The Christian Science Monitor says Penguin is finally returning its eBooks to the library. GoodeReader says the Reading Rainbow is coming to iPad. The DroidGuy reports that Samsung will upgrade its Readers Hub app by offering its own eBook service. Also according to GoodeReader Random House is merging top Canadian publishing houses McClelland & Stewart …
Category: eBook Software
Jun 11
Print-on-demand technology still in the game.
The New York Times has an article entitled “The Antidote to e-Books” that details a sidebar to the whole eBook Revolution. In this case, Indie author Clare Dickens published her book using the print-on-demand technology, The Espresso Book Machine. We’ve all been waiting for this machine to find its niche in the changing publishing landscape …
May 25
Worldreader’s 1-Million eBook Plan
Read GoodeReader’s inspiring post about the non-profit group, Worldreader’s plans to bring eReaders and eBooks to countries and distant lands that do not have access to the technology.
May 23
The eBook Revolution Update
AmericanLibraries has posted an excellent feature on the eBook Revolution and lists all the major players. It’s really worth a read.
May 15
European launch for Nokia Reading.
CrazyEngineers says Nokia Reading has launched an eBook reading service for Nokia Windows Phones users in France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain and the UK.
May 09
Reading Habits in the eBook Nation
Many thanks to Muhammed Saleem for sending in this link to an Online Universities infographic about the eBook Nation.
May 04
Digital Publishing Updates May 4, 2012
Gigaom takes up the eBook pricing debate as publishers attempt to justify their desire to keep the prices high. Mobiledia offers a lame justification for publishers over-charging. MediaShift wonders if eBooks can succeed without Amazon. The Guardian has an article by Cory Doctorow suggesting the death of digital rights management (DRM) would be a win-win …
Apr 26
Digital Rights Management dying with the Agency Model.
Some fallout from the Department of Justice’s anti-trust lawsuit against Apple and the big six co-conspirators. And it isn’t all bad…some adjustment sure, but… Hypergrid explains why Tor Books has dropped digital rights management (DRM) on its eBook titles. Gizmodo offers the case against DRM on eBooks in a post by Charlie Stross.
Apr 06
Good Friday eBook Revolution Update
CBC.ca says that U.S. adults are joining the eBook Revolution to the tune of 20% of the population reading an eBook last year. SocialBarrel gives an update on the preferences of early adopters for E Ink Readers and tablets. A press release at SourceWire reports on the Pyrus eBook Reader with Digital Ink and unique eReader …
Apr 04
iWriteReadRate: open community for readers and writers.
DigitalJournal introduces some competition for GoodReads by way of iWriteReadRate.com, another social networking community that revolves around the written word.
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