Yesterday I put together a round up post of Black Friday deals. While not all the deals were good, there were a few that made me seriously consider getting up early on Friday. One of those deals was the Blackberry Playbook. It is going to sell for $200 at a couple stores, and that’s a [...]
Entries from November 20th, 2011
To Heck With Black Friday – BB Playbook on Sale Today for $200
November 20th, 2011 · 8 Comments · Daily deals
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LiiBook – New Self-Pub Site Launched
November 20th, 2011 · No Comments · Self-Pub
I came across another self publishing service last week, and while I don’t think it will become one of the giants in this niche it’s still worth a look. LiiBook has been open for close to a year now. It was launched by Federico Roma, a 30-year-old native of Argentina. As you can probably guess [...]
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Penguin Launches New Self-Pub Program to Fleece Authors
November 19th, 2011 · 6 Comments · opinion, Self-Pub
Earlier this week Penguin announced that their author & writer community Book Country now had a self-publishing program that any aspiring author could use. I wouldn’t, though; it’s simply not a good deal. I”m not the first to write about this; many bloggers have complained, including Joe Konrath, Katie Salidas, David Gaughran, and Linda Welch. [...]
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Updated: Black Friday 2011 – Tablets, E-readers, & Gadgets, Oh MY!
November 19th, 2011 · 10 Comments · Round up
Black Friday is coming up in just a few days, so I’ve been looking over the leaked ads. Here are a few of the deals I’ve found for tablets and e-readers. (Updated Thursday morning)
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Weekly Roundup 19 November 2011
November 19th, 2011 · No Comments · Round up
It’s been a crazy week here at TDR. With the Kindle Fire, K5, and Nook Tablet all arriving the same day, I’ve had more gadget to write about than I’ve had time to write. Here are some of the top posts from this past week. As you’d expect, the Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet both [...]
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Nook Tablet, Kindle Fire Have Poor HTML5 Support
November 18th, 2011 · 6 Comments · web browser
I was inspired today to play around with the browsers on my 2 new tablets, and a few minutes ago I checked how well they supported HTML5. HTML5 is the next generation web language. When it is finally adopted, it’s going to bring all sorts of new and shiny possibilities to your familiar websites, including [...]
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How to Get Your eBooks for Free on the Kindle Fire
November 18th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Amazon, tips and tricks
If you don’t mind never being able to open more than a single book at one time, I have a trick for you. A couple of bloggers over at Gesture Theory noticed that there is a minor flaw in how the Kindle Fire downloads ebooks. If you catch the download in the right spot you [...]
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Ads Now Available on All Kindle Models
November 18th, 2011 · 7 Comments · Amazon
If you bought a retail priced K3, K4 , or Kindle Touch, then Amazon wants to show you ads. They’re not interested in paying you for the privilege, but they will let you see them. I was editing some details on the Manage Your Kindle this morning when I noticed a new menu option. My [...]
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Nook Touch Weird Tricks (videos)
November 17th, 2011 · 3 Comments · hardware news, video
Everyone is talking Kindle fire and Nook Tablet right now, so i thought this was a good opportunity to remind everyone about how you can hack the Nook Touch. This is a 6″ e-reader with Wifi and this week it is certainly getting lost in the tablet buzz. But it can still be a fun [...]
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ABA Releases Ebook App For Member Ebookstores
November 17th, 2011 · No Comments · software news
I got a tweet last night from one of the folks behind Bluefire. He was pleased to tell me that the app he had helped make for the American Bookseller Association was now available the Android Market. The ABA released this app as part of their IndieBound program. This is a several year old effort [...]
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