from their blog: We’re starting to share early betas of the Ibis Reader mobile UI for iPhones, Nexus Ones, and other Android devices with a limited group of testers. If you’re interested in joining the beta program and testing on other phones, tablets, and laptops, please email info@ibisreader.com. You may be asked to sign a [...]
Entries from January 25th, 2010
City library books going online
January 25th, 2010 · No Comments · digitization projects
from The Examiner A local company best known for archiving Web pages is using federal stimulus dollars to work on a massive project to digitize the stacks of books at the San Francisco Library. Through San Francisco Jobs Now, a Mayor Gavin Newsom program that provides companies with stimulus money to pay their employees, the [...]
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PocketBook opens first retail store
January 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment · ebookstore news
Pocketbook opened their own store in their hometown of Kiev, Ukraine on 16 January. The store will sell both existing Pocketbook models, as well as the 20? models that Pocketbook expects to release in 2010. The Pocketbook store will also have a web kiosk where customers can access Bookland, Pocketbook’s new ebook retail site. Customers [...]
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Announcing the Bebook Neo
January 25th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Note: This is a repost of post I originally wrote for MR I already posted a pre-announcement of the Bebook Neo over on MobileRead a couple of weeks ago (during CES). Now that it’s been formally announced, I thought it worth mentioning again. I have the OEM model, the Onyx Boox 60. It’s a very [...]
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More details on the Asus DR-950 leaked
January 25th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Expert Reviews UK has learned a few new details on the new Asus 9″ ebook reader. You know, given that all the information seems to be coming from the UK, I don’t think we’ll be seeing a USA release any time soon. Here is a summary of the specs: 9″ Sipix screen release in March [...]
Acer might have an ebook reader on the way
January 25th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware rumors
Bloomberg interviewed the President of IT Products yesterday. Here is what Jim Wong said about ebook readers: E-Reader By the end of June, Acer will announce its first electronic book reader featuring a 6-inch monochrome screen, and distributed initially in up to five European countries, Wong said. The device would compete with Amazon’s Kindle, Barnes [...]
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How not to design a breakthrough product – Boogie Board from Kent Displays
January 25th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
At first I was thrilled to see this product. It has a revolutionary low power screen technology that could potentially replace paper. But then I realized how much you can’t do with the Boogie Board. From the press release: Kent Displays announced today the forming of Improv Electronics, a new business unit focused on development [...]
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Kindles used to boost 3rd-graders’ reading skills
January 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
from the Charlottesville, VA News Leader: A handful of third-grade students are sitting on the floor of a classroom at Burnley-Moran Elementary School, surrounded by bins of fantasy, fiction, adventure and Beverly Cleary books. But that’s not what these students are reading as they huddle next to one another on the carpet and on cushions [...]
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Aldiko hits 250k downloads on Android Market
January 24th, 2010 · No Comments · software news
from Twitter: According to the Google Market, Aldiko is now the first reading system on Android to get past 250k downloads @Aldiko Aldiko is an ebook readerthat was created for Android OS, and it reads ebooks in the Epub format. I haven’t tried it yet myself, but then again I don’t have an Android smartphone.
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My 5 favorite free ebook sites
January 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Fifth Imperium -This site host copies of the free ebook CDs that Baen Books binds into some hardback books. In absolute terms it’s a rather small collection of Sci Fi and fantasy ebooks, but I find it useful when I need to download a replacement copy of an ebook I bought from Baen. MobileRead – [...]
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