Tag: Google

• Did Calibre and/or Bing hijack my opening page on Google Chrome?

  Avoid Calibre’s free ebook management program—even if it is offered through CNET or from the source.

  Lloyd Lofthouse

  September 13, 2013

  crime, crime fraud scams, cyber bullies, Lloyd Lofthouse

  Bing, computer viruses, Firefox, Google, Google Chrome, hijacking someone else’s computer through the internet, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, Web browser

• The Internet is not a Safe Haven for being Anonymous when Behaving Badly

  There is no guarantee that being anonymous online offers a safe haven to be abusive to others. Recently, I was in a scuffle with a flock of anonymous voices on Amazon and as I struggled to disengage from the issue, I was warned that I should apologize to all the anonymous voices hiding behind the…

  Lloyd Lofthouse

  March 8, 2013

  about books, book reviews, crime, crime fraud scams, education, Lloyd Lofthouse

  Amazon, dealing with Internet bullies, defamation, Goodreads, Google, Internet bullies, Internet Trolls, Law, Lawsuit, Legal Information

• The NEED to Edit – Part 5/6

  As Amanda Hocking once said, editing is exhausting.

  Lloyd Lofthouse

  August 10, 2012

  about books, editing books, Lloyd Lofthouse, The writing process

  A. Scott Berg, Dr. Gammar, Google, Grammar Girl, importance of editing, iUniverse, Lloyd Lofthouse, Maxwell Perkins, Microsoft Word, Midwest Book Review, Serenity Softwar’s Editing program, Serenity Software, the editing process, Thomas Wolfe, Writer’s Digest Grammar Desk Reference, Writing and Editing

• The Self-Annihilation of Credibility – Part 5/6

  Tilly, in claim six, ever the historian as she says in her Readers Cafe review of The Concubine Saga, points out that the Santai Dynasty mentioned in chapter four was not the oldest known dynasty when in fact the oldest was the Xia. She is correct but wrong at the same time.  The Xia (or…

  Lloyd Lofthouse

  July 12, 2012

  about books, book promotions, book reviews, Lloyd Lofthouse, The Concubine Saga

  British Book Awards, Concubine Saga, defamation, Empress Orchid, Google, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, LinYutang, My Splendid Concubine, The Readers Cafe, Tilly at the Readers Cafe

• The Self-Annihilation of Credibility – Part 4/6

  In Tilly’s opinion, castrations only took place after a man was hired to work in the Forbidden City … She was wrong!

  Lloyd Lofthouse

  July 11, 2012

  about books, book promotions, book reviews, Lloyd Lofthouse, The Concubine Saga

  Beijing, Castration, China, defamation, Eunuch, Forbidden City, Google, John Blofeld, Readers Cafe, Sterling Seagrave, Tilly of Readers Cafe