As part of growing their ebookstore platform, txtr announced yesterday that they have hired Klaus Fuereder as the new Head of Content. Before joining txtr, Klaus worked for Ulstein-Buchverlagen, where he was the General Manager Marketing and Operations. Prior to Ulstein-Buchverlagen he worked at Süddeutsche Zeitung. Txtr currently employ around 70 employees and provide white-label [...]
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Txtr have relaunched their website
January 28th, 2011 · No Comments · ebookstore news
In the wake of the death of the txtr reader, Txtr the company have redisgned and relaunched their website. They’re focused now on the software platform, which consists of reading apps for iOS and Android as well as the website. They’ve made a number of changes, including improvements to the UI, Faceebook integration, and restructuring [...]
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The txtr reader is dead
December 3rd, 2010 · 6 Comments · hardware news
I’ve just gotten this juicy piece of gossip from an former txtr employee. The 6″ txtr reader, which was supposed to have launched at the Frankfurt Book Fair this year, has been quietly abandoned by the company. Note that I’m calling it gossip because I don’t have confirmation yet, but it does fit with mutterings [...]
Txtr, Pocketbook to develop “Txtr Editions” of Pocketbook’s e-readers
October 5th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news, hardware news
Pocketbook and Txtr have announced that they will collaborate on the development of new firmware for the 603, 602, 902, and 903 e-readers. The new firmwares will be tied into the Txtr ebookstore platform. The first e-reader will be the Pocketbook 603, with the other 3 following shortly afterward.
Txtr e-reader isn’t dead yet, could hit the market in October
September 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
My first reaction: Yes, but October of what year, exactly? One of the stories from IFA that’s not getting the attention it should is about the long delayed Txtr e-reader. Johannes of lesen.net met with the Txtr people the other day and he’s reporting that the Txtr will soon be going through a beta test [...]
Confirmed: Asus & Txtr, Acer LumiRead
September 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news, hardware news
IFA hasn’t started yet, but I already have confirmation for a couple of the stories I’ve reported in the past week. It turns out that most all the details were correct. Asus and Txtr did sign a deal for Asus to use the Txtr ebookstore. It’s going to be launched in 4 countries. And the [...]
Asus, Txtr announce partnership
August 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment · ebookstore news
According to Wiwo.de, the 2 companies will announce a new partnership at IFA Berlin next week. Txtr will run the European Asus ebookstore. It’s going to launch this fall and initially cover Germany, Britain, Spain and the Netherlands. More countries will be added later. Update:Â This has been confirmed. Txtr licensed their ebookstore platform to [...]
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Txtr iOS app updated – now includes improved support for iPad
August 6th, 2010 · No Comments · ipad app, software news
A couple days ago a new version of the txtr app was uploaded to iTunes.They made a number of minor improvements and one major one; iPad support. As you can see from the picture the txtr iPad app now supports better formatting and a dual column mode. FYI: The one detail that sets txtr apart [...]
Txtr launch Android app
July 29th, 2010 · No Comments · software news
Last month Txtr very quietly announced that they’ve released an Android app. Like their iPhone app, txtr4Androidis a rather basic reading app. I’ve used the iPhone app and I was extremely underwhelmed. You have 4 font size choices and some annotation abilities. The real value in these apps is that they tie in to txtr’s [...]
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