Some one thought it would be a good idea to try to install every version of Windows from 1.0 to Win7. It was interesting to see that what settings and programs survived the updates. This was a little nuts, but the result is fascinating. For example, a couple programs installed in Dos 5.0 still worked [...]
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Seth Godin’s first Amazon published ebook coming 1 March
February 1st, 2011 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: In December, international-bestselling author Seth Godin and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced a new publishing imprint, The Domino Project–the first to use Amazon’s new “Powered by Amazon” publishing program. Now Godin and Amazon are unveiling the first book–written by Godin–from The Domino Project, “Poke the Box,” which will be published worldwide on [...]
Oceanhouse Media have sold 1 million ebook apps in iTunes
January 24th, 2011 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: Michel Kripalani, founder and president of Oceanhouse Media, Inc., today announced the company has crossed the one million mark in paid app downloads on Apple’s App Store. Kripalani will be a panelist at this week’s Digital Book World Conference and Expo in New York on Jan. 26 where he’ll discuss the [...]
Digital publishing platform Onswipe raise $1 million in financing
January 13th, 2011 · No Comments · ebook tools
So do you recall how I’ve said that apps are dead and that the future is in web content (HTML5)? Well, Onswipe feel the same way and that’s why their new platform is targeted at browsers, not apps. t hasn’t been released yet and so far as I can tell no one has even seen [...]
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CES Day 1: What I’ve seen so far
January 6th, 2011 · 3 Comments · conferences & trade shows
I managed to run the battery down on my camera so I’m back in my room for a few minutes. I decided to use the time to double check my photos and post an update. I haven’t written any of the posts yet; that’s going to happen tonight. There’s only so much time that the [...]
comiXology celebrate 1 million app downloads, 5k titles in ebookstore
December 29th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: New York, NY, January 3rd, 2011 – comiXology, the leading digital comic book provider, today announced it is kick starting the New Year with more than 5,000 digital comics available on its platform. The expansion of its library follows a banner year in 2010 with comic book fans everywhere making it [...]
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Hanvon announce their 1 millionth user
December 27th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
The Taipei Times are reproting that Hanvon how have a user base with over 1 million users. Hanvon Technology, China’s largest e-reader brand, yesterday said it has accumulated more than 1 million users to date after it made a foray into the market segment in mid-2008. Is that all they’ve managed to sell in a [...]
Inventec to ship 1 million NookColor e-readers by year’s end
December 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
That’s what Digitimes are reporting: Inventec is expected to ship over one million Nook Color touch-controlled e-book readers to Barnes & Noble by year-end 2010. The company is also expected to land orders for 6-7 million Palm WebOS-based tablet telecommunication devices from Hewlett-Packard (HP) in 2011, according to industry sources. I don’t like news reports [...]
ScrollMotion selected to develop Algebra 1 app for iPad
November 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments · press release
From the press release: ScrollMotion, creators of the Iceberg Reader and a leading developer of electronic book applications, today announced a partnership with global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) to develop its Holt McDougal Algebra 1 application for the iPad. Launched in September as part of HMH Fuse™, a new mode of curriculum delivery, [...]
On Books: Brandon Sanderson and David Weber — 1 Up, 1 Down
October 8th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion
If you recall, a few weeks ago I wrote The Problem Is: Publishers Don’t Read eBooks! in which I swore I would not again buy a TOR/Tom Doherty/Macmillan book in both hardcover and ebook formats. Well, I did, and I was shown, yet again, that TOR/Tom Doherty/Macmillan only cares about something other than quality. Maybe I learned [...]
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