From the press release: Author Solutions (ASI), the world leader in indie book publishing, announced today the signing of an agreement with Amazon to distribute all new black-and-white AuthorHouse, iUniverse, Trafford Publishing, and Xlibris titles through its popular eReader, the Kindle.”The Kindle was a pioneer in the rapidly expanding eReader market, and we’re pleased to [...]
Entries from March 29th, 2010
JISC adds 1m new pages to Online Repository
March 29th, 2010 · No Comments · digitization projects
From the announcement: Freely accessible to UK colleges and universities, the latest addition of one million pages takes the total number of pages of 19th century newspapers available online1 to over three million. Alastair Dunning, programme manager at JISC, says: “In a time when print newspapers are under threat, the British Library resource provides a [...]
Zinio Launches new Reader
March 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment · software news
They just announced a new version of their PC app, and it’s based on Adobe Air. From the press release: Zinio, the global leader in digital publishing technology and services, today announced the launch of Zinio Reader 4 (zinio.com/reader4), built using Adobe AIR. In combination with Zinio’s latest product launch, National Geographic celebrates World Water [...]
New E-reader coming to Australia
March 29th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
I just came across the product page of the Dreambook W95, an ebook reader imported to Australia by Pioneer Computers. It has a 5″ LCD screen, costs $149 (AUS), and should support a broad variety of video, audio, and ebook formats including Epub and PDF. It’s currently available now.
The Times of London Explains why They’re adding a Paywall
March 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
From the editorial: If we are asking politicians to be honest, it is important we practise what we preach. Nowhere is this more crucial than with journalism on the internet. At present we are in the absurd position of charging people £2 for our newspaper while simultaneously offering the same content free online. The flawed [...]
Interpark Biscuit E-reader
March 28th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news
The Korean tech company Interpark just announced their new ebook reader. The Biscuit has a 6″ E-ink screen, and yes, it does look like a Kindle clone. According to one of my sources, it’s made by LG Innotek. I’m having trouble finding the specs, but it appears to have 3G wireless, 4GB Flash storage, and [...]
Smashwords to be in iBookstore on Launch Day
March 28th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
Venture Beat is reporting: Big publishers are flocking to publish electronic versions of their bestselling books on Apple’s iPad, which launches on April 3. But small publishers and self-published books will make it to the iPad as well. Smashwords, a site that lets writers self-publish their eBooks, said today it has signed a distribution deal [...]
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Introducing FlexPaper – Open Source PDF Viewer
March 28th, 2010 · No Comments · software news
I just came across a new PDF viewer by the name of FlexPaper. It was developed by the Devaldi group out of Auckland. It has a similar set of features to Adobe Reader, and because it’s Flash based it can be embedded in another page (Reader has only a full screen mode). FlexPaper is an [...]
Interesting Pocketable eBook Reader for $79
March 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
by ColdSun Nothing special or new here, but this guy seems to have a good thing going on eBay. He is taking Dell and HP PDAs and customizing them as eBook readers that support many formats. This might be what I’m looking for. Something just for portable usage and cheap. eBay Auction with Video Sample [...]
Tags:4979·ebook·interesting·pocketable·reader
iPad Weekly Roundup
March 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Apple
I thought it would be a good idea to post a summary of iPad news from the past week. I’ve posted some of this already, but not all. iPad Sold Out, Next Shipment on 12 April (CrunchGear) iPad will come with 30k Ebooks from Project Gutenberg (AppAdvice) Best Buy to carry iPad on Launch Day [...]
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