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Firedoglake Book Salon - Chat with Progressive Book Authors

Firedoglake hosts books salons or author chats on a variety of political, social justice, and progressive issues. Today’s chat was with Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now, and her independent journalist brother, David Goodman about their book Standing Up to the Madness

Since I enjoyed the chat so much, I started adding the upcoming chats to my google calendar. I then thought that it would be so much easier if there was a public calendar that I could simply add to mine as I currently do for Barack Obama’s appearances and Soccer games. Since one didn’t exist, I created it.

If you would like access to this calendar, it is available by searching firedoglake in Google’s public calendars.

The calendar is available in the following formats:

• XML - for use in any RSS reader
• HTML - to view in a web browser
• iCal - to add to any calendar program that supports the iCal format

The calendar can also be embedded on your website with the following code:

<iframe src="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=6lt9p8vltnm73r4l5eufddmru0%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/New_York" style="border: 0" width="800" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>

Example of a Customized Embedded Calendar of Firedoglake Book Salon Events

DailyLit Twit

Do you have time to read a book? Do you spend all of your time reading email or your rss feeds? Or do you spend your free time socializing on Twitter? Well then, DailyLit might help you start reading again.

DailyLit provides book installments via email or RSS feeds. Over 700 books are available, with any that are in the public domain and many that are copyrighted, for free. Fees for copyrighted material start after a certain number of installments and the book can be cancelled before a fee is accrued. Some of the available free books are; Democracy in America, Paradise Lost and Around the World in 80 Days.

On Monday June 16th, DailyLit will begin serializing three books via Twitter. Each day followers will receive a tweet with a link to the current installment. The first three books will be Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and 100 Ways to Succeed/Make Money by Tom Peters.

I’m going to follow the first three books via Twitter but I don’t know if I will end up reading them this way. Even though I don’t have a lot of time to read anymore, there is something about holding the actual book in your hand that I’m not ready to give up.

The links for following DailyLit or any of the first three books that will be serialized via Twitter are available below.

• DailyLit
• Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
• Pride and Prejudice
• 100 Ways to Succeed/Make Money

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