From the press release: Starting June 28, travelers will find the Amazon Kindle for sale in HMSHost branded stores-Simply Books and Authors Bookstores at airports across the country. HMSHost, a world leader in travel shopping and dining, announced today its agreement with Amazon to be the first and only travel retailer of the best selling [...]
Entries from June 28th, 2010
Gallery: Asus Eee Tablet
June 28th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news
I just found a hands on report for the Eee Tablet that Asus announced at Computex. Boomburum of habrahabr.ru bumped into a senior person with Asus and scored a few minutes with the prototype. He was really impressed with it. The source is in Russian, but Google did a decent job translating it. Check it [...]
5th annual World Ebook Fair to start on 4 July
June 28th, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows
The World Ebook Fair kicks off next Sunday. So what? Pardon me for being cynical, but this appears to be a non event. I can’t find an ebookstore partner offering a sale, nor have I found anyone doing anything as part of the Fair. It’s not like “Read an Ebook Week”, where quite a few [...]
Amazon add video, audio support to Kindle apps
June 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Amazon, software news
From the press release: Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced a new update to Kindle for iPad and Kindle for iPhone and iPod touch, which allows readers to enjoy the benefits of embedded video and audio clips in Kindle books. The first books to take advantage of this new technology, including Rick Steves’ London by [...]
Morning Links 28 June 2010
June 27th, 2010 · No Comments · links post
Here are 5 interesting stories for this fine Monday morning.
Lbook releases new e-reader firmware
June 27th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Lbook is an Ukrainian distributor of the Hanlin V3 and V5. Like Bookeen and Pocketbook, they also develop their own firmware. Here’s what Lbook announced: Fixes: Search New skin (white) Support CHM Improvements: Improved display of text and images in the “priority of speed” and “adaptive” Maximum file size is reduced from 50 stories to [...]
Evernote have a secret
June 27th, 2010 · No Comments · software news
This image has been floating around the web. I’m not going to speculate on what this could be, but I am intrigued. We have a secret. On the morning of July 14, 2010 at 10am, Evernote’s going to flip its lid. Save the date. Details to come. Evernote makes one heck of note taking app [...]
Changes to the blog
June 27th, 2010 · No Comments · blog maintenance
New Pages on the blog I’ve added several new pages in the past couple weeks: Reviews – This is an index page for the hardware reviews so they’re easier to find. It’s a work in progress, and suggestions on how to improve it would be appreciated. At the very least I’m going to add brief [...]
ALA Conference Day 1: A secret Kindle pilot program
June 26th, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows
This was actually the third day of the conference, but it was the first that I attended. (Thursday and Friday didn’t have any ebook sessions that I could find.) Conference Sessions There were 2 sessions that I wanted to cover today, and a third that I missed because I didn’t realize it was related to [...]
Blio: iPhone app (video)
June 26th, 2010 · 3 Comments · blio, iPhone app, software news, video
I had an interesting visit with a Baker & Taylor rep today, and she showed me the Blio iPhone app. This is the first time anyone has seen it, anywhere. BTW, both the iPad and iPhone apps will be available in August. I was really curious about how Blio would look on the iPhone (and [...]
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