At long last I have updated the RSS feed for this blog. I’d really appreciate it if people could switch over to the new RSS feed. TDR had a different name when I started it back in January 2010. When I changed the name of the blog (and the website address) I didn’t bother changing [...]
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Books everyone should read (word cloud)
March 14th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Here’s a rather interesting use of a word cloud. David McCandless from Information is Beautiful gathered together the results of a bunch of book polls & top 100 lists, and then made this word cloud. The full data and analysis are available here: bit.ly/BooksEveryone You can click on the image at right to see it [...]
18% of the UK read ebooks
March 3rd, 2011 · 1 Comment · surveys & polls
Over in the UK and Ireland it’s World Book Day today, and several survey companies have released recent polling dat about how people read. Mintel released a report today that showed even though 18% read ebooks, nearly half of the UK (49%) still prefers paper books over digital. The problem with that number, though, is [...]
How to read The Daily (if you don’t have an iPad)
February 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · opinion
I’m sure you know that the daily was launched yesterday, and that it’s an iPad only daily newspaper. I just got word over Twitter of a new blog where someone is collecting links to all of the parts of the The Daily that can be found on the Web. It’s called The Daily: Indexed. I [...]
How to read a PDF on an Android tablet
December 19th, 2010 · 24 Comments · Android, tips and tricks
If you are reading this then you have probably found yourself in need of a PDR reading app. (If you’re in a hurry, scroll down to the end.) So did I, and after looking here and there I found a number of free PDF readers. In order to save myself some trouble next time around, [...]
Elsevier Enables its e-Books to Read Aloud, Increasing Access for People With Print Disabilities
December 8th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: Elsevier, the world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and solutions, announced today that it has enabled the text-to-speech option on all of its ePub book titles. The text-to-speech function enables an e-book to read aloud. This will facilitate access by readers who would otherwise face a range of [...]
Tags:access·aloud·disabilities·ebooks·elsevier·enables·increasing·people·print·read
BePub now available – read Epub on your Crackberry
November 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · software news
I just came across a post about BePub. Can you believe it took this long for someone to release an Epub app for the Blackberry? It’s still in the early stages of development, so caveat emptor. BePub via Berry Review
Tags:bepub·crackberry·epub·read
How Will We Read Magazines (in 2020)?
October 26th, 2010 · No Comments · surveys & polls
App maker Exact Editions are running a survey. They want people to predict how magazines will be read 10 years from now. If this is an issue on which you have views, go and cast your vote. Remember we are not asking how magazines will be read next year, or in 2012, but in 2020! [...]
Introducing Booki.sh – a new way to read Epub in your (Kindle) browser
October 14th, 2010 · 5 Comments · tips and tricks
A few weeks back I posted a video that showed an Epub file being read on the Kindle. I just got an email and that Epub reader is now ready. It’s called Booki.sh, and I love it. It works on your Kindle (it might not work on the K2 or K1), but it also works [...]
Tags:bookish·browser·epub·introducing·read
A second, better way to read Epub on your Kindle (video)
September 17th, 2010 · 3 Comments · tips and tricks, video
Yesterday I showed you how to read Epub on your Kindle. I’ll admit, using Ibis Reader isn’t a very clean solution, but it was an interesting thought experiment.
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