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Category: Tablet
Dec 24
eReader Comparison Guide
Here is Gizmag’s 2013 eReader Comparison Guide. Just so you to know where your new gifted eBook reader stands against the competition. (Or in the event you’re going to go after your E Ink reading device during the Boxing Day sales to come…)
Dec 23
Library eBook checkouts surge in 2013
Digital Book World says that according to eBook distributor OverDrive, six U.S. libraries counted over 1-million eBook checkouts in 2013.
Dec 22
Kindle PaperWhite versus Nook Glowlight
Digital Trends pits the Amazon Kindle PaperWhite against the Barnes & Noble Nook Glowlight to see which eReader is the best value.
Dec 20
eBook Revolution Update
Forbes has a post on the new Vellum eBook production tool. Digital Book World offers ten predictions for the eBook Revolution in 2014. GoodeReader has a piece on the value of eBook bundles to writers and readers. Android Police says the Amazon Kindle App update offers font selection, collections and more.
Dec 19
eBook subscription service competition heating up
Forbes offers an update on the players in the burgeoning eBook subscription service market now occupied by Scribd, Oyster and Entitle. With the eBook sales market maturing, it sounds like good timing for consumer options like this, but with all the services overlapping their launches, things are bound to be competitive.
Dec 18
Apple iBooks now gift-worthy…
Macworld reports that Apple will now offer eBook “gifting” in the iBookstore.
Dec 17
Follet adds Macmillan to school eBook distribution list
Digital Book World reports that Follet has now added Macmillan to its list of publishers (Simon & Schuster, Random House and Hachette so far…) with whom it has inked deals to distribute their eBooks in schools.
Dec 16
Entitle eBook subscription service launches.
Mashable has a story on the new Entitle eBook subscription service that plans to be the Netflix for eBooks with a twist.
Dec 15
Oscar-hopeful screenplays available as free eBook downloads.
GoodeReader reports that the screenplays for this year’s movies in contention for Academy Awards are available as free PDFs for online or tablet viewing, or for the eBook savvy as files for conversion to a compatible reflowable text format. For all those Oscar fans in the crowd.