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NookDevs mark 1st anniversary of hacking the Nook

December 15th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news

Today marked the 1 year anniversary of the first Nook hack. Since that day, we’ve seen 4 hacked updates, over a dozen independently produced Nook apps, as well as at least one official update that appeared to copy ideas from NookDevs. Well done, fellas. NookDevs via Twitter

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Creative Commons launch the public domain mark

October 11th, 2010 · 3 Comments · press release

From the press release: Today, Creative Commons announces the release of the Public Domain Mark, a tool that enables works free of known copyright restrictions to be labeled in a way that clearly communicates that status to the public, and allows the works to be easily discovered over the Internet. The Public Domain Mark effectively [...]

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Mark your calendars for the All About eBooks Symposium on 12 November

September 28th, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows

I just received the press release for a new ebook conference hosted by the San Francisco Writers University.  It’s going to be held in San Francisco on the day before a writing conference (good timing, there). I wish I could go. The detail that caught my eye wasn’t the participants but the fact that they’re [...]

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Mark your calendars for Free Comic Book Day – 1 May

April 27th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news

Free Comic Book Day is a collaborative effort of comic book shops across North America and around the world. On this day they give away comic books to anyone who comes into their stores. I found out about this because Wowio is participating. They’ll also be giving away a selection of titles, but they haven’t [...]

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