I was at the Pocketbook press conference a few minutes ago and they did not announce the Mirasol e-reader. (dammit) But at least now I know that when they gave me the run around before it was becuase they weren’t ready yet. They weren’t stalling for today’s event; they were stalling for some event in [...]
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Pocketbook press conference
January 7th, 2011 · 3 Comments · conferences & trade shows, press release
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Dorchester Press are committing PIRACY
October 20th, 2010 · 4 Comments · publishing news
Dorchester are a small to medium size publisher who have been having financial difficulties for the past year (or so). As part of a move to stave off bankruptcy, in the past couple months they’ve reduced staff, announced plans to go digital only, and they’ve dropped a number of authors. There’s a problem with that [...]
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Pocketbook IFA press conference
September 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows, pocketbook
This is another video by Charbax of ArmDevices.net. This event is in English and it’s about 30 minutes long. At about 14:00 you can see a live demo of the PB 902. It now has a desktop with widgets that you can swap out. At about 17:00 they demo the TTS. Q&A begins at about [...]
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Samsung Galaxy Tab to ship with Zinio, Kobo, & Press Display
September 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Since everyone is covering this tablet, I was going to pass. It’s not worth my time to be one of the crowd. But I noticed a detail in the press release: The Samsung GALAXY Tab is packed with services to complement and enhance your life in different ways. Access to Android Marketplace lets users download [...]
UM Press to launch ebook rental program
August 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments · digital textbooks
From the UMP blog: The University of Michigan Press announced today that it launched a new ebook rental program for more than 250 of its scholarly titles, allowing students or faculty to rent digital copies of the books at a discount for a month or six months. … Costs will range from 40% of list [...]
Pandigital announce second Novel e-reader (press release)
August 18th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release:
Springer, T.M.C. Asser Press sign book distribution agreement
August 5th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: Springer and T.M.C. Asser Press, a prominent Dutch specialist publisher for international law, have signed an exclusive agreement on their future collaboration. Under the agreement, Springer is to handle the marketing and distribution of T.M.C. Asser Press’s English language book program. Asser will continue to be responsible for its program planning [...]
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Wenhui-xinmin United Press Group signs deal with Hanvon
May 24th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
Wenhui-xinmin United Press Group is a Chinese newspaper conglomerate that publishes foreign language newspapers in 10 countries ( including English language editions in China). They’ve signed a deal with E-reader manufacturer Hanvon so their periodicals will be carried in Hanvon’s ebookstore. From the Shanghai Daily: United Press Group, the parent of Shanghai Daily, has tied [...]
Cambridge University Press signs with Bookshare
May 20th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news, press release, publishing news
From the announcement: Cambridge University Press has entered into a license agreement with Bookshare, the California-based nonprofit organization that provides books in accessible formats for people with qualified print disabilities such as blindness or low vision, a physical disability or a severe learning disability that affects reading. Under the terms of the digital rights license [...]
Red Chair Press Partners with Ripple to create Personalized eBooks
May 17th, 2010 · No Comments · publishing news
From the press release: Red Chair Press, the leading publisher of social-emotional books for ages 4 to 8, announces it has joined with Ripple to bring its FUNNY BONE READERS to Ripple Reader, the first safe and free eBook reader for kids. FUNNY BONE READERS: Developing Character is a new 12-book series with fun and [...]
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