The site 1SaleAday have Augen’s first e-reader on sale today. You have under 8 hours left to get it, so you might want to act fast. But I wouldn’t get it if I were you. AUGEN introduced this e-reader last summer, and at the time it was a decent e-reader. But it’s not so great [...]
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Today’s Amazon exclusive on Einstein’s books should make you question the purpose of copyright
March 14th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Amazon, ebookstore news, opinion
Amazon announced today that they had scored another ebook exclusive. Open Road Media have just signed a contract with Amazon to provide 7 recently converted books written by Albert Einstein. The seven digital works that will be exclusive to the Kindle Store are: “Essays in Humanism”: An inspiring collection of the great thinker’s views on [...]
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My RSS feed is borked today
February 26th, 2011 · No Comments · blog maintenance
I was trying something new with the RSS feed and somehow some wires got crossed. Don’t worry, it will fix itself soon. (Hopefully before you read this post.) image via Flickr
Jules Verne is today’s Google Doodle
February 8th, 2011 · 1 Comment · humor
Jules Verne was born today in 1828, and to celebrate his birthday today’s Google Doodle is based on 20,000 Leagues under the Sea. This one isn’t just an image. If you grab the joystick on the right with your mouse you can maneuver the little window around. It will be like you’re looking out the [...]
Kineo Android tablet launched today – first educ. tablet
February 1st, 2011 · 3 Comments · hardware news, video
Brainchild unveiled their new Android tablet at the Florida Educational Technology Conference today. The Kineo is targeted at primary and middle school students, and it’s based on a 7″ screen (800×480), with an 800MHz CPU, 2GB Flash, HDMI out, and Wifi. It has a MP4 player, Flash support, and it looks to be extremely rugged. [...]
Scribd raised $13m in financing today
January 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Scribd just raised $13 million in its third round of funding, bringing their total funding to $25.8 million over the past 4 years. “2011 is going to be a milestone year for us,” Scribd CEO and co-founder Trip Adler said in a statement. “As the world rapidly changes the way it reads content on the [...]
First One Digital Publishing launched today
January 11th, 2011 · No Comments · ebookstore news, press release
The website for First One Digital Publishing went live today. They’re launching with 4 titles that they’re publishing this month (that’s not bad for an indie press). The ebooks are currently available in the Sony Store and the Kindle Store. There’s also a small library of free ebooks (mostly pd). From the press release:
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Finland’s first ebookstore launched today
January 11th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
From the press release: Kirjavälitys and MPS Limited are pleased to announce the launch of Finland’s first online eContent platform. The platform, powered by MPS’ online eContent platform, will host, sell, and distribute eBooks from Finnish publishers to both Finnish customers as well as international markets. Publishers who wish to sell their eContent through Kirjavälitys’platform [...]
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Wattpad closed 3rd funding round today
January 10th, 2011 · No Comments · press release
There’s a detail that they’d prefer you not notice about this press release. This isn’t actually their first round of funding; it’s their 2nd or 3rd. I remember seeing much the same announcement last year at this time, and I think I saw one at the beginning of 2009. There’s nothing wrong with a startup [...]
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