Category: eBook Software

Kindle 2 versus iPhone

WOW! This is happening way faster than I imagined. All of it… Amazon’s already being challenged. I’d say “that will teach them” but it won’t. Even eBook prices are starting to drop! This is the most detailed Kindle 2 review I’ve read so far. Read it here. For good measure, David Berlind of Informationweek.com, throws …

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MANYBOOKS.NET – 23,058 FREE eBOOKS!

Matthew McClintock creator of Manybooks.net has put together an interesting service for readers and writers that you’ve just got to see. The layout is eye-catching and easy to navigate so check it out. Offering 23,058 Free eBOOKS  from sources like Gutenberg and Author-direct material is just part of it. McClintock offers tools and conversion software …

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NEW WORLD – OLD CONTROL

When you’re trying to convince consumers to buy new products, why throw a  hassle into using those new products? It’s been proven that DRM is a drag on new markets when it impeded the growth of the digital music and movie industries, generating more piracy and hostility than sales. Why do they think it will …

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Adobe’s Going Mobile

Adobe is promising support for reflowable PDF technology (“The reflowable PDF technology allows text to auto-adjust as per the device screen size for maintaining the layout integrity” – Techtree.com) and XML-based eBook standard with EPUB file format  in its new ADOBE Reader Mobile SDK. This news came from the on-going GSMA Mobile World Congress 2009 …

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And the Fight is On!

So the fancy footwork before they get up in each other’s grills… In May 2008 Mobipocket president and CEO Martin Gorner said Mobipocket would release updated readers for the various platforms, as well as release a new reader for the Apple iPhone by the end of the year. iPhone and iPod Touch owners cannot read …

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Adobe Digital Editions

We’ve all seen Adobe Acrobat in action. Do we have a choice? We’ve all dealt with its foibles, and its bigger and bigger upgrades. Yah… I’ve got to say though, if you’re a serious or novice eBook reader, take a look at their Adobe Digital Editions. I know that lots of people are uncomfortable with Adobe’s PDF …

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