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EFF release new ebook buyer’s guide to privacy

December 8th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news

From the EFF blog: With the 2010 holidays upon us, it’s time to update EFF’s E-Book Buyer’s Guide to E-Book Privacy, which summarizes and comments on the privacy-related policies of several e-readers. What’s new. We’ve added in the iPad and also added in the software used by many libraries and devices for e-book access, made [...]

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Symtio’s buyer is revealed

June 29th, 2010 · No Comments · publishing news

Austin Business Journal is reporting that LibreDigital have bought hybrid digital content distributor Symtio from Zondervan, a HarperCollins sub. You might remember that I reported last week that NewsCorp bought this  company; I was wrong, NewsCorp  own HarperCollins, so they were the corporate parent. (I corrected my post a few hours after writing it.) FYI: [...]

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Review : Pocketbook 301+ & Buyer’s Remorse

June 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware reviews, pocketbook

by spideyak Editor’s note: I’m reposting this review from MobileRead Forums because I agree with several of the points made here. There are a lot of positive reviews out there for the 301+, which is what convinced me to buy the Pocketbook to begin with; however, had I been able to handle the item, I [...]

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MyPadMedia – Buyer beware

May 4th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion

There’s a new digital comic sharing site that popped up in the past few days called MyPadMedia. Carly from Gear Diary researched the site, and she thinks it might be a scam. Here’s what she wrote: But what is MyPadMedia? Well, it is a site that promises the holy grail to readers: pay them $50 [...]

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