I have to share this information with all current and prospective owners of eBook Readers. I was just tracking down an article about Wattpad announcing its adoption of the EPUB format when I came across this chart from Adobe. The listed devices support the cross-platform open format and PDF. (I know PDF is not an eBook …
Category: eBook Software
Sep 29
Know Your Mobile
KNOW YOUR MOBILE is a really cool web site that gives the lowdown on pretty much every mobile, cell or smart phone out there. All makes and models are linked to pages with specifications, reviews, themes and downloads. It’s certainly time to give the mobile it’s due as the unsung hero of the eBook Revolution since …
Sep 25
eBook Format Options
What’s new about this article at the New York Times is the rather matter-of-fact tone it takes when discussing a relatively new technology. That suggests a comfort level that few expected this early in the eBook Revolution. What also stands out is that the number of eBook formats is shrinking rapidly, with ePub (as predicted) moving quietly into …
Aug 04
Suddenly slow news day…
To give you an idea how slow, I’m posting a link to an article at InfoWorld.com that talks about ePub eBook format being the new PDF. Read it here. It’s not the sexiest story in the world, but it speaks to the next major step in the eBook Revolution: the adoption of a universal eBook file format. The …
Jun 17
Sounds more complicated than it is…
At least the delivery is straightforward. I wouldn’t want to touch the coding…but:Â The Software developer, Language Technologies, Inc., that specializes in reading technology announced the release of its ReadSmart Edition applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch at the iTunes App Store. Read the press release here. You can get the apps direct from …
May 17
eBook Piracy Inevitable? Hardly…
Alexander Wolfe at Informationweek.com here describes the exercise in futility that has become the debate over the scourge of eBook piracy and content control. I don’t think he is trying to solve the problem, rather it’s an attempt to advance the discussion by invoking some description of eBook piracy’s impact on the content-creator or author. …
May 09
More on Paying for Web Content
It seems every time Amazon does something with Kindle, we get a bunch of new eReaders jumping onto the market, and the debate over copyright and paying for content flares up again. I can understand why they’re talking about it all over the news and here at CNN.  KINDLE DX is ‘perfect’ for displaying large format content …
Apr 29
Fall out from the Amazon Stanza purchase.
The future of Mobipocket Reader is now in question as Amazon nabs Stanza–even though Amazon owns Mobipocket. (It get’s confusing…) This article is just the first of the sob songs, yah? Read it here at AllAboutSymbian.com. Watch now, as the market adjusts, as monopoly slips away from Amazon again. Watch Mobipocket Reader designers disappear and then …
Apr 28
Amazon Buys Stanza’s Creator
In the “I’m My Own Worst Enemy” department, Amazon has purchased Lexcycle, creator of Stanza eBook Reader for iPhone and iPod Touch. Read the New York Times story here. Why not, they almost forced Stanza into existence? Have you have been following this? Amazon’s subsidiary, Mobipocket, delayed the release of Mobipocket Reader software for iPhone …
Apr 17
More Consumer Control from Amazon
Someone please tell me how the behavior of this ‘legitimate’ corporate entity is more benevolent, more creator and consumer sensitive than the torrent services offered at Pirate Bay? Interesting story follows exposing Amazon’s ulterior motives for Digital Rights Management and their Whispernet. I think we’ve all dated a control-freak like this. The story follows an individual …
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