Update: the Nook Kids webpage is now live on the B&N website. Click on the link to check it out. First, an interesting bit of news (that might not mean anything). B&N own the domain www.NookKids.com. It’s registered through their subsidiary, Fission Inc. There’s nothing there yet, though. The WSJ are reporting that B&N plan [...]
Entries from October 24th, 2010
On Being Divided While Books Are Sliced
October 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment · opinion
- my only interest in making money would be to make it. fortunately, however, I should prefer to make almost anything else, including locomotives and roses. it is with roses and locomotives (not to mention acrobats spring electricity coney island the 4th of July the eyes of mice and niagara falls) that my ‘poems’ are [...]
Kindle4PC and Nook4PC on a touchscreen (video)
October 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment · software reviews, video
Jesse Andersen posted this video on his blog. The tablet you’re looking at is the Lenovo x201 convertible, and he gives an excellent demo K4PC and Nook4PC on a touchscreen. P.S. Mike Cane found this video on Youtube. (I really gotta learn his search technique.)
Tags:kindle4pc·nook4pc·touchscreen·video
SIAM to launch ebook library
October 24th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics have announced that they will soon release the 400 titles they publish available as a subscription based digital library. From the SIAM website:
Why piracy matters
October 24th, 2010 · 10 Comments · opinion
A few days ago I posted about GoodEreader.com, a pirate ebook website. Since then I’ve had a couple of comments and emails from people who wonder why I bothered to single out this one site when so much of that content could be found on torrents (all you need is Google).
One more thing you can’t do with an ebook (video)
October 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · books as art, video
For once, I’m glad you can’t do this with ebooks. I’m not too happy that they’re doing it with paper books.
First Vook now available in the Kindle Store
October 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · software reviews
Mike Cane tipped me to the first Vook title in the Kindle Store. It’s by Anne Rice, and the title is The Master of Rampling Gate. This is Anne Rice’s first short story about vampires, and it was originally published in 1991. The Vook edition is 97MB in size, and it just went live today. [...]
New features coming to the Kindle
October 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news
Amazon like to keep us guessing on where they will announce new features. Sometimes they announce on the Kindle blog, and sometimes they announce in the support forum. They posted this in the support forum today: We wanted to let you know about two new features coming soon. First, we are making Kindle newspapers and [...]
UK publishers are even more pig-headed than American pubs
October 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · opinion
From The Book Seller: The Publishers Association has set out an agreed position on e-book lending in libraries that will see library users blocked from downloading e-books outside of the library premises. Faber c.e.o. Stephen Page announced the new guidelines this morning (21 October) at the CILIP Public Library Authorities conference in Leeds. Page told [...]
Tags:american·pigheaded·publishers·pubs·uk
Webniar: Why do textbooks cost so much?
October 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · webinar
The University System of Ohio will host a webinar on Monday on rising textbook costs. Solving the textbook affordability crisis for Ohio college students is more pressing than ever, as large numbers of students turn to public institutions for high-quality, affordable education. Please join Darlene McCoy, Associate Vice Chancellor, Division of Affordability and Efficiency, University [...]
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