by Tony Cole of Ebookanoid Recently I came across a short post in which the author bemoaned the rather unimaginative and unfriendly manner in which most eBook sellers displayed their wares. He made the comparison to how enjoyable it is to browse happily around the shelves of a real book shop (especially the independent ones) [...]
Entries from November 30th, 2010
Browsing for eBooks – Why is it so much better in a real shop than online?
November 30th, 2010 · 2 Comments · opinion
Google Editions to launch this month?
November 30th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
That’s what I’ve been hearing on Twitter today. FutureBook 2010 is going on right now, and today Scott Dougall of Google was the centerpiece. I know a couple people who attended the conference, and they reported basically the same thing that the WSJ just published: The long-delayed venture—Google executives had said they hoped to launch [...]
iPad, Kindle survey numbers are funky
November 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment · surveys & polls
Change Wave just posted a new set of survey results about e-reader ownership in the US. According to this most recent poll, only 47% of the 2800 respondents own a Kindle (down from 62% in August) and 32% own an iPad (up from 16%). I’m not sure I trust the numbers. According to the results [...]
Why hasn’t Xournal been ported to Android?
November 30th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Android
There’s this one Linux app that I love called Xournal. It is the best tool for taking notes on a PDF that I’ve found anywhere. With this app you can type note on the PDF, highlight the existing content, and cut & paste. You can also draw on the PDF in 11 colors and 6 [...]
XO-1.5 now available on Ebay
November 30th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
I just came across a post on the OLPC News blog lamenting the fact that a XO-1.5 showed up on Ebay: Recently, the first XO-1.5 to appear on eBay sold for $316. This my friends, is a travesty. The XO-1.5, with a 1Ghz processor and 1GB of RAM, is a solid upgrade from the XO-1. [...]
PG Director admits error, promises new procedures
November 30th, 2010 · 3 Comments · ebookstore news
Yesterday I posted the letter from Greg Bear to Project Gutenberg in which Mr. Bear argued that some of his stories on the PG website were actually under copyright. Today, the Director of Project Gutenberg has admitted that they did make a mistake. Those titles were under copyright, and PG made a mistake in distributing [...]
View Quest now selling 5″ and 8″ Android tablets in the UK
November 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
The UK based consumer electronics company View Quest have just started selling a pair of Android tablets. The Slate5 (800×480 screen resolution) and Slate8 (800×600 screen resolution) are based on the same 600MHz RockChip CPU, and they have Wifi, a resistive touchscreen, 2GB Flash, a microSD card slot, speakers, and they both run Android v1.5. [...]
Feedbooks eBookstore Opens
November 30th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
by Mike Cane They’ve had one for French-language eBooks for a few weeks and today the English-language store opened. It’s early days, so there are many gaps (no Ken Bruen, not all of Christopher Fowler, as two examples), but the interface is fast and clean with many sort options. Click = big Plus, Feedbooks has [...]
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Kobo Android app updated
November 30th, 2010 · 3 Comments · software news
From the Kobo Blog: Great news for our Android readers! Today, Kobo released updates to our very popular Android app. Kobo is delighted to support the growing Android platform, and we think we have the best eReading app out there! Further, we know that being able to read any eBook is important, and we’ve listened [...]
B&N claim to have 20% of US ebook market
November 30th, 2010 · 4 Comments · press release
B&N have released their Q2 sales and earnings statements today. Store revenue continues to drop, and the company saw a Q2 loss of $12.6 million dollars on $1.9 billion in revenue. Down towards the end of the press release they state that they have 20% of the market. I’m not calling them liars, but there’s [...]
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