From the ThreePress Consulting blog:
Version 1.76.0 of the open source DocBook-XSL stylesheets, which convert DocBook documents into a variety of outputs including PDF, HTML, and EPUB, has just been released into the wild for testing. It includes a number of EPUB enhancements and bugfixes that we’ve contributed over the last year, [...]
Watpad have released the Metrics Report for the second quarter 2010.This report analyzes the amount of traffic their site received over the last 3 months. It’s 8 pages long and only slightly denser than a powerpoint, so I’d say it’s worth a read. You can download it here.
Here are the highlights:
Usage of Apple and [...]
I’ve used their ebooks on one occasion. I got mine through the Kindle Store, and it was a pretty good study guide.
From the press release:
From the press release:
B&N today reported sales and earnings for its fiscal 2011 first quarter ended July 31, 2010. The company also announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.25 per share [...]
The independent firmware developers EbookApps have just announced v1.7 firmware for the Sony PRS-300 and PRS-505. Major improvements include:
dictionary
custom font support
page formatting settings (margins and line spacing)
The good thing about this firmware is that it you can run it without actually replacing the original Sony firmware. This means you can try it and switch back [...]
Do you remember the IIPA watchlist published a couple months back (the one that described Canada as just short of a child molester)? That list was a load of BS created by Big Media (RIAA, MPAA).The one released today is different.
Consumers International just released their watchlist for 2010. Trust me, it’s not your usual watchlist. [...]
The UK National Literacy Trust has just released a report titled Literacy: State of the Nation, and it’s described as the first coherent picture of literacy in the UK today. Some of the findings of the report include:
One in six people in the UK struggle with literacy. This means their literacy is below the [...]
The Lorax will be available for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch in 22 April with a retail of $3.99. Oceanhouse Media is also going to offer a related game, The Lorax Garden, for $2.99. From the press release:
The Lorax has been adapted for the first time to an interactive book format for the iPhone, [...]
From the Evernote blog:
Two months ago, we sat glued to our browsers as details of the iPad started streaming out of Apple’s launch event. It didn’t take us very long to formulate our official strategy for the new device: we were going to support the hell out of it, and we had 60 days to [...]
From the press release:
GetYa Learn On, LLC – an educational software company that created the innovative application called “Statistics I” – today released empirical findings from a pilot study conducted during the Fall semester of 2009 at Abilene Christian University (ACU). Students in an introductory Statistics class were given the new iPhone application which was [...]
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