In listening to one of the keynotes at Computers in Libraries conference last week about the digital natives, I sat in the main ballroom and quietly seethed. My eyes were Gatling cannons of mind bullets, none of which were capable of bringing down the buzzword behemoth that lumbered onwards in its rhetoric. “The digital natives [...]
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Izneo – new digital comic ebookstore
March 16th, 2011 · No Comments · ebookstore news
I’ve just come across an ebookstore today that specializes in digital comic. Izneo were formed as a partnership of 12 comics publishers, and they have over 1000 titles on hand and they’re adding a 100 new titles each month. The site is based in France, and they sell ebooks in English and French from quite [...]
Tags:comic·digital·ebookstore·izneo
Microsoft now working on a digital pen & tablet concept
March 4th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news
I’ve just come across a paper this past week discussing a research project funded by MS in India. This concept device was developed to explore low cost record keeping in rural India. The project was run with the assisntance of India’s Self Help Group, a microfinance network. This tablet is running custom software on top [...]
Apple’s next step after digital content
February 23rd, 2011 · 9 Comments · opinion
Everyone’s talking right now about Apple extorting a 30% cut from developers who want to sell digital content on iOS. Sony’s app was bounced, as was Readability’s app. We’ve even heard that the ebook apps are going to go away at the end of June. But have you considered what Apple’s next step will be? [...]
Paypal micropayments now available for ebooks & other digital goods
February 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Paypal announced yesterday that their new system for micropayments is now up and running. In the online equivalent to dropping a quarter in the slot to buy a gumball, consumers can pay for online content in as little as two clicks without ever leaving the seller ’s website. It might not be the best way [...]
Sports Illustrated to launch cross platform digital subscription plan
February 11th, 2011 · 1 Comment · press release
Time Inc just announced a new subscription plan for Sports Illustrated. $48 a year will get you full access to the iconic sports magazine on the web, Android, and WebOS. (Did you notice that iOS is missing?) The new platform will offer the “iconic print magazine” on all devices, starting with Android tablets and smartphones [...]
Tags:croos·digital·illustrated·launch·plan·platform·sports·subscription
Diamond, iVerse to offer digital content via comics shops
February 10th, 2011 · No Comments · ebookstore news
Diamond Comics Distributors announced today that they were partnering with iVerse Media, developers of ComicsPLUS reader, to sell digital comics in 2700 comic book stores across the US. Unlike the comiXology program I discussed a few weeks ago, this new platform will include an in-store component. Retailers will need only an internet connection and a [...]
AP to launch digital licensing agency
February 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Last week the Ap announced that they would soon be launching a new agency to handle licensing of digital content created by nearly 1,000 AP member publishers. This new company, the News Licensing Group, will operate independently of the AP and is expected to be financed be the news industry. From the press release:
Texas A&M to use Vitalsource for digital textbooks
February 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · digital textbooks, press release
Texas A&M University announced Tuesday that they’ve signed a contract for Vitalsource to provide digital textbooks to undergraduate students. From the press release:
Tags:digital·texas·textbooks·vitalsource
Dark Horse digital comics apps have been delayed
February 1st, 2011 · 2 Comments · ebookstore news
Back in October Dark Horse announced that they were working on a digital comics platform and that it would be available in January. A close reading of the press release suggests that DH didn’t partner with an existing platform; instead they tried to develop their own. This past Friday DH acknowledged that their platform had [...]
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