Earlier this week Woot had this tablet on sale for $280. If you didn’t get a chance to get one, good job. It turns out that the Woot price wasn’t quite so spectacular. You can now find said tablet for $340 at circuitcity.com, and there’s a coupon code which will get you an extra $40 [...]
Entries from March 26th, 2011
The Inspiron Duo ships with a Blio powered reading app
March 26th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news, hardware reviews
I’m working my way through installing reading apps on my Duo and I discovered that Dell’s strange little netbook convertible shipped with a reading app. It’s called Bookstage, and it’s powered by Blio. This isn’t much of a news item, but I haven’t seen it mentioned on other blogs. Engadget didn’t talk about it in [...]
The Dorchester Piracy Continues! Join the Boycott!
March 24th, 2011 · No Comments · boycott
I wrote a post about Dorchester about 4 months ago, where I was joining in the protest over their ongoing piracy. Well, they’re still at it. Brian Keene, an author who used to work with Dorchester, is reporting over on his blog that Dorchester are currently pirating his novels. His contract with Dorchester ended with [...]
And people wondered why Amazon launched an app store
March 24th, 2011 · 5 Comments · app store news
The Amazon Appstore launched a couple days ago, and I just finally got all the bugs worked out so I could download apps. Apparently Amazon’s system thought I was outside the US. (I live in the South, so I’m pretty sure that was just wishful thinking.) I just downloaded the free app of the day, [...]
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A Modest eBook Proposal
March 24th, 2011 · 17 Comments · digital library
I’ve got an eBook idea that I’d like to bounce off the dozen or so people who read my stuff. I don’t know if it would work. That’s why it’s called an proposal and not a plan. Ready? Here it is. To any publiser willing to experiment with a new distribution model I propose the [...]
Onswipe releases new iPad-only theme for WordPress
March 23rd, 2011 · 4 Comments · software reviews
A few hours ago Onswipe and WordPress.com announced that you can download a new theme which will improve the browsing experience on tablets. The idea was that it would give you an browsing experience similar to using an app on the iPad. This new theme is based on the work that went into Padpressed, an [...]
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New Blog Update Coming
March 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · blog maintenance
I’m going to be updated TDR to WordPress 3.1 in the next few minutes. If the site crashes, that was why. I know it’s strange to do this in the middle of the week, but a new mobile theme was just released that will let all tablet visitors use this site like it’s an iPad [...]
Stop Making It Bigger
March 23rd, 2011 · 4 Comments · opinion
by Eoin Purcell Most small and medium-sized publishers who haven’t YET decided to act on digital publishing wonder where to start. They are especially cautious if they have been in business for some time and have a backlist they are worried about converting. That’s a significant up-front cost for small publishers if they only have PDF [...]
RedGroup Retail will be dead soon
March 23rd, 2011 · 1 Comment · redgroup
The RedGroup Retail bankruptcy situation has taken a turn for the worse. Administrators for the now bankrupt Australian bookstore chain conglomerate announced that gift cards would no longer be valid after 3 April. Anyone who doesn’t spend them will be SOL. That’s not a good sign.
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