Do you remember the book trailers I’ve posted? Melville House Publishing has decided to sponsor a new award for book trailers, the Moby. They’ve identified 5 categories for the award: Best Big Budget Book Trailer (big houses, or more than $500) Best Low Budget Book Trailer (indie houses, or less than $500) Best Cameo in [...]
Entries from April 30th, 2010
Review: Spring Design Alex
April 30th, 2010 · 4 Comments · hardware reviews
So my Alex arrived last week, and I’ve had a lot of fun playing with it. I have to say that this was an easy review to write. I’ve found very few things wrong with the Alex, and in general, I like it. You might also want to read my other posts on the Alex. [...]
Sales of the Cannibal’s Cookbook tripled in the last month
April 30th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
You probably know about the typo found in Pasta Bible, an Australian cookbook, a few weeks back? (One of the recipe’s called for freshly ground black people.) The publisher pulped all remaining copies and ordered a reprint. But they didn’t recall pull books that had already been distributed. According to Nielsen BookScan, sales for the [...]
Kobo e-reader has shipped!
April 30th, 2010 · 3 Comments · hardware news
I now have 2 confirmed reports that the Kobo e-reader is shipping ahead of schedule. I have to say that I’m a little surprised. When was the last time a new gadget shipped on time?
Foxit signs deal with South Korean E-reader maker
April 30th, 2010 · 4 Comments · hardware news
From the press release: Foxit Corporation, a leader in PDF software solutions and NEXT PAPYRUS Inc., an eReader Manufacturer and leading ePaper solution company in South Korea today announced that they have entered into a new partnership. NEXT PAPYRUS will integrate Foxit’s core PDF and epub rendering technology on their eReader products. The two companies [...]
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Amazon Cuts Prices in Tiff With Penguin
April 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
From the Wall Street Journal: In the latest round of the book pricing wars, Amazon.com Inc. has begun selling a number of new hardcover books published this month by Pearson PLC’s Penguin Group (USA) for only $9.99 amid a dispute between the two companies over electronic books. Penguin stopped providing digital editions of new titles [...]
SneekPeek – Bridgestone flexible epaper screens
April 29th, 2010 · 4 Comments · hardware news, video
I just found this demo video from Display 2010, a screen tech trade show going on right now in Japan. It shows Bridgestone‘s QR-LPD (quick response – liquid powder display).
RIP MS Courier 2009-2010
April 29th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Gizmodo is reporting that Microsoft has killed the Courier. Here is what Microsoft had to say: At any given time, we’re looking at new ideas, investigating, testing, incubating them. It’s in our DNA to develop new form factors and natural user interfaces to foster productivity and creativity. The Courier project is an example of this [...]
Alex unboxing video
April 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware reviews
Len Edgerly of The Reading Edge has just posted an unboxing video. He compares the Alex to the Nook, Kindle, and iPad. Embedding is disabled, so I’m going to have to send you over on his blog. I’m glad he posted this video. I’m having trouble shooting the Alex. The LCD screen is bright enough [...]
46k titles in iBooks, 24% from Penguin
April 29th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
O’Reilly Radar has crunched the numbers on the iBookstore. Click on the chart for a better view So there’s only 46k ebooks in the iBookstore? And this is supposed to be threat to Amazon how, exactly?
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