Digitial BookStore Debut

Discovered a new digitial bookshop website that's worth checking out - Scribd. What iTunes did for music; Scribd plans to do for the written word. Think of this website as a social network for , readers, booklovers, publishers, writers, and information sharers at large. Feature rich in social networking tools, Scribd also offers books, magazines, powerpoint presentations, resumes, legal briefs, sheet music, recipes, and other sorts of documentation.


As a book lover, you can enjoy sneak previews, current great reads, exclusives from best selling authors, "first look" excerpts from new writers, etc. So, before you head out to your local independent bookstore, check out the latest BookPages, or go online to Barnes and Noble or Amazon, check out Scribd. It will help save you time in deciding what to read next and save money since the sneak previews and excerpts are substantial.


As a writer, you can upload your documents and share with it with the community (millions of readers) or only those people you use for free. Most popular document formats are accepted. You can also sign up decided to sell it within the Scribd estore.

Scribd's system is designed to allow any document available on its site to be read on different gagdets (e.g, a computer, a mobile device, or an electronic reader like Amazon's Kindle.). With this type of versatility, its no surprise that Scribd is positioning itself as THE online destination for readers.

Wish Upon A Hero

Everyone has wishes. Anyone can be a hero by granting one by. Now there is a social network site focused on helping others where anyone can post a wish or a need, which in turn is answered by someone who offers to help make the wish come true. Check out WishUponAHero recently featured on ABC World News with Charlie Gibson. No wish too big; no hero too small. It's the ultimate do a good deed, pay it forward, feel good about yourself kind of website.

Wishes are wide in range and include anything from range from books and puzzles for a bedridden mother of 5, cloth diapers for a new mother, a birthday card and $1 for a 7 yr old with ADD, to helping fund raising efforts for a police officer with cancer. Hundreds of wishes are posted daily. You choice which wishes you want to grant. (Be careful. It's addictive._

I think what's great about this site it provides you with a direct simple efficient way to give someone a moment of happiness, make an impactful difference in someone else's life by granting a wish, or spreading a little good old fashion random acts kindness. Nice. Very Nice. Check it out.

Be Someone's hero today. WishUponAHero.com