This has been available overseas for some time, so I have to wonder why it took so long for it to come to the US. From the press release: 100 Classic Books transforms the Nintendo DS family of products into a library of timeless literature when it launches on June 14 at a suggested retail [...]
Entries from February 24th, 2010
Nintendo to release “100 Classic Books” in the US
February 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
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Ebook only author threatens to sue book award organizers
February 24th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
From the press release: The organizers of the Sharp Writ Book Awards confirmed that a Kindle™ author has threatened legal action against them for their refusal to accept digital books for consideration for the awards. The author, whose name is being withheld, has claimed that by refusing to accept the digital eBooks, the Sharp Writ [...]
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What publishers are doing right now – TOC
February 24th, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows
One of todays sessions at TOC was conducted by Peter Costanzo of the Perseus Books Group, an independent publisher and distributor. PSG surveyed their publishing clients and here are some of the results: ebooks, social media and direct consumer are going to be the most significant focus in 2010 the biggest barrier to ebook entry [...]
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BISG survey results
February 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment · conferences & trade shows
The Book Industry Study Group presented a high level overview of the recent surveys they have been conducting at TOC today, and it was neat to finally get some numbers to back up the feelings I’ve gotten from the market. The survey was conducted in partnership with PubTrack, a business intelligence company. Not all of [...]
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Correction: Astri dual screen reader
February 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
I just met with the Astri rep, and he told me that I had pricing details wrong. What I had was: The parts cost of a dual screen unit is 500 HKD, which is about $65 American. I was told that the retail should be about $130-$150 US. We had a slight miscommunication. The price [...]
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Spring Design Alex to go on pre order next week
February 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Engadget is reporting that the Alex will be up for order next week. There is no word on the cause of the delay, but I would bet that it’s because the site wasn’t ready. via Engadget
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Orwell would have loved the Blio
February 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows, software news
So I watched Ray demo Blio last night, and I’m impressed, almost in spite of myself. Blio comes with the standard ebook reader features, but that’s only the beginning. You can embed audio in a Blio ebook and then tie that audio to the text. It also has decent TTS. With Blio, the original full [...]
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15 minutes with the Alex Reader
February 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · hardware reviews
I tried to talk my way into borrowing it overnight, and of course they said no. But I did get to hold it in my hands and play with it for some time and I got to compare it to my Nook. I really like the aesthetics of the Alex. It made the Nook look [...]
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Ignite TOC
February 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · conferences & trade shows, software news
Every year TOC has an event on the schedule called Ignite TOC. Speakers are given 5 minutes to present whatever they want. I found a couple speakers that were worth reporting. (I also found a couple speakers who were so annoying that I wanted t punch them, but that’s another post.) Reading Habits Peter Collingridge [...]
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Copia – the social reading experience
February 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I covered Copia back at CES, so I wasn’t going to post about it again. But with the recent Google Buzz debacle, I was curious about whether they considered how they might avoid the situation. As it turns out, they were a couple steps ahead of me. The Copia developers already understand the problem of [...]
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