From the press release: ebrary®, a leading provider of digital content products and technologies, today announced a new School Collection featuring more than 6,600 e-books and other authoritative titles from leading publishers. Created by a librarian, the new subscription collection provides simultaneous, multi-user access to content designed specifically for young adults in high schools, vocational [...]
Entries from March 25th, 2010
ebrary Launches New Subscription System for Schools and Libraries
March 25th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
Skiff partners with Samsung – Oh Boy, What a Gaffe!
March 25th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
Engadget is reporting from CTIA that Samsung and Skiff have announced a partnership to bring Skiff content to Samsung smartphones. There is no word yet on availability. Here is an excerpt: Skiff’s mission is delivering the next generation of e-reading to consumers. So it’s fitting that we’re here today with Samsung, showcasing the next wave [...]
Wall Street Journal to cost $18 on the iPad
March 25th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
The WSJ is reporting(it was more of a footnote really): The Journal plans to charge subscribers $17.99 a month for iPad subscriptions, according to a person familiar with the matter. The WSJ is also offered on the Kindle, but for $15 you’re only getting the minimum; a lot of content doesn’t survive the conversion process. [...]
Liquavista Announces Dev Kits for New Screens
March 24th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
From the press release: Liquavista today announced the launch of System Development Kits aimed at enabling their core customers to work on developing products based on their innovative electrowetting display technology. Available for both LiquavistaBright 6” mono and LiquavistaColor 6” color electrowetting displays, customers will be able to create applications and therefore products that benefit [...]
Random House fears iPad ebook price war
March 24th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
From the Financial Times: Random House, the world’s largest book publisher by sales, could keep its books from Apple’s iPad when it goes on sale next month, as the Bertelsmann unit fears the effects of the tablet device on the pricing of electronic books. Random House’s five big rivals – Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, [...]
Entourage Edge gets its first Reseller
March 24th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
From the press release: SDI Government Solutions and enTourage Systems, Inc. have announced a reseller partnership. Under the terms of the agreement, SDI Government Solutions will promote enTourage Systems’ dualbook, the enTourage eDGe™, to its prospective government clientele. The enTourage eDGe, with both e-reader and tablet netbook capabilities, can be equipped with SDI Government Solutions’ [...]
Kobo Launches New E-reader!
March 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
Kobo Books just announced their first ebook reader. It has a 6″ E-ink screen, Bluetooth (but not Wifi), Adobe DE support, and is going to be on sale this summer for $149. At first I was really excited, but then I recognized the hardware design. The case is new, but inside the case is hardware [...]
Enso zenPad now Shipping
March 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
This beauty is an Android tablet with a 5″ screen, the stylus that the Archos 5 was lacking, Wifi, and a paltry 1GB flash built in (an 8GB microSD card is included in the base price). It has the usual video and audio support. Enso is promising 6 hours battery life, and that an upgrade [...]
Irish Bookseller Eason Opens Ebookstore
March 24th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
Eason & Son has expanded their website to include a new ebookstore. Eason has been selling Sony ebook readers for some time and these are also available in the new ebook section. The store offers a Best of Irish Section and a range of titles from new releases to classics. It also has some of [...]
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Books get the 3-D treatment in South Korea
March 24th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware reviews
Don’t get too excited. The only new part is the animation, and that requires “computer-screen goggles”. From the article: Pop-up is so passé: South Korean scientists have developed 3-D technology for books that makes characters literally leap off the page.The popularity of 3-D entertainment has been given a boost by a slew of recent films, [...]
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