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Entries from April 28th, 2010
How a book is made
April 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I just came across this infographic by Funnel Inc. You’re going to have to click on it and view it at full size (2600×600). Funnel made this image for a book printer so the printer could show their customers all the steps involved in making a book. If you have a morning to spare, click [...]
Why Cory Doctorow won’t buy an iPad, pt 2 (podcast)
April 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · opinion
Cory just posted this over on Boing Boing: Last week while I was stranded by the volcano, I did an interview with the TVOntario Search Engine podcast about the iPad and why I thought that its policy and infrastructure should make it a no-go zone for publishers, users and authors. MP3 Link I still disagree [...]
Pixel Qi wins IEEE award, DIY kit coming soon
April 28th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Mary Lou Jepsen just posted several updates over on the Pixel Qi blog. The first tidbit is that Pixel Qi was just given the 2010 IEEE ACE Award for “Emerging Technology offering the greatest potential for financial success” at the Embedded System Conference. The other piece of news is that Pixel Qi screens are in [...]
QUMO Colibri
April 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
This is a new 5″ E-ink device that’s been announced for the Russian market, and it’s Qumo’s second e-reader. There’s no word yet on price, but it’s supposed to be available in June 2010. Here are the specs: 400 MHz CPU 5″ 16 level grayscale weight: 150g 256MB flash microSDHC FBReader headphone jack accelerometer FM-Tuner [...]
Can The iPad Or The Kindle Save Book Publishers? (NPR)
April 27th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion
Ken Aulette was just interviewed on the NPR show Fresh Air. The MP3 has just been posted online, so I haven’t had a chance to listen to it. But there are some highlights available. NPR On how publishers hope e-books will work “It opens up a new market, potentially to younger people. Secondly, what publishers [...]
Publish or Perish: Can the iPad topple the Kindle, and save the book business?
April 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Ken Auletta wrote an interesting editorial yesterday. It’s a long piece, so you might want to use Instapaper or one of the other bookmarking services so you can come back to it. BTW, he was just interviewed on Fresh Air. I would guess, from the excerpts, that the interview, and this editorial share a number [...]
First Look at the Delyca S600k e-reader
April 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
I have the good fortune to bring you the first real pictures of a new e-reader, the Delyca S600k. I’ve been interested in this e-reader ever since I first heard about it back in January. Yes, it looks like a Kindle clone, but it also runs Android 1.6, and the user will be able to [...]
Mark your calendars for Free Comic Book Day – 1 May
April 27th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
Free Comic Book Day is a collaborative effort of comic book shops across North America and around the world. On this day they give away comic books to anyone who comes into their stores. I found out about this because Wowio is participating. They’ll also be giving away a selection of titles, but they haven’t [...]
WePad hands on video
April 27th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Neofonie held a press event yesterday for a limited number of journalists, and Netbook News was invited. They had time to shoot this video. The voice over is in German, so you might be better off with the sound disabled. There are also a couple clips of the press event.
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