Sooo ... Star Trek and all the other ship in space type series had it ALL wrong. Instead of crews of 100s, there really would have been at most 20 people ... or less ... on the Enterprise!
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And yes. You don't have to have a Kindle to read a Kindle book. Amazon has apps for reading Kindle books on androids, iphones, and computers. Since you'd be at the computer writing, it would be easier to use the PC (or MAC) version of Kindle
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Rokket
Dances with Bees
Not necessarily. Remember the crew on the Enterprise had Navy ranking, so they were technically a military organization. The military tends to man their ships with a lot more people. The crew of the original Enterprise with Captain Kirk had about 400 people on board, and that's believable. The Next Generation Enterprise D had almost 1000 people on board, and a lot of them were civilians, including children.
Rokket
Dances with Bees
I downloaded it already. A friend of mine gave me about 1400 books for it. Thanks!!!
Rokket
Dances with Bees
He has been collecting them for a long time. He figured why should I pay for them when he already has them. In my defense, there are a lot of them I would never read, but I am keeping them in case someone else wants them.
Terre
Renowned
In my opinion if you are going to be serious about selling your own books it would be best to accord other authors the same. Buying a physical book and giving it away is one thing. You no longer have the book in your possession. With an electronic file you do still have the book.
Perhaps if you see books in that collection that you like and they are paid books you could then buy them while not bothering with the ones you don't want.
Perhaps if you see books in that collection that you like and they are paid books you could then buy them while not bothering with the ones you don't want.
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A friend turned me on to a daily email from a site called BookBub in December 2014, so in a year and a half, I've collected over 400 (actually just checked and it's 561) books, only 43 of which I paid 99¢ for. The others were all free, all of them from authors I've never heard of, let alone read, and I've already donated over 200 books to the local library over the past 2 years, and still have over 100 more to donate, so I've bought and read a looooooooooooooot of books over the years.
Since they closed down the Barnes&Noble store near my house (and practically all others here in NYC) I guess I'll be reading from my tablet from now on.
Oh the one near me was open many years, and it shocked the neighborhood as it's on a long shopping street (not a mall), but it has constant pedestrian traffic in the area 7 days a week. My gym is a block away, and I always went to B&N after my weekly workout with my trainer. Now I miss it.
I have a feeling, though nothing was actually said why, but I think it's finally hit them, they don't need brick and mortar stores to succeed (just look at Amazon all these years), and their lease was probably up, and rents, especially for storefront properties, are expensive in this neighborhood.
I have a feeling, though nothing was actually said why, but I think it's finally hit them, they don't need brick and mortar stores to succeed (just look at Amazon all these years), and their lease was probably up, and rents, especially for storefront properties, are expensive in this neighborhood.
Of course, starships like the Enterprise were intended primarily to explore ... rather than to be container ships that exist simply to transport goods as fast as possible from Point A to Point B. Gene Roddenberry also saw a future in which conflicts could be settled by negotiations rather than war, and since these missions would last near a decade, it made complete sense for these to be cityships rather than warships.
Unfortunately, the PTB don't believe peaceful exploration is going to attract viewers, so we ended up with things like the Borg. I got SO tired of that dang Borg storyline. It was one of the main reasons why I finally stopped watching Next Gen altogether, and still have not watched the final seasons. Then too, I also stopped watching TV about that time for a good decade or more. I have since watched all the seasons of Enterprise, Voyager, DS9. But, I may never complete Next Gen.
Unfortunately, the PTB don't believe peaceful exploration is going to attract viewers, so we ended up with things like the Borg. I got SO tired of that dang Borg storyline. It was one of the main reasons why I finally stopped watching Next Gen altogether, and still have not watched the final seasons. Then too, I also stopped watching TV about that time for a good decade or more. I have since watched all the seasons of Enterprise, Voyager, DS9. But, I may never complete Next Gen.
Rokket
Dances with Bees
Actually, most of what he gave me he got for free off Amazon and a couple other sites. He doesn't like putting his credit card online, so he only downloads the free stuff. If you look at my history on Amazon, I've purchased hard copies of a couple hundred children's books that both of my kids learned to read with. I do support authors when they put out books I like to read. I usually buy them from airports and bookstores. I shopped online at Amazon for my kids because we were in Japan and the selection was very limited.
Rokket
Dances with Bees
I didn't like the Borg thing either. And when they captured Piccard and made him one....
And then there was the queen in the movies. But they used the Borg as a kick start for DS 9, and they even had one on Voyager. I thought their costumes were pretty cool in the movies, not so much in the tv series. I wanted to model a Borg once, but to do it right, I needed to make morphs for the character's head; something I am no good at.
Terre
Renowned
Rokket
Dances with Bees
I made a few purchases here. This is the only place I've ever bought anything for Poser. Everything else I model. But I couldn't pass on Jenny or Dawn's starter morphs. I may buy more, but later on. Right now I have to make sure mama has what she needs.Smart guy.
I only use mine online when I need to. Which isn't very often.
Lorraine
The Wicked Witch of the North
I don't own a credit card, I use a debit card instead. When I want to buy something online I transfer the money onto the debit card and use. I've had my card hacked a couple of times but $2 wasn't going to get them very much or very far The most annoying part is waiting for the new one to arrive...there will ALWAYS be a good sale on whilst waiting.
The most annoying part is waiting for the new one to arrive...there will ALWAYS be a good sale on whilst waiting.
Rokket
Dances with Bees
Yep. It's a trap. They put something on sale, you purchase it with a credit card. You have nullified the sale. The interest you will pay on the card will do that. Unless you pay it off immediately. And if you could do that, why use the card? It's a catch 22. I use my card for mostly plane tickets. And I always pay it off when I file my travel claim and they give me the money back. But that's usually after the company gets to tack on their interest...
It's been more years than I can recall since I've had to "pay off" any of my credit cards. If I don't have the money to write the check at the end of the month, I just don't buy, but my Debit Card is strictly for use at an ATM to get some ready cash when I need it.