This article at Daniweb is well worth the read. Writer, Ron Miller sets out the logical premise that post secondary institutions like colleges and universities should be the perfect proving ground for the eBook Reader or eReading Devices because of the high cost of text books, their frequent need of updates and the tech-saavy nature of …
Category: eBooks
eBook formats listed and discussed.
Oct 03
Simon & Shuster & the VOOK.
We talked about the Vook before. Well, it’s back. Simon & Schuster has started an online video book (VOOK) service available in formats for iPhone and Web browsers. Okay, to recap from an article at Internetnews.com, vooks “blend text and video into ‘a seamless reading experience to advance the plot and enhance the sense of place.’” You’ll …
Oct 02
eBooks and the Future of Publishing
Thanks again to Jorgen for digging up this excellent feature in The Globe and Mail’s Technology section. It’s an in depth piece regarding the future of publishing as seen through a digital screen. Impossible to predict, the technological advances leave us in a wide field of speculation. Interestingly, the Globe leads the story with mention of the rumored …
Sep 30
A Pivotal Moment for Sony and the eBook Revolution
I have to hand it to the people at Sony. (Read their press release.)Â They’re charging into the eBook Revolution with their eyes wide open and market dominance in mind. After a few stumbles with outmoded attempts at DRM and proprietary formatting that were corrected with their adoption of the ePub format, they’ve gone on to …
Sep 27
Astonishing Adventures Magazine – Issue 7 … Revisited
Forgive for the repeat, but tech issues kept us off the net for most of the day, so we’re running this article and interview about Astonishing Adventures Magazine again. It’s worth another view. Look around the issuu.com site, you’ll see the first six issues are available too… (J.C.) I found an interesting online magazine while …
Sep 20
Google Books Battle Continues…
CNN reports that efforts by the Open Book Alliance (which includes Google Book’s biggest rivals, Microsoft, Yahoo and Amazon) are starting to pay off as the U.S. Justice Department urged a federal court judge to reject the settlement that would allow Google Books to scan vast numbers of books, entire libraries and install them online. …
Sep 19
Amazon claims Dan Brown’s new Kindle release is outselling the hardcover…
I always take facts and figures with a grain of salt when they’re coming from an ambitious corporate giant like dear Amazon. But we’ve all heard the news about Dan Brown’s Davinci Code sequel, The Lost Symbol, being released this week. Now Amazon is claiming their Kindle version is outselling the hard copy. Read about …
Sep 15
Astonishing Adventures Magazine – FREE Online Reading
I found an interesting online magazine while I was out cruising the web researching other ways of doing the publishing thing digitally–it can’t all be about the eBooks, can it? Anyway, this one impressed me. Astonishing Adventures Magazine is an interactive ‘virtual’ publication uploaded to issuu.com. Issuu.com is an online clearinghouse for digital content from …
Sep 14
Google Books versus Amazon
Amazon and Google Books continue to trade blows in an article at InformationWeek about the ongoing battle for control of the eBook world. It’s important, in this argument, for all of us to remember that this is one corporate giant versus another. Their mandate has nothing to do with protecting individual rights and freedoms. They …
Sep 07
Scribd.com Continues to Impress
Scribd.com is growing in size, function–AND POPULARITY. They boast: “Tens of millions of readers. Millions of documents. 35 billion words.” Sign in to purchase eBooks from some of the world’s leading authors and independents for direct download to your eBook Reader or other handheld device. They offer an excellent pdf-based file format for online reading at your desk or …
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