On Sunday we saw the launch of the iriver Story HD, a new ebook reader that used a new high resolution E-ink screen (1024×768). Today I came across a second e-reader with that screen. It’s the Magicbook M6HD, and it’s being sold by a company that I’ve written about before, Gmini. Like Gmini’s other models, [...]
Entries from July 22nd, 2011
New hi-res E-ink screen shows up on e-reader in Russia
July 22nd, 2011 · 5 Comments · hardware news
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Panasonic’s new e-reader gets name, release date
July 22nd, 2011 · 1 Comment · hardware news
Panasonic announced today that the new Android based ebook reader they unveiled a couple weeks back would son hit the market. The is due to ship in Japan on 10 August with a retail price of around 34,800 Yen (~$444 USD). The UT-PB1 is based on a 7” (1024×600) screen, and it’s running an unnamed [...]
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Kindlegraph now offers new alternative to signed ebooks
July 22nd, 2011 · 10 Comments · autograph
I’ve just been sent a link to a new autographing system like iDolVine or Autography, only this one is designed to just provide the autograph. KindleGraph is the work of a developer by the name of Evan Jacobs, a former Amazon programmer. He built the service a couple months ago as part of the DocuSign [...]
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Daily Deals: $80 Android netbook, $70 Eken Android tablet,
July 22nd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Daily deals
A couple of deals have come across my desk this morning, and I’ll probably see more later. First up is a $70 generic Android tablet on 1SaleaDay. I can’t find the model name, but I know the manufacturer. Eken is a well known name. Update: the model name was on the image. This is the [...]
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Borders employees are prepared for the liquidation
July 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · humor
This went up early on a Friday, before most customers knew there was going to be a liquidation. Now this is what I call planning ahead. via
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Borders liquidation approved by bankruptcy judge
July 21st, 2011 · 1 Comment · bankruptcy, borders, ebookstore news
Apparently the post I wrote early today had jumped the gun, because it wasn’t until this afternoon that the liquidation became official. Judge Martin Glenn of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan signed off on the plan around 3 this afternoon.
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Noteslate website has been shut down
July 21st, 2011 · 2 Comments · hardware news
The developers of the Noteslate writing tablet have shut down the website. They announced today on Twitter that the site was now off line and that they planned to be back in August with some real news. Later tweets mentioned that the site would come back at the beginning of August and that it would [...]
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Texas going after Amazon – Again
July 21st, 2011 · 3 Comments · Amazon, Taxes
Only this time the state of Texas has the law on its side. Governor Rick Perry of Texas signed a new state budget into law on Tuesday. Among the many components of the new bill was a part that redefined the term nexus. You see, Amazon have been avoiding the duty of collecting taxes in [...]
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The truth about publishing statistics
July 21st, 2011 · 9 Comments · statistics
I learned an interesting lesson today about how the publishing industry reports their sales and I want to share it with you. It will give you an inside view of publishing that I rather wish I didn’t have. The short version of the lesson is this: the sales stats released each month are accurate only [...]
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Daily Deal: Office Depot will/might honor Staples’ $100 coupon
July 21st, 2011 · 5 Comments · Daily deals
Today’s deal isn’t a deal so much as it’s tip that you have another option on a deal. Last night I posted about a coupon offer that Staples had announced. I just used the coupon, but I didn’t use it at Staples. I went You can go to Staples right now and get $100 off [...]
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