I’ve just come across an ebookstore today that specializes in digital comic. Izneo were formed as a partnership of 12 comics publishers, and they have over 1000 titles on hand and they’re adding a 100 new titles each month. The site is based in France, and they sell ebooks in English and French from quite [...]
Entries from March 16th, 2011
Izneo – new digital comic ebookstore
March 16th, 2011 · No Comments · ebookstore news
Tags:comic·digital·ebookstore·izneo
How mobile phones can extend our daily reading experience
March 16th, 2011 · No Comments · opinion
by Piotr Kowalczyk Photo: Arvind Grover Reading on mobile phones is a subject of my continued fascination. How to help people read e-books on their phones? What to do to overcome popular prejudices? Certainly, mobile phones won’t be a primary e-reader for anyone who wants to read more than occasionally, but they can be very [...]
I won a $50 gift card to AuthorDirect.net
March 16th, 2011 · No Comments · ebookstore news
Last week was read an ebook week, and a lot of sites participated by having contest, offering freebies, and generally trying to get more attention for ebooks. Jason Davis of Bookbee.net was one that ran a contest last week, and I happened to win. My prize was a $50 gift card to his ebookstore, AuthorDirect.net. [...]
Tags:50·authordirectnet·card·gift·won
Paper books get pirated too
March 16th, 2011 · No Comments · opinion
If you’re from the ebooks-promote-piracy school of nonsense, remember that piracy existed way before ebooks, and is alive and well in the world of paper publishing too. In response to my post about being thankful for piracy, Australian author and Bookbee reader Sue Woolfe yesterday told of discovered a pirated copy of her debut novel [...]
The Register of Copyrights wants to pursue pirate sites that aren’t breaking US laws
March 16th, 2011 · 3 Comments · opinion
Maria Pallante, the acting Register of Copyrights, testified at a Congressional hearing on Monday. That hearing was the first in a series on “Promoting Investment and Protecting Commerce Online”. If you want, you can watch the hearing here. I wouldn’t, though. The resolution is low on the video and it’s only available in the one [...]
The Daily already shedding staff
March 16th, 2011 · 2 Comments · software news
It’s been just over a month since Rupert Murdoch’s iPad only digital newspaper The Daily launched and we have reports that 3 writers have already bailed – all in a single week. Coincidence? Adweek was the first to notice the 3 departures. Features reporter Lauren Bans and political reporter Jon Ward were the first to [...]
Motorola Xoom WiFi confirmed for March 27th
March 16th, 2011 · 1 Comment · hardware news
The press release just wen t out and confirmed what we already know. The Xoom WiFi will be available on 27 March. Retail is $599. Seven retailers will be selling the Xoom:Amazon.com, Best Buy, Costco, RadioShack, Sam’s Club (select locations), Staples and Walmart. Of course, we already knew that from the leaked Staples advert. Also, [...]
On getting around the Kindle restrictions
March 16th, 2011 · No Comments · opinion
So last night I wrote a post about some Kindle games being on sale, and one commenter complained that the apps couldn’t be bought from Australia. I understand the frustration; there are a lot of things I can’t get shipped from Europe. But that complaint got me thinking. Has anyone tried to get around the [...]
Tags:kindle·restrictions
Google now sending out some nifty bookmarks
March 16th, 2011 · 3 Comments · ebookstore news
Google are running what I assume has to be some kind of viral ad campaign (it worked). @cdcasey just got these bookmarks from them last night. There are 4 of them, and what’s most interesting is what they don’t say. 3 reference a tablet, laptop, and smartphone, but there’s no mention of an e-reader. I [...]
The Missing Ingredient: Quality Control in Indie eBooks
March 16th, 2011 · 9 Comments · opinion
To me, the lack of quality control is a big deterrent to paying more than a dollar or two for an indie ebook from an author whose books I have not previously read. In the beginning, Smashwords was a great place to find indie books and give them a try, but that is rapidly changing as the number [...]
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