Much to my surprise, Franklin has been quietly supporting its e-rader, the eBookMan, for the past 12 years. It will stop supporting the eBookMan by the end of April. The eBookMan was first released in 1999, and apparently the same hardware has been sold for the past 12 years. As you can see, it has [...]
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Franklin to drop support for the eBookMan on April 30th
April 15th, 2011 · 4 Comments · hardware news
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A History of browser support: IE from 1.0 to 9.0
March 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I found this video last night, and if you work with ebooks then I really think it’s worth your time. In this video you’ll be able to see the growth of html, css, and related web technologies from before they existed to until the current day. It’s fascinating.
Please Help Support this Project
March 17th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
I’ve just come across a video of a fly-by of the planet Saturn This video is being made from photographs taken by the Cassini space probe, and it’s entirely funded by contributions. It’s very shiny. Watch the video and then visit the site if you think it’s worth supporting.
Nook for Android updated
February 24th, 2011 · No Comments · software news
B&N have updated their Nook app. The new version 2.5 doesn’t really add much: A new library ‘grid view’ to see more of your book covers on one screen A progress meter when downloading books A new menu option in the shop to view or add books to your wish list But on the upside, [...]
Netgalley to resume Kindle support in March
February 10th, 2011 · No Comments · ebookstore news
NetGalley sent out an email a few minutes ago and announced that it would soon be able to support the Kindle again. The manuscript distributor had stopped supporting the Kindle a little over a month ago due to a disagreement with Amazon. Amazon and NetGalley have one big thing in common: we both want to [...]
Why doesn’t the Kindle email conversion support Epub?
January 31st, 2011 · 7 Comments · opinion
When the Kindle launched back in 2007, one of its support features was an email conversion service. You could send an email with certain files attached to your Kindle and Amazon would convert the files and forward them to your Kindle. At the time of launch, the email conversion service didn’t support Epub. It didn’t [...]
Tags:conversion·email·epub·kindle·support
Calibre 0.7.42 now available – adds support for Acer Lumiread, Archos 101
January 21st, 2011 · No Comments · software news
Calibre is a free and open source e-book library management app that was developed by users of e-books for users of e-books. It has a bunchaton of features, including: ebook conversion library management e-reader support news downloading content server (for accessing your library over the web) Calibre
eBook Lending Library.com now support ebook lending for Kindle, Nook
January 17th, 2011 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: here is a new website that has made a splash in the online ebook marketplace. It is called eBookLendingLibrary.com, and it allows for users to lend ebooks to and from others free of charge.
NetGalley Has stopped support the Kindle (at the moment)
January 12th, 2011 · 3 Comments · ebookstore news
The manuscript review site NetGalley have just announced that they’ll no longer be temporarily stop sending ebooks to your Kindle. You may notice a slight change in NetGalley when you next log in: where’s my Kindle button? Due to changes in the way Amazon’s personal document delivery service works, we’ve had to temporarily disable the [...]
Aldiko 2.0 coming soon(ish) – adds support for Adobe DRM
December 9th, 2010 · 4 Comments · software news
This popped up on the Aldiko home page today. Do you see where it says Adobe DRM compatible? Well, that includes B&N. It’s not out yet, unfortunately, but you can sign up to be emailed when it is.
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