Late yesterday Lendle received a response from Amazon explaining why they were cut off. Lendle didn’t share the complete details, but they did tell us something: Late today, we received an email from an Associates Account Specialist at Amazon informing us that their concern only relates to our Book Sync tool, which syncs a user’s [...]
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Study Blue lets you share your class notes online
February 7th, 2011 · 4 Comments · opinion
So I got another spam email today in my old college email account and it brings up something of a quandary. The email was from Study Blue, an online notes repository. This is a site where you can upload and organize the notes you type up for a class (or meeting). It’s geared strictly towards [...]
Browsing for eBooks – Why is it so much better in a real shop than online?
November 30th, 2010 · 2 Comments · opinion
by Tony Cole of Ebookanoid Recently I came across a short post in which the author bemoaned the rather unimaginative and unfriendly manner in which most eBook sellers displayed their wares. He made the comparison to how enjoyable it is to browse happily around the shelves of a real book shop (especially the independent ones) [...]
Safari Books Online now on iPhone, Android
September 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · press release
Safari Books have just announced the launch of a new mobile friendly site. From the press release: Safari Books Online (www.safaribooksonline.com), the leading on-demand digital library for technology, digital media and business professionals, today achieved another milestone in its mobile device strategy – the seamless extension of its popular portal features to mobile devices. Subscribers [...]
Abdo Digital now online
August 30th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: The ABDO Group announced today their launch of Abdo Digital, a Web-based division that will house and deliver the educational publisher’s complete line of eBook versions of its print titles, its line of interactive books called “ABDO iBooks,” and its new line of online databases. Abdo Digital’s new database collection launches [...]
Wordnik launch smarter online thesaurus
August 16th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
What’s rather interesting about this is that Wordnik launched a dictionary about 2 months ago. TBH this thesaurus feels like the same dictionary with a new name. From the press release: Wordnik, the online dictionary and language resource, today launched a new, smarter online thesaurus that shows related words in context to help writers find [...]
Wiley announce New Online Library
August 9th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE: JWa, JWb) announced the launch of Wiley Online Library, which will connect the global scholarly community to one of the world’s most extensive multidisciplinary collections of online resources.Wiley Online Library offers integrated access to more than 4 million articles from 1,500 journals, 9,000 books, and [...]
Previously unpublished Archie spinoff now available online
June 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: Archie Comics–publisher of the world’s most beloved teenager from 1941 to today, Archie Andrews–is on the verge of a new renaissance! In the upcoming issues of ARCHIE (#610-613), Andy Andrews, the never-before-published star of his own 1950s comic, will make his print debut. To celebrate Andy’s first print appearance, the entire [...]
Less than a quarter of people will pay for news online
June 16th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion, surveys & polls
Paid Content UK ran a survey asking people about the paywall that the Times of London will soon have. They have posted the results of the survey, and I’m intrigued. They found that 23% of respondents were somewhat likely (13%) to very likely (4%) to pay for access. Paid Content is a lot more optimistic [...]
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