A friend forwarded this tweet to me today, and I’m trying to figure out if they know something I don’t? I think it’s bogus. The link leads to a blog for a company that has a development platform for Android. The company doesn’t appear to have any inside info, and I think there’s a better [...]
Entries Tagged as 'month'
Thalia Oyo to get 3G next month
January 24th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news, Sipix
As you might recall from when the Oyo was launched last fall, Thalia had promised a 3G equipped model. I was just sent a link to the pre-order page for the Oyo 3G on the Thalia website. It’s shipping on 10 February with a retail of 189 €. The Oyo is based on a 6″ [...]
University of Chicago (un)free ebook of the month
January 4th, 2011 · No Comments · free ebooks
On the first of each month (in this case it was the first Monday) the University of Chicago Press give away 1 title that they’re publishing. The free ebook for January is “Thousand of Broadways” by Robert Pinsky. Broadway, the main street that runs through Robert Pinsky’s home town of Long Branch, New Jersey, was [...]
Tags:chicago·ebook·month·unfree·university
Google Editions to launch this month?
November 30th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
That’s what I’ve been hearing on Twitter today. FutureBook 2010 is going on right now, and today Scott Dougall of Google was the centerpiece. I know a couple people who attended the conference, and they reported basically the same thing that the WSJ just published: The long-delayed venture—Google executives had said they hoped to launch [...]
NTT DOCOMO to launch beta ebookstore this month
October 4th, 2010 · 1 Comment · ebookstore news
DOCOMO today announced the trial launch of their new ebookstore. This trial will run through December, and it’s limited to only 50 titles (plus any related content). They’re also going to demo the ebookstore at CEATEC JAPAN 2010 (which starts today). From the press release:
I will be giving a talk at a conference next month: XML 2010
September 27th, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows
I’m going to a conference next month in Philadelphia, XML 2010 eMedia Revolution. I was asked to give a talk on the state of the tablet market. Well, that’s how I think of it. Here’s the description in the program: Emerging eReader/Tablet Delivery Devices, an Update on What’s New and What’s Coming At this January’s [...]
New concept in ebooks – the month long story
July 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Enthrill have just started a new ebook project. They have a story that takes place over 30 days, and they’re going to release parts of the story as it happens. One Child is a story that takes place over a 30 day period. Each day the story unfolds and new chapters will be released. Follow [...]
Pandigital Novel delayed for a month
June 24th, 2010 · 3 Comments · hardware news
I just finished exchanging a few emails with my PR contact at Pandigital. She has told me that the Novel will be delayed for about a month. Here is the relevant text from her email: We will have products back in stores in approximately a month. In going through the fix, we’re taking extra time [...]
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Why is everyone reporting on last month’s Kindle browsing story?
June 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Amazon
There’s a rash of stories today on how Kindles in all (most?) of the countries where it’s available can now browse the web for free (it’s enabled by the firmware update). I’m not sure why everyone is rehashing this; I first reported on this issue back on 17 May. No one seemed to care then [...]
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