a little digging he discovered a post about the Donadio and Olson literary agency and the agency's former bookkeeper Darin Webb.

Should have been 20 years instead.

According to Andrew Albanese, Donaldio and Olson's former bookkeeper Darin Webb has been sentenced to 2 years in prison. Mr. Webb was convicted of embezzling $3.8 million from the literary agency. Because of his embezzlement the company was forced into bankruptcy. Several authors also were financially impacted by the crime.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... Two years for all that havoc?"

Note: This is a long post. Bring a cup of tea and two muffins for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to Donadio and Olson

PSA: eBookMall Has Gone From eBook Retailer to Phishing Site - The Digital Reader

Criminals are everywhere.

Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere when he heard wailing and crying and gnashing of teeth. Following all the noise took our brave kitty boy to The Digital Reader site. With a little digging in the posts he found one about the eBookMall site.

According to The Digital Reader site owner Nate Hoffelder, on a recent visit to ebook retailer eBookMall(.com) he was denied access to use the site. His security software warned it was preventing him from going to a redirected site. It appears eBookMall is now a phishing site.

Panzer says, "Always obey you security software when it warns you away from a site."

Note: This is a short post. Bring a cup of tea for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to eBookMall

A New Panzerism

Panzer on training your human:

What's His Name said I'm a lazy, good for nothing cat,

And ...

The only thing I am good for is ...

Careful. I will give you what you ask for.*

Eating, sleeping and dropping fur.

Well ...

I'll show him.

I'll just have to prove him right.



* From Cat Wisdom for humans

 (We're helping a relative who is recovering from surgery. So, things are all kittywampus for a while longer.)

Amazon sought a permit to open a bookstore in Meridian. Then this happened. - Idaho Statesman

You know Christmas is coming, right?

Today Panzer made a trip to the Idaho Statesman site. With a little digging around our traveling kitty boy found a post about Amazon.

According to John Sowell, in March Amazon applied for a building permit in Meridian, Idaho. According to the permit application Amazon planned to open an Amazon Books store in The Village at Meridian. However, the company hasn't completed the application process and the permit application has expired. Inquiries sent to Amazon representatives and their architect by the city and the Idaho Statesman have gone unanswered. The Village at Meridian confirms Amazon won't be opening a store at that location.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... This inquiring kitty wants to know what changed Amazon's mind about opening a store there?"

Note: This is a short post. Bring a cup of tea for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to Amazon Books store

A New Panzerism

Panzer on sportsmanship:

(Oops. That should be sports-kitty-ship.)

You know, cats believe in fair play.

I'm not sure humans understand this.

But ...

It is true.

For example ...

When in a foot race, it's fair to trip your opponent.

I race him a lot. **

What's His Name may not realize it's actually a foot race

But ...

I wouldn't trip him* if it wasn't.






* You know, I don't know why Mom brought What's His Name home. All he does is whine about me.

 ** I'm still helping a relative recuperating from surgery, so things are still kittywumpus around here.

Judge Questions Parnero's Bid to Dismiss B&N Countersuit - Publishers Weekly

Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere when he decided to stop in at the Publishers Weekly site. With a little digging around in the posts there, he found one about former Barnes and Noble CEO Demos Parneros.

According to Andrew Albanese, last week Demos Parneros' attorneys were back in court again. This time the attorneys were at a pre-motion hearing to discuss a possible motion to ask Judge John G. Koeltl to dismiss Barnes and Noble's counterclaim against Mr. Parneros. While the judge said the motion could be filed, it would probably be a waste of time. The referenced counterclaim asserts Mr. Parnero undermined the sale of Barnes and Noble to keep his CEO position safe. Mr. Parnero's attorneys also gave notice they will be seeking to have Barnes and Noble pay for Mr. Parnero's attorney fees.

Pay somebody to sue you? It's a joke, right?

Panzer says, "Hmm ... Have Barnes and Noble pay Parnero's attorneys to sue Barnes and Noble? This case just gets crazier and crazier."

Note: This is a medium post. Bring a cup of tea and muffin for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to Barnes and Noble

Online Distribution Platform Ganxy to Close - Publishers Weekly

Today Panzer had hardly entered the Catosphere when he heard wailing and crying. Following all the noise took our inquisitive kitty to the Publishers Weekly site. There with no digging at all he found a post about Ganxy.

Nobody can see me here.

According to Jim Milliot at Publishers Weekly, Ganxy is closing its doors the end of December. Ganzy is an online distribution platform. The post includes quotes from a post at the Ganxy site about the closing. The company couldn't compete with Amazon's larger distribution platform. Money will be paid to sellers as it's available.

Panzer says, "The only way to compete with an 800 pound gorilla is to hide."

Note: This is a short post. Bring a cup of tea for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to Ganxy

Four Free Online Book Formating Tools You'll Love - Book Works

Panzer's trip into the Catosphere was a quick one today. Our busy kitty boy found an interesting post for his indie writer friends. He found a post about book formatting tools at the BookWorks site

Nap time?

In the post Carla King describes four free online book formatting tools. She begins with Canva. Canva has long been the go-to site for simple ebook covers, but can also do simple interiors. She also has three other free simple to use tools for formatting books. She includes descriptions of each tool with instructions for use with screen shots. There's a list of links included, too.

Panzer says, "Who knew you could do all that formatting for free?"

Note: This is a l-o-n-g post. Bring half a thermos of tea and three muffins for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to book formatting tools

A New Panzerism

Panzer on hypnotism for weight loss:

Mom said she's worried her little kitty boy is overweight. She said she wants to try hypnotism for the weight problem.

Well ...

Mom, your eyelids are getting heavy.

Okay ...

Mom repeat after me,

I will not worry about the kitty. He's not overweight, he's just big-boned ... I will not worry about the kitty. He's not overweight, he's just big-boned ... *



* From Cat Wisdom for humans

We're still busy taking care of our recovering relative.