by Chris Walters It begins! The ebooks-in-the-cloud concept that I warned against earlier this week, the one publishers say is the ideal future marketplace (for them, not for consumers), is in private beta right now in Australia. It’s using the Monocle web-based ebook reader–which I find really awesome, to tell the truth–and partnering with Readings, [...]
Entries from January 20th, 2011
Booki.sh launches Australian ebookstore where you can’t download your purchases
January 20th, 2011 · 8 Comments · ebookstore news
Tags:australian·bookish·download·ebookstore·launches·purchases
Mcsweeney’s iOS app updated
January 20th, 2011 · No Comments · software news
Mcsweeney’s updated their iOS app yesterday; v2.0 adds a new interface, more exclusive content, Twitter integration, and more whiz-bang for your buck. The app looks interesting, but what caught my eye was the business model. Each week you’ll receive exclusive multimedia — stories, films, readings, interviews, art – plus new humor pieces from our website [...]
India’s $35 tablet will be delayed
January 20th, 2011 · 2 Comments · hardware news, Indian Tablet
The Times of India are reporting that the primary contractor for the super cheap tablet has been let go. According to sources close to the project, HCL Infosystems had been selected as a vendor for the $35 tablet and had been dropped after insisting on several new conditions. It’s also been reported that the vendor [...]
The number of Opera Mini users nearly doubled during 2010
January 20th, 2011 · No Comments · software news
Opera jsut released their State of the Mobile Web report today, and their data shows that 84% more people used Opera Mini in December 2010 than in December 2009. And if you look at the chart you’ll see that page views also doubled in 2010. Opera
Hey, B&N: Your Search Function Needs Help
January 20th, 2011 · 2 Comments · ebookstore news
by Evil Wylie For the search term “Stories Neil Gaiman” on BN.com: The Graveyard Book? Jim Henson’s “Fantasy Film Collection”? The book actually titled Stories: All-New Tales by Neil Gaiman shows up as search result #10.
New firmware update available for the (black) Pandigital Novel
January 20th, 2011 · 111 Comments · firmware update
Pandigital recently uploaded a new firmware for the black Novel. It’s dated 14 January. I’ve downloaded and installed it. It’s still based on v1.5 and still uses the B&N ebookstore, but on the plus side the new firmware turned the Novel from an e-reader into a tablet.With this firmware you can now install apps without [...]
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Flat World Knowledge raised $15m funding for their open textbook platform
January 20th, 2011 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: Flat World Knowledge, the largest publisher of free and open college textbooks for students worldwide, today announced it has secured $15 million in Series B funding led by Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bertelsmann AG, a leading international media company, and Bessemer Venture Partners, a top [...]
Tags:15m·flat·funding·knowledge·open·platform·raised·textbook·world
Amazon now offering Kindle ebooks update as opt-in
January 20th, 2011 · 5 Comments · ebookstore news
I just got this email today (Mike Cane received a similar one yesterday). What’s most interesting about this is that Amazon used to simply push the updated version of the ebook. They’ve never asked before. Greetings from Amazon.com. We’re writing about your past Kindle purchase of XXX (I’d rather not have you find out I [...]
Infibeam Pi2 now available – Wifi, touchscreen
January 20th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news
The Indian retailer Infibeam have just announced their second e-reader, the Pi2. This e-reader is based on a 6″ Vizplex screen and it has Wifi, a touchscreen, 2GB Flash, a SD card slot, a web browser, and support for Adobe DE DRM. It’s tied to the Infibeam ebookstore, and it supports 15 languages. Infibeam are [...]
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How to find the Easter egg in the Kobo iPad app
January 19th, 2011 · 1 Comment · hardware rumors
I just came across one of Mike Cane’s old posts. He had found what might be an Easter egg in the Kobo iPad app. I’ve done some Googling, and I can’t find instructions on how to trigger the egg. It would be so cool if this were actually true. Does anyone know? Update: I found [...]
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