I finally got tired of waiting to hear from HP on my TouchPad order , so a few minutes ago I called and got an update. I was told that the order was safe, but that they were waiting to receive stock in the warehouse. They don’t expect to ship my order until the end [...]
Entries from August 29th, 2011
Amazon Won’t be Adopting Epub
August 29th, 2011 · 8 Comments · Amazon, opinion
Do you recall that rumor from 3 months back about Amazon switching to Epub? Well, the new Kindle format that we discovered yesterday is a pretty good sign that Epub just isn’t going to happen. In case you don’t know, yesterday I posted about a new format that Amazon just released. It’s called Kindle print [...]
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Daily Deals: NookColor $160; Kindle for $99
August 29th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Daily deals
The day is getting away from me, so I decided to stop looking for new deals and tell you about the deal you can’t miss. DailySteals have a refurbished NookColor Android tablet on sale today for only $160+shipping. That’s $20 less than B&N’s price, and I’d say it’s a pretty good deal. Now would be [...]
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Check Out This “10 tablets That Deserve to Die” List
August 29th, 2011 · 3 Comments · opinion
I’ve just come across the most mind-boggling article over on the eWeek website. A hack writer by the name of Don Reisinger has put together a list of 10 tablets that he wants to see follow the TouchPad into extinction. I wouldn’t go read the article of I were you; you probably own a tablet [...]
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HP now Offering Another 6-pack of Free TouchPad Apps
August 29th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
Last Thursday HP announced a special deal for TouchPad owners. For a limited time, a limited number of TP owners could download any of 6 free apps for the TouchPad. HP underestimated the demand, and that offer ran out in less than 12 hours, much to my dismay. Now I have some good news for [...]
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Kobo for iOS Updated – Still Hamstrung by Apple’s Rules
August 29th, 2011 · 1 Comment · kobo, software news
Kobo released a new version of the iPad and iPhone apps over the weekend and they made some noticeable improvements. The app now supports multi-tasking, and that means you can download ebooks and update your library while doing other things. It also sports a redesigned interface with a nicer feel. The news feed is still [...]
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CM7 Android Firmware now Running on the HP TouchPad (video)
August 29th, 2011 · 2 Comments · hardware news, video
It’s only been just over a week since HP abandoned the TouchPad, and the Cyanogen Mod 7 team are giving us hope that all is not lost. They posted this video yesterday to show off their progress in getting CM7 to run on the TouchPad.It doesn’t run very well, but it does run. This is [...]
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Clashing Perspectives: Coming Home to Roost
August 29th, 2011 · 2 Comments · opinion
Ewan Morrison wrote about the future of publishing from the publisher’s and author’s perspectives. I somewhat share his bleak, perhaps apocalyptic, outlook for the future of the publishing industry (see “Are Books Dead, and Can Authors Survive?“; for “outsider’s” perspective, see Tony Cole’s discussion of Morrison’s article, ”Can Authors Survive in the Age of eReaders and eBooks?“). The [...]
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Google eBookstore about to go International?
August 28th, 2011 · 7 Comments · ebookstore news
If you’re selling ebooks through the Google eBookstore then you might want to go configure the selling options for Canada, Australia, and the UK. A publisher friend of mine noticed this evening that Google offered a number of new options for his ebooks. We don’t know when the new menus were added, but he can [...]
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Amazon Just Launched their own PDF Format
August 28th, 2011 · 23 Comments · ebookstore news, kpr, opinion, software news
Paul over at TeleRead finally beat me to something today. He got an email from one publisher that tipped him to a new Kindle ebook format. Alongside Kindle (AZW) and Kindle (Topaz), Amazon now sell “print replica” ebooks. This is a completely new format and you need to update to the latest version of K4PC [...]
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