Here are a few stories to read this morning.
- Adele (The Passive Voice)
- Amazon to Sell Ads on Kindle Fire Welcome Screen (Advertising Age)
- Final Score in the Georgia State Game: Library 94, Publishers 5 (The Scholarly Kitchen) [Read more →]
The Morning Coffee – 18 May 2012
May 18th, 2012 by Nate Hoffelder · Morning Coffee
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Inside the New Nook Touch (Nooklit)
May 17th, 2012 by Nate Hoffelder · hardware news, teardown
We all ssumed when the Nooklit launched a few weeks ago that it likely had a different set of guts from the earlier model, but it wasn’t until today that we knew how different. [Read more →]
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CreateSpace POD Service Expands into Europe
May 17th, 2012 by Nate Hoffelder · POD
Amazon ‘s own print-on-demand service CreateSpace has just announced a new distribution venue. This sub has been printing and distributing books in the US ever since Amazon bought it in 2005, and as of today it can now supply ebooks to all of Amazon’s European websites, including Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, Amazon.es, and Amazon.it.
Authors and small publishers now have more options for where they can sell their books. With minimal effort they’ll be able to use their existing CreateSpace account to expand their readership to include dozens of new fans. [Read more →]
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Kindle Fire – Can You Grill It?
May 17th, 2012 by Nate Hoffelder · video
If you’re familiar with Blendtec’s “will it blend” series of viral commercials then you might be interested on this clip. Over the past few weeks Pork Barrel BBQ has been posting their own version of the Will it Blend videos. This company makes BBQ sauce, so it shouldn’t surprise you to find out that they set the devices on hot grill and watch them catch fire.
And today they grilled the Kindle Fire.
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Apple Now Censoring the Word J*******k in iTunes, IBooks, and More
May 17th, 2012 by Nate Hoffelder · Apple, humor
You may have caught the news today about Apple’s new censorship plan, and I’m here to tell you that it’s true. [Read more →]
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HMH Digs a Deeper Grave With Two New Digital Textbooks
May 17th, 2012 by Nate Hoffelder · digital textbooks, opinion
Jeremy Greenfield has a post up this morning over on Digital Book World which made my heart go pitter-pat. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, fiction, academic, and Amazon publisher, is going to release a couple new K-12 social study digital textbooks this fall.
The Americans and World History: Patterns of Interaction will only be available via iBooks due to their heavy reliance on embedded content like History channel videos, audio clips, photo galleries, 3D graphics and animated maps, and section quizzes. [Read more →]
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Harry Potter eBooks Now Available via Kobo eBookstore
May 17th, 2012 by Nate Hoffelder · ebookstore news
It may have taken Kobo 6 weeks to catch up with Amazon, Sony, Google, et al, but today I have some good news to Kobo owners.
Kobo has just announced that you can now transfer the Harry Potter eBooks that you bought from Pottermore to your account at Kobo. Once they’re in your Kobo account, you’ll be able transfer the ebooks to your Kobo devices just like you would any other ebook you purchased fro Kobo. [Read more →]
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The Morning Coffee – 17 May 2012
May 17th, 2012 by Nate Hoffelder · Morning Coffee
Here are a few stories to read this morning.
- Amazon Killed The Book Reviewer Star (TechCrunch)
- DOJ Lawsuit Update: Where Windowing Becomes Important (Dear Author)
- New Stats: Kids Find E-Books ‘Fun And Cool,’ But Teens Are Still Reluctant (paidContent) [Read more →]
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eBook Lending Site Lendle is Up For Sale
May 16th, 2012 by Nate Hoffelder · ebook lending
It’s been quite some time since the social ebook lending sites made the news - so much so that I almost for got that they’re still around.
Lendle is back in the public eye again and luckily for them it’s under much better circumstances than before. According to an announcement on their blog, the site is up for sale. The 3 co-founders are looking to bow out after little over a year, so they are looking for a buyer. [Read more →]
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Nook Tablet Now $150 on Ebay
May 16th, 2012 by Nate Hoffelder · hardware news
Barnes & Noble is no stranger to putting their gadgets on sale so it should come as no surprise that the Nook Tablet 8GB can be found on Ebay for $150. This is a new, not refurbished, unit and they are selling it for $50 less than retail.
Damn.
Desperate straits and flagging sales, anyone?
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