A couple weeks ago I wrote a post complaining about the customer service that Pandigital didn’t provide for my broken 9″ Pandigital Novel. Several people have asked me for an update, which I’m now going to provide. I had waited on the post so I could write that the replacement had arrived, and the matter [...]
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I got Screwed by Pandigital Customer Service
February 14th, 2011 · 15 Comments · opinion
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Amazon to launch new email service
January 25th, 2011 · No Comments · press release
I’ve said in the past that you need to think of Amazon as a tech company, not a web retailer. Today’s press release proves my point. From the press release: Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES), a highly scalable and cost-effective bulk and [...]
EbookBurn launched – new Epub creation service
December 7th, 2010 · 6 Comments · ebook tools
On Sunday we saw the launch of a new ebook making service, EbookBurn. This is a subscription based service that can help you make Epub and Kindle ebooks. Have you made an ebook over at Feedbooks? It’s something like that. Subscriptions run from $30 (1 day) to $7,200 (1 year). Update: eBookBurn now charges per [...]
DirecteBooks launch eBook Management Service for the UK Market
October 14th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: Irish eBooks company, Directebooks.com, are delighted to announce that they are extending their popular eBook distribution service, ePubDirect.com to the UK market in response to the rising demand for eBooks and digital titles. ePub Direct is a completely online digital management service that handles all aspects of eBook management including distribution, [...]
Easypress Technologies selected as preferred Epub conversion service for Association of Canadian Publishers
September 30th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
I’ve met these fellows once or twice. Easypress is based in the UK, and their primary product is a web based Epub conversion service. It’s slick, but it’s always been out of my price range. Then again, for personal needs I’m content with the sloppy Epubs i make with calibre. Easypress, on the other hand, [...]
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Audiobook publishing service to launch in November
September 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · press release
From the press release: Folium Partners, LLC, announced today the late-November launch of ModernBookFactory.com (MBF), the world’s first automated audiobook and app-creation service. The ModernBookFactory service will enable independent publishers, authors and copyright owners to upload manuscripts, select narrators, then receive professionally produced audio and have their books produced as self-contained audiobook apps within 30 [...]
liquidpubs – new publishing service launched
August 20th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
Has anyone heard of them? From the press release: liquidpubs is a set of services and technologies that allows publishers of magazines, newspapers and books to offer a groundbreaking experience of their content on tablet computers and smartphones. For newspapers and magazines, whether it’s the iPad, iPhone, or an Android based tablet or smartphone, liquidpubs [...]
Who Will Offer the First Book Subscription Service? No one.
June 14th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion
I cam across this interesting post on INDEX // mb: Who Will Be The First to Offer ‘All You Can Eat’ Book Subscription Service? Amazon? Tor? Probably a company that doesn’t exist today. Reading this article on The Spotify music service made me think of another option. Edgar Bronfman Jr. is quoted as saying “Free [...]
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MediaNet Launches eBook Catalog and Distribution Service
April 28th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
From the press release: MediaNet, the leading service provider for the distribution of premium digital media, introduced today a comprehensive eBook catalog and product offering. The advanced MN Open platform that MediaNet has successfully built for digital music will now support the integration of eBooks using an intuitive API that has been widely adopted by [...]
Cadmus Announces new XML-to-EPUB Conversion Service
April 9th, 2010 · No Comments · software news
From the press release: Cadmus Communications, a Cenveo company, announced today the release of an automated XML-to-EPUB conversion service that will provide digital content to EPUB-compliant e-book devices, such as the Apple iPad, for the scholarly publishing community. … Cadmus has developed an automated process to transform the NLM XML standard for the Scientific, Technical, [...]
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