Acrobat Tablet? Adobe is making it’s own reader. Mark S. informed us that eBook Reader designers are not in a hurry to make their readers PDF compatible because Adobe is quietly partnering with Apple on a wide-format “tablet” device designed to do just that. Industry insiders say Apple is coming up the middle capitalizing on …
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Jan 17
Holy Free eBooks!
I can’t believe my luck ! Googling around, looking for content to offer Ebook Rumor visitors to read on their new eReaders and I found this. Go to Free Online Novels hosted by Jennifer L. Armstrong. She’s posted an impressive list of free online novels by an incredible variety of authors. She’s also written an armload of novels you’ll …
Jan 16
iLiad – Haven’t we met somewhere before?
iLiad from iRex Technologies They call its display “Stunningly, Paper-like,” I call it “Stunningly Kindle-like…” I’m kind of kidding, but come on. They’ve got to let us know when this machine was developed. It looks like one of you guys was looking over someone’s shoulder. Having said that, it is a nice looking machine. I’ve …
Jan 15
More Free eBooks
It’s worth visiting Free-eBooks.net, especially if you’re curious about author-direct releases or you’re building up an eLibrary of your own. The PDF eBooks I downloaded are clean, simple layouts. Free-eBooks.net: “Download unlimited eBooks for FREE – anytime! Welcome to Free-eBooks.net. Find the help you need, the information you seek, or fun reading to enjoy.” Looks …
Jan 14
An Interesting Truth at the Ebook Online Store
They answer to http://www.ebook-mega-store.com/ or the syntactically challenged: The Ebook Online Store – download ebooks for $10 and less. This is their reason for being: “More eBooks — more DISCOUNTS! Every eBook costs $10.00. The more you buy, the more discounts you earn. 2 Ebooks cost $19, 3 Ebooks cost $28, 4 Ebooks – $36, 5 Ebooks …
Jan 13
Is the ISBN an irrelevant cash grab?
Ok, some publishers are arguing the new technologies are making the ISBN irrelevant. As the eBook revolution is making it affordable for publishers to dust off their backlists, those publishers are now looking at the old ISBN rules and crying foul. ISBN rules say you’ve got to have individual ISBN for all issues and re-issues of …
Jan 12
The Plastic Logic Reader – Very Cool!
The Plastic Logic Reader and its revolutionary Plastic Electronics Display is on the road to stardom. Have a look at the product specifics here and you’ll see what I mean. Fantastic machine! It’s got an 8.5×11 inch display surface, which answers a lot of questions about PDF documents for business, law firms and governments, etc., and looks …
Jan 11
Free eBooks at Project Gutenberg
Ok, this is my version of a public service announcement. You’ve really got to dig around over at Project Gutenberg. Amazing work they’re doing. It’s like strolling through a museum or a really old library… check it out. Yah! Project Gutenberg – Their mission statement: to encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks. “Project Gutenberg …
Jan 10
CyberRead.com
I visited CyberRead.com to do a bit of pricing. Is it just me or is whole “cyber” thing getting old. When’s the last time you told someone you’d look for them in cyberspace. If you ever did. Anyway, not to get picky (I just don’t want to imagine cyberbooks!) but I strolled through the cyberstore looking …
Jan 09
What do you want in an eBook reader?
1. I want an eBook reader that is smart enough to crack any eBook, digital magazine or document format they’ve got going. Oh, and open the file in a way that doesn’t result in a page of text that looks like sloppy html coding. That way I can purchase and download any eBook or document I …
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