According to CNET HP has unveiled its $169 Slate 7 tablet at the Mobile World Congress 2013. Read more about the 7-inch tablet running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean at the link.
Category: eBooks
eBook formats listed and discussed.
Feb 22
Digital Publishing Updates
CNet hints that Apple may be working on a new eBook feature after filing a patent for a “floating toolbar.” The Bookseller says that the European Commission will take France and Luxembourg to task in the EU Court of Justice over its cut-rate VAT (Value Added Tax) on eBooks. GoodeReader reports that Kobo has introduced …
Feb 21
So, now the publishers are conspiring with Amazon?
This story at the Verge certainly rings a bell so soon after these same publishers Random House, Penguin, Hachette, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins and Macmillan just settled with the US Department of Justice for their part in an eBook price-fixing conspiracy they had going with Apple. The same six are now being listed in a …
Feb 20
Changing Kindle eBooks to different formats.
Amazon Kindle owners might want to take note. PCWorld offers up step-by-step instructions for converting your Kindle eBooks to different formats.
Feb 18
New life for the short story.
The New York Times reports that eBook Readers, tablets, the Internet and digital publishing in general have given new (and longer) life to the short story.
Feb 17
Macmillan to refund customers.
The Day outlines how publisher Macmillan will refund its customers monies it illegally over-charged them for eBooks now that it has reached a settlement with the US Department of Justice. Macmillan was the last of 5 major publishers involved in the Apple price-fixing conspiracy.
Feb 15
eBook Revolution Update
YahooNews says Amazon shares are climbing on optimism over growing Kindle eBook sales that show digital publishing is more popular than earlier projections suggested. Reuters reports that Apple stands to lose BIG if it goes it alone against the US Department of Justice after all of its accomplices in the price-fixing scheme have already jumped …
Feb 14
Doctorow’s problem-versus-fact scenario.
Author and Indie-publishing expert Cory Doctorow had some interesting things to say about eBook Piracy in this GoodeReader post.
Feb 13
Inkling Habitat software to upstage Amazon and Apple.
Bloomberg Businessweek says software developer and eBook seller Inkling has created a Habitat software platform that will make better eBooks than Amazon and Apple.
Feb 12
Tablets slow to catch on in class.
Digital Book World outlines the top three obstacles to tablets being adopted in the classroom. (Obstacle #1 is the usual suspect. Publishers are still over-pricing digital content.)
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