by Chris Walters As I wrote previously, my current position on the books-in-the-cloud business model is that it’s deeply anti-consumer, because it takes away all concepts of ownership and passes the control upstream to the retailer and/or publisher. I’ve been surprised (but happy) to see so many others join in the conversation — even Joseph [...]
Entries from January 22nd, 2011
Why cloud-based ebooks bring out the Luddite in me
January 22nd, 2011 · 14 Comments · opinion
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Graphic: Getting started with ebooks
January 22nd, 2011 · 3 Comments · tips and tricks
I’ve been meaning to post this handy little beginner’s guide graphic that Jason Davis made over at BookBee. It’s a pretty good flow chart for getting into ebooks, but it only covers the major platforms. You might notice that Android is not mentioned, but I’m sure it will be added in a revision. There’s a [...]
Books as Art: For the Librarian
January 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · books as art
I recently came across this artist on Etsy. She’s making necklaces by stringing hand crafted little on silver chain. I found it so very cool and I wanted to share. Some of the pieces are rather expensive, but there are some starting at $60 or so. Here’s a better picture of the work:
Apple’s App Stores hit 1b downloads
January 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Apple have been running a counter on their homepage, and early this morning it clocked 10 billion. That’s 10 BILLION with a b iPhone, iPad, and OSX apps downloaded from the various app stores. Impressive, no?As I recall, the last major milestone was 3 billion downloads in January 2010, and before that was 1 billion [...]
Calibre 0.7.42 now available – adds support for Acer Lumiread, Archos 101
January 21st, 2011 · No Comments · software news
Calibre is a free and open source e-book library management app that was developed by users of e-books for users of e-books. It has a bunchaton of features, including: ebook conversion library management e-reader support news downloading content server (for accessing your library over the web) Calibre
Wayback Machine gets an update
January 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
The Internet Archive have just brought online a beta version of new Wayback Machine. The Wayback Machine is how you access archived websites that the IA have been tracking. Some of the archived sites go back over 12 years. Do you want to see what the USPS website looked like 5 years ago vs 10 [...]
Sony Reader Android app now Available
January 21st, 2011 · 5 Comments · software news
I’ve just been told that the Sony Reader app is now listed in the Android Market. It supports Epub and PDF ebooks purchased form the Sony Ebookstore, and it requires Android v2.2. That last detail is kinda funny considering that all of Sony’s Android phones run v2.1 (according to my tipster). Here’s the description from [...]
Kobo e-reader is now a TV star
January 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
The Kobo e-reader made a guest appearance on The Office last night. You can catch the episode on Hulu, and it’s first onscreen at about 10:03. In the episode, one of the characters decides he wants to read more this year. He is introduced to the Kobo on a trip to a bookstore. While his [...]
Amazon extend 70% split to Canadian customers
January 21st, 2011 · No Comments · press release
Okay, I was a little surprised to discover that this rate wasn’t offered in all parts of the Kindle store. Doing it country by country has got to be more work than simply turning it on everywhere. From the press release: Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced that the popular Kindle Digital Text Platform (DTP) is [...]
Acer LumiRead now available with UMTS
January 20th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news
A new version of Acer’s LumiRead e-reader is now available at libre.de. This Kindle clone comes equipped with a 6″ E-ink screen, Wifi, a barcode scanner, a keyboard, and the new version adds support for UMTS cell networks. It’s retailing for 229 € and is currently available. It’s tied to the Libre ebookstore, which has [...]
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