My 9″ Pandigital Novel died in Las Vegas. I didn’t break it or drop it, it just died. This was one of the many minor irritations that made the trip less than fun, but never mind that. I’m here to complain about getting the gadget repaired. Late last Sunday night I filled out the contact [...]
Entries from January 25th, 2011
So you need Pandigital to help with your e-reader? Fuhgeddaboudit
January 25th, 2011 · 14 Comments · opinion
How Amazon can get their mojo back
January 25th, 2011 · 4 Comments · opinion
I found an interesting blog post on Inside Higher Ed yesterday where the author discusses what he thinks Amazon should do to regain their standing in the academic market. He makes a number of points, both good and bad. I happen to think he’s wrong in his basic premise, actually. The Kindle will never be [...]
Libre Digital to use MediaMorph to track digital sales
January 25th, 2011 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: At the Digital Book World Conference & Expo, LibreDigital, Inc and Mediamorph, Inc. today announced a strategic partnership to enable book publishers to more effectively manage their digital business and monetization of digital products.
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Faber & Faber to use RoyaltyShare to track ebook sales
January 25th, 2011 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: Faber and Faber, one of the UK’s oldest and most iconic book publishers, and RoyaltyShare, Inc., a leading provider of digital revenue management and reporting solutions, today announced that Faber and Faber has selected RoyaltyShare’s Digital Advantage™ for eBooks to aggregate and manage its worldwide eBook revenue. In addition, Faber announced [...]
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Ion Audio Book Saver – a novel book scanner
January 25th, 2011 · 2 Comments · hardware news
This is one of those things that I wish I hadn’t missed at CES. The Book Saver is a new scanning rig from Ion Audio. It has a novel design and a couple of rather interesting features. You’ll need to watch the demo video to really grasp how this thing works. I’d seen some articles [...]
Buddy Reading – that ebook feature you didn’t know you wanted
January 25th, 2011 · 1 Comment · software news, video
Sideways are an app developer that don’t get the attention they deserve. I’ve just come across a demo video for a new piece of software they have available for license. It’s called Buddy Reading. How would you like to use your iPad to read a story to someone even though they’re in a different location. [...]
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New digital publishing blog/community launching soon
January 25th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I got an early copy of a press release today from Jeff Rivera. He’s in the process of starting a new commentary site that he describes as a cross between Publishers Weekly and The Huffington Post . The site is called The Gatekeeper’s Post, and it’s due to launch next week. It’s not live yet, [...]
Books as Art: Xavier Antin
January 25th, 2011 · No Comments · books as art
This picture shows an installation piece by Xavier Antin, a French Artist. In this piece he uses printing technology that spans a century to make a book. As he describes it: A book printed through a printing chain made of four desktop printers using four different colors and technologies dated from 1880 to 1976. A [...]
Amazon to launch new email service
January 25th, 2011 · No Comments · press release
I’ve said in the past that you need to think of Amazon as a tech company, not a web retailer. Today’s press release proves my point. From the press release: Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES), a highly scalable and cost-effective bulk and [...]
Borders continue to sell off subs
January 25th, 2011 · No Comments · ebookstore news
AnnArbor.com are reporting that Borders have sold Day by Day Calendar Co., , a chain of 400+ kiosks and mall stores that sell calendars. The buyer was Austin, Texas-based Calendar Holdings LLC, and the sale price has not been announced. Curiously enough, there’s a Day by Day store in my local mall. In the past [...]
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