I just came across this tweet by one of the senior people at Kobo: When you’re in the NY office, you miss all the cool device news, @ami_with_an_i http://dl.dropbox.com/u/139205/KoboColour.jpg If you look really close at the bottom of the picture you’ll see 3 icons: home, menu, and back. I’m guessing that this is an Android [...]
Entries from October 26th, 2010
Nook Color demo video
October 26th, 2010 · 5 Comments · hardware news, video
I almost didn’t post on the new Nook Color today. Everyone else already has so it’s not worth my time. But then I found this demo video.The new NC has some impressive features. For one thing, it has a new reading app (it’s not using the Android Nook app).
And the Cherrypal scam continues
October 26th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
A few weeks ago I posted about how I had been scammed by Cherrypal, a company run by Max Seybold. I was inspired to write that post becuase Max had started a new scam, this time with an Android tablet. Guess what? CrunchGear have noticed that at least one person didn’t get his tablet. It [...]
Liquavista announce first flexible electrowetting screen (video)
October 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment · video
Liquavista just sent me a copy of the press release for their latest screen demo. They’ve just gotten their new screen tech working on a flexible display. From the press release:
Tags:announce·electrowetting·flexible·liquavista·screen·video
PageOne e-reader to be sold in Russia
October 26th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
The-Ebook.org are reporting that the Next Papyrus PageOne e-reader will soon be sold in Russia by a company called SemiDevices. This is a basic e-reader with a 6″ E-ink screen (no Wifi or touchscreen) and not all that many reading options. I reviewed it about a month ago, and I wasn’t impressed. I don’t have [...]
The Black Library now offering free ebook Friday
October 26th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
The Black Library, publishers of the Warhammer 40k game manuals, tie-in novels and music, are going to start selling ebooks next month. As a promotion, they gave away ebooks every Friday in October. To celebrate the launch of Black Library Digital, October 8th and the following four Fridays have been designated Free eBook Fridays. Be [...]
How Will We Read Magazines (in 2020)?
October 26th, 2010 · No Comments · surveys & polls
App maker Exact Editions are running a survey. They want people to predict how magazines will be read 10 years from now. If this is an issue on which you have views, go and cast your vote. Remember we are not asking how magazines will be read next year, or in 2012, but in 2020! [...]
Waterstone’s halt overseas ebook sales
October 26th, 2010 · 7 Comments · opinion
The BookSeller had this interesting story this morning: Waterstone’s has stopped selling e-books to customers outside of the UK and Ireland in order to comply with the legal demands of publishers regarding the territories into which it can sell digital titles. I hope publishers realize that they’re encouraging piracy here. When you make it impossible [...]
Tags:ebook·halt·overseas·sales·waterstone
HTML5 demo app now available in iTunes, Marketplace
October 26th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
I just received the press release fora new app called AppLab from appMobi. It’s a demo of basic HTML5 abilities, but it’s also a testing platform. You can write your own code and see how it runs. From the press release: appMobi today announced immediate availability of its free “AppLab” interactive eBook app. AppLab is [...]
Tags:app·demo·html5·itunes·marketplace
Bookworms, Here’s a New Way to Find Page-Turners
October 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment · press release
Do you recall all the discussion a few weeks ago about picking books based on page 99? One of the core questions of the discussions was how do you use this technique with ebooks (no actual pages). A new website launched today to help you with this: www.page99test.com. I haven’t tried it yet, but it [...]
Tags:bookworms·find·pageturners
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