by Aaron Tring It was the hope of many tech enthusiasts that touchscreen tablets like the iPad would bring salvation for American comic books. Marvel Comics raced to have a Comixology-created digital comics app available for the iPad at launch, and DC Comics followed with their own app soon after. While neither publisher has discussed specific [...]
Entries from January 26th, 2011
Libraries and Amazon
January 26th, 2011 · 1 Comment · opinion
Libraries and Amazon. Not exactly two words that are spoken in the same sentence without being to the detriment to the latter. Especially when the latter is also one of the largest book retailers in the world with a popular ereader that is heavy on the DRM and (most notably) currently incompatible for library ebook [...]
Amazon Kindle Singles now available in the Kindle Store
January 26th, 2011 · Comments Off · press release
From the press release: Before the advent of digital reading, writers often had to choose between making their work short enough for a magazine article or long enough to deliver the “heft” required for book marketing and distribution. Three months ago, Amazon made a call to serious writers, thinkers, scientists, business leaders, historians, politicians and [...]
Ebooks were a footnote in last night’s State of the Union
January 26th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
I don’t usually cover politics on this blog. It’s off-topic, usually, but also because you don’t want to see me foam at the mouth (well, you might; I’m told it’s entertaining). But last night was the State of the Union address, and digital textbooks made an appearance. Mr. Obama proposed nationwide high speed wireless network, [...]
On the closing of libraries (humor)
January 26th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
If you’ve been following the news lately then you probably know about the budget problems in the US and UK. One regrettably common response to the budget shortfall is to close libraries. Tom Gauld drew this comic a few days ago in The Gaurdian. It pretty much sums up what books will do with their [...]
Next5 Android tablet clears the FCC
January 26th, 2011 · 1 Comment · fcc
E-Fun’s latest tablet, the Nextbook Next5, showed up on the FCC website yesterday. The various photos and the user manual confirmed some of the technical detail we already knew and guessed. The Next5 has a 7″ resistive touchscreen, 2GB Flash, a SD card slot, Wifi, accelerometer, and it’s running Android v2.1 on a Rockchip CPU.
Ebook Lending Libraries roundup
January 25th, 2011 · 7 Comments · tips and tricks
I just heard on Twitter about another website that let you lend ebooks. Just for the sake of curiosity I went through my posts and gathered a list of all the ebook lending sites I’ve covered so far. Counting GoodReads, I’m up to 6 7-8 9. And now I’m down to 7 sites where you [...]
New image format comes with DRM
January 25th, 2011 · 2 Comments · opinion
Have you ever posted a picture online and then regretted it? Good news. There’s a new service called X-Pire that you can subscribe to that will encrypt your photo with an expiration date. Viewing the photo will require a browser plugin, and they only have a Firefox version as of yet. As I see it, [...]
The Illustrated Section are now open
January 25th, 2011 · No Comments · ebookstore news
Mike Cane just tipped me to a new indie ebookstore today. The Illustrated Section just opened yesterday and it is truly an independent store. All the titles being sold in the store come direct from the artists. The Illustrated Section specializes in comics, graphic novels and picture books, which meas it only has to offer [...]
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Overdrive iOS, Android apps get an update
January 25th, 2011 · No Comments · software news
Overdrive have released a new version of the Media Console app today. With this app you can listen to MP3s and read Epubs that you’ve checked out of a participating library. Both the Android and iOS app were updated today. The Android app got a new UI and the ability to lock orientation. The iPhone [...]
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