The UK’s Guardian site is running a story with the title “Authors demand drive to raise readers’ awareness of book piracy’s cost“. It’s basically a lot of authors and publishers whining about ebook piracy. They are demanding “someone” do “something” about it and let readers know that it’s bad – maybe via a publicity drive. From [...]
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Why an ebook piracy awareness drive is a waste of time and money
March 11th, 2011 · 5 Comments · opinion
Cherrypal start their scams again – this time with an Android tablet
October 8th, 2010 · 14 Comments · Uncategorized
The problem with the internet is that it has such a short memory. This unfortunately makes it necessary to dredge up old news and remind people. Cherrypal just announced a 7″ Android tablet for $188. Don’t order it; you”ll never get it. I was scammed by Cherrypal and Max Seybold last December. His business is [...]
The Register of Copyrights is about to retire – now is a good time to panic
September 15th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion
You’ve probably heard the news already that the head of the US Copyright Office plans to retire at the end of this year. What you might have missed is why you should care. Take a moment and think about who her replacement will be. Right now we have a Vice-President who has clearly bought in [...]
2 new e-readers to hit the US market some time this fall
September 13th, 2010 · 3 Comments · hardware news
Mike Cane found a couple new e-readers on Youtube today. One was even new to me (I hope you were sitting down). They are being sold by a company called Nextbook, and I don’t know anything about them yet (other than the website is registered out of Hong Kong). I’m waiting for a response to [...]
Is This the Time to Take the Plunge? New Reading Devices Appear
September 7th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion
Within the last 60 days there has been a bevy of announcements of new ereading devices. Amazon announced what is popularly called the Kindle 3 and Sony has announced 3 new models — the 350, 650, and 950. How far behind other makers will be is hard to tell, but the upcoming holiday season should [...]
Time Magazine Android app coming soon
June 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Android, software news
InternetWeekNY is going on right now in New York City. Yesterday Time Inc took the stage and announced their Android app. Like the iPad app, it’s going to be made by The WonderFactory. I wonder how much they’re going to charge for the Android app? It’s not a simple question; the iPad app is $4.99 [...]
The color Kindle’s not coming any time soon
May 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Amazon, hardware news
Amazon held their shareholders meeting today, and Jeff Bezos dropped a few hints about the future of the Kindle. The bit about the color screen isn’t really news if you were keeping track of the screen manufacturers. None of the new screen tech is anywhere near ready for market. Here is what Jeff said (according [...]
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