The German book wholesaler Koch, Neff, und Volckmar announced today that they would soon be carrying iriver’s latest ebook reader, the Story HD Wifi. They’re going to formally launch it at IFA-Berlin later this week, but I can’t find what the actual release date or who will carry it. This is indeed the Wifi model, not [...]
Entries from August 30th, 2011
KNV to Sell iriver Story HD in Germany – 139 euros
August 30th, 2011 · 1 Comment · ebookstore news, hardware news
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Why do so many printer companies have their own smartphone apps?
August 30th, 2011 · No Comments · software news
Epson announced a new Android app today, and it got me thinking. The Epson Android iPrint has the same basic features as the Epson iOS iPrint app. It lets you print images, or webpages (over Wifi) to most Epson printers. It also supports docs stored in Dropbox, Box.net, and Evernote. If you don’t have an Epson [...]
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Marlin Developer Community just Launched a New Ebook DRM – Adobe Watch Out
August 30th, 2011 · 4 Comments · ebookstore news
An interesting press release came across my desk yesterday and I’m quite glad that I didn’t ignore it. The Marlin Developer Community (a group I’d never heard of) announced yesterday that they had completed and released the tech specs for a new ebook DRM based on Marlin DRM. The new DRM will work with Epub [...]
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HP to Make More TouchPads
August 30th, 2011 · 4 Comments · hardware news
Now I know why the term ZombiePad has started showing up; the TouchPad isn’t quite dead yet. Mike Cane tipped me to an official HP statement on The Next Bench blog. HP plan to make one last production run of the TouchPad with the goal of filling all outstanding orders. Despite announcing an end to [...]
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New Crowd-sourced Book Review Site Launching Soon – BookHunch
August 30th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Social reading
BookHunch is going to be a new way to connect publishers/authors with readers/reviewers. I heard about this site from the developer a few weeks and I kept meaning to post about it. Don’t worry; it’s still in a quiet beta and you haven’t missed anything. The way it works is that authors and publishers submit [...]
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Stretchable/Foldable OLED Raises new Hopes for Screen Tech (video)
August 30th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news, video
Researchers at UCLA have just demonstrated a new flexible OLED screen concept. It’s no good as a display just yet, but the fact that it can shine while being stretched is a hopeful sign that one day we have a truly pocketable large-screen e-reader. The research team led by Professor Qibing Pei has just published a [...]
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Kobo Touch Hits the Big Time – Now Available as a $99 Refurb
August 30th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Daily deals
The downside of a popular gadget selling a lot of units is that a fair number will be returned. This isn’t a mark of success or failure; it happens to all gadgets including the Kindle, Nook, a bunchaton of junk e-readers like the Pandigital Novel, and now it’s happened to the Kobo Touch. Ellen Hage [...]
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HP: We’re not Done Screwing up the TouchPad
August 30th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news
HP’s constant mismanagement of the TP is disappointing and disheartening, Did you catch the news yesterday about Quickoffice? Along with yesterday’s limited free app offer, HP announced yesterday that Quickoffice HD and it now supported editing and creating MSWord and Excel docs. The update also includes performance and multitasking enhancements. HP also told CNet yesterday [...]
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Bluefire Reader now Available in the Android Market
August 30th, 2011 · 4 Comments · software news
There’s been no formal announcement yet, but Bluefire Reader is now available in the Android Market. You probably know of Bluefire Reader on iOS, but unless you’ve been following this blog you might not know that Bluefire have been working on an Android version of the app since last year. BTW, they already released an [...]
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The True Life of the Unloved Book (video)
August 30th, 2011 · 1 Comment · video
I thought I’d do something a little different today and show you what can happen to paper books. I have no statement to make; I just like the video. The Diary of a Disappointed Book from Studiocanoe on Vimeo.
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