There was an e-reader in a Sunday comic strip last week, and no one noticed (or maybe this strip isn’t that widely read). The strip in question is called Brewster Rockit. It’s a satirical take on SF, technology, and is usually pretty funny. via GoComics.com, Wikipedia
Entries Tagged as 'download'
Feedbooks have retired the Kindle download guide
January 31st, 2011 · No Comments · ebookstore news
Have you ever downloaded a Kindle ebook from Feedbooks or MobileRead? If not, then you might not have heard of the Kindle Download Guide. Feedbooks used to provide a free Kindle Download Guide (MobileRead still do). This guide was an ebook made from collected descriptions and links to where you could download free ebooks. Sadly, [...]
Libre Office 3.3 now available for download
January 27th, 2011 · No Comments · software news
Earlier this week The Document Foundation announced the first stable release of Libre Office. As you might recall, TDF started as a spin off of Open Office last year when a number of developers, who could no longer comfortably work with Sun, left the OO project to form TDF. Libre Office has since picked up [...]
Booki.sh launches Australian ebookstore where you can’t download your purchases
January 20th, 2011 · 8 Comments · ebookstore news
by Chris Walters It begins! The ebooks-in-the-cloud concept that I warned against earlier this week, the one publishers say is the ideal future marketplace (for them, not for consumers), is in private beta right now in Australia. It’s using the Monocle web-based ebook reader–which I find really awesome, to tell the truth–and partnering with Readings, [...]
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How to download Overdrive ebooks to your computer
January 19th, 2011 · 7 Comments · digital library
I came across a video a few days ago that show how to get Overdrive ebooks onto your e-reader. My local library doesn’t have ebooks so this is a topic I couldn’t write for myself. Before you watch the video, you might want to check to see of your library supports ebooks. You can search [...]
Sigil 0.3.3 now available for download
January 9th, 2011 · 1 Comment · ebook tools
The open source Epub editor Sigil has just been updated. Improvements include: added a small “Donate” button to the toolbar and a related entry in the Help menu added a .desktop file for the make install target (courtesy of Richard Gibert) this time *really* worked around a Tidy bug that added blank lines to the [...]
New version of NookStudy now available for download
October 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment · software news
The best PC reading app just got better. B&N have just posted the second major firmware update for NookStudy, and some of the improvements include: Full Screen – Our most requested feature from users, the ability to use 100% of your screen real estate, putting all other distractions and non-functional features away until you need [...]
iReader 1.0.9.5 beta now available for download – free
October 25th, 2010 · No Comments · software news
The developers of iReader have released the latest beta as a free download. This is unusual for them; the app is sold in the Marketplace for $1.99. This is a reading app for Android that supports eReader, Mobi, CHM, and TXT. I think it doesn’t get the attention it deserves. (That might be a good [...]
Blackboard’s NookStudy Building Block now available for download
October 20th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
The long promised Blackboard/NookStudy is now available for download. Students and instructors will now be able use NookStudy to exchange assignments, notes, and other study materials. Since it requires Blackboard, I won’t be able to test it. But I’ve passed the news along to a couple of ed-tech bloggers I know, and if any express [...]
Calibre 0.7.19 now available for download
September 17th, 2010 · No Comments · software news
Calibre is an open source tool that supports converting ebooks and transferring ebooks to e-readers. Quite a few e-readers and ebook formats are supported. You can download it here: calibre-ebook.com New Features Drivers for the SONY PRS-350/PRS-650 and the Sovos E-reader The ability to perform search and replace via regular expressions in the Bulk Edit [...]
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