A new digital only publisher came across my radar this week. Nomad Editions announced yesterday that their first 3 weekly magazines are now available for download. You can subscribe for 12 issues for $6, and right now they’re offering a trial subscription (no credit card info required). I’m playing around with one of the magazines [...]
Entries from January 27th, 2011
NookColor update now available
January 27th, 2011 · 5 Comments · firmware update
The firmware update showed up on the B&N website last night, and I’m told it’s currently being pushed out to NC. They’re calling it a minor update, and improvements include: Improved performance of Wi-Fi connectivity, Home and Shop. Ability to pinch and zoom in browser. Enhanced reading experience for magazines and children’s books. Access helpful [...]
New eReader pops up in the Philippines
January 27th, 2011 · 1 Comment · hardware news
Andrys Basten of KindleWorld uncovered this e-reader earlier today. This is an off brand e-reader that’s being sold in the Philippines for 3990 pesos (about $90). The company selling it, CDR King, is a chain of discount electronics stores, not a tech company, so I’d guess the design is from somewhere in China. It has [...]
Tags:ereader·philippines·pops
New serial ebook now available
January 27th, 2011 · No Comments · ebookstore news
I was just reading over on All Things Digital blog about a new ebook being released this week. The title is Final Jeopardy: Man vs. Machine and the Quest to Know Everything, and it covers IBM’s years-long project to develop a computer capable of beating the world’s best Jeopardy players.
UK Parliment push to lower tax on ebooks
January 27th, 2011 · No Comments · ebookstore news
There’s a growing movement in the UK House of Parliment to lower the tax on ebooks since VAT (Value Added Tax) was raised last month (from 17.5% to 20%). So far 42 MPs have signed on with Glasgow Labour MP Tom Harris to reduce the VAT on ebooks to that of paper books. The UK [...]
TED to launch new line of ebooks
January 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
From the press release: TED, the nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, today launches TEDBooks, an imprint of short nonfiction works designed for digital distribution. Shorter than traditional books, TEDBooks run 10,000-20,000 words each, long enough to explain a powerful idea, but short enough to be read in a single sitting. TEDBooks are available today [...]
Qumo Libro II to have E-ink’s Pearl screen
January 26th, 2011 · 5 Comments · hardware news
Qumo have announced the Libro II, a new Kindle clone with a 6″ Pearl E-ink screen. It’s the one on the right, of course. The smaller black e-reader is the Colibro, which I’ve covered before. This e-reader is the repalcement for the Libro, and it has a keyboard, headphone jack, microSD card slot, and 4GB [...]
Ebrary add fiction titles to library offering
January 26th, 2011 · 1 Comment · press release
From the press release: In response to requests from the public library community, ebrary today announced that it has added popular fiction e-books to Public Library Complete™. The collection now includes more than 3,200 e-books in romance, science fiction, mysteries, children’s fiction, and other types of fiction published in 2010 and earlier.
New firmware for the (white) Pandigital Novel
January 26th, 2011 · 35 Comments · hardware news
This firmware came out a couple weeks ago, but I was waiting for a friend to confirm some details. She has. (Thanks, Ellen.) You might recall that during CES I mentioned that Pandigital planned to start using an open firmware for all versions of the Novel e-reader/tablet. I also mentioned that they had a retail [...]
Tags:firmware·pandigital·white
NY Times to publish ebook based on Cablegate excerpts
January 26th, 2011 · No Comments · opinion
I just had the press release come across my desk. Next week the New York Times will publish Open Secrets, a summary and analysis of Wikileaks, Cablegate, and the diplomatic cables they’ve released. I had quietly avoided this topic in the past, but I had to comment on this ebook. This right here is a [...]
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