So a friend tipped me to this story on piracy that was on front page of Metro, a free UK daily newspaper. Normally I would read it, laugh at the inaccuracies, and go on with my life. But I decided to rebut this one. It should only take me a half hour or so, and [...]
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Piracy will bring about the end of Western Civilization
April 19th, 2011 · 6 Comments · opinion
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Ebooks will bring chaos, panic, and disorder
April 2nd, 2011 · 11 Comments · opinion
I’ve had an epiphany this past week, and it finally put the scale of the ebook revolution into focus. Some publishers are panicked because they think everything is about to change. They see ebooks as a coming tsunami that could wipe away their existing business model. They should be afraid; vast chunks of the existing [...]
Why cloud-based ebooks bring out the Luddite in me
January 22nd, 2011 · 15 Comments · opinion
by Chris Walters As I wrote previously, my current position on the books-in-the-cloud business model is that it’s deeply anti-consumer, because it takes away all concepts of ownership and passes the control upstream to the retailer and/or publisher. I’ve been surprised (but happy) to see so many others join in the conversation — even Joseph [...]
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Kobo, NASA to bring e-readers to the ISS
November 20th, 2010 · 1 Comment · humor
I’ve just heard the news from one of the senior people at Kobo. They just shot the first publicity photo with the Kobo e-reader at the International Space Station. The picture is after the break.
CPI to bring tablet style reading to all web browsers
November 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment · software news
There’s a website that I want you to look at. You don’t have to read the articles; just play with the layout for a moment: http://www.publicintegrity.org/treesaver/tuna/00-toc.html#
Laser bring new 5″ e-reader to Australia
August 16th, 2010 · No Comments · gajah, hardware news
The Laser EB-101 is based on a 5″ LCD screen, and it has 2GB Flash and a microSDHC card slot. It’s available now for $149.95 AUD. Details are sparse, so I don’t know much. But I think I recognize the menu shown on the screen. It looks a lot like other Gajah e-readers I’ve shown [...]
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