Do you remember the IIPA watchlist published a couple months back (the one that described Canada as just short of a child molester)? That list was a load of BS created by Big Media (RIAA, MPAA).The one released today is different. Consumers International just released their watchlist for 2010. Trust me, it’s not your usual [...]
Entries from April 21st, 2010
Florida State-Jacksonville signs with CafeScribe
April 21st, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows
From the press release: A leading Florida college is using Follett Higher Education Group’s (FHEG) CafeScribe® eBook platform to offer custom digital textbooks to the world at an unusually affordable price of less than $50 per eBook.Traditional textbooks routinely cost $100 or more, adding significant cost to a student’s total educational expenses. To address the [...]
Android Market now has 38k apps
April 21st, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news, hardware news, software news
Google announced that the Android Market now boasts about 38k apps, a 70 percent increase over the previous quarter. Speaking during the firm’s Q1 earnings call Thursday Jeff Huber, the Google VP of engineering, also said that 60k new Android devices are sold and activated every day, and that Android now runs on 34 devices [...]
Librarians Discuss E-books at LBF
April 21st, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows
The Bookseller is of course covering the London Book Fair, and yesterday they reported on a seminar about ebooks and libraries: Students are dissatisfied with the lack of an interactive experience in academic e-books, Cranfield University librarian Hazel Woodward told delegates at LBF seminar “Digital Challenges Facing Libraries” this morning. According to the JISC National [...]
Tags:discuss·ebooks·lbf·librarians
The sweet smell of literature (MP3)
April 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
bOld books stink. That’s the topic of an episode of The World, a radio program by PRI. It was hosted by Alex Gallafent, and you can download the episode here (MP3). If you want to read the transcript, it’s hosted on The World’s website.
Tags:literature·mp3·smell·sweet
12 months of learnings about ebooks in 40 minutes
April 20th, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows
Michael Tamblyn of Kobo Books just posted his presentation from BookNet Canada’s Technology Forum 2010. It’s about 40 minutes long, so you might want to bookmark it and come back. It’s also packed with info, so I wouldn’t try to listen to it while doing something else.
KT (Korea Telecom) launches ebookstore
April 20th, 2010 · 1 Comment · ebookstore news
KT launched their new ebookstore yesterday, the Qook Book Cafe. They’ve already signed leading e-book publishers such as Woongjin Thinkbig and Wisdomhouse, as well as Korean ebookstores like Libro and Bookcube. About 100k 5k titles be available initially, making the Qook Book Cafe the largest ebookstore in Korea. I’m trying to look for more detailed [...]
Tags:ebookstore·korea·kt·launches·telecom
E-ink next-gen screens caught on tape
April 20th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news, video
Red Ferret happened to meet E-ink’s VP of Marketing at a London bookstore, and managed to get some face time with a couple E-ink prototypes. I’m so deeply jealous. The first video shows a new(?) screen with a much faster refresh rate. It looks fast enough for video. I hope they fixed the power consumption [...]
iPad w/3G to ship 30 April
April 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Apple, hardware news
From the press release: Apple® today announced that the Wi-Fi + 3G models of its magical iPad™ will be delivered to US customers who’ve pre-ordered on Friday, April 30, and will be available in Apple retail stores the same day starting at 5:00 p.m.
PDF Annotator 3 on sale tomorrow
April 20th, 2010 · No Comments · software news
Gotta Be Mobile is reporting: If you’ve been drooling over PDF Annotator 3 but waiting for a deep discount (I’m talkin’ to you, Raphael), unclench your penny pinching hands because it’s going on sale tomorrow at 60% off. That’s $27.95, tomorrow only. Why are you still reading this? Click on this link, already. Oh, maybe [...]
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