- A $20 eReader For NGOs
July 21, 2010
A $20 eReader? Humane Informatics has designed a new low cost eReader for NGOs called the Humane Reader. It uses a TV screen as a display device and books and text are stored on a simple SD memory Card. The device can hold up to 5,000 books on a 2G card and it does not require an Internet connecti...
- 30 Million People In U.S. Will Own eReaders By 2015
July 21, 2010
By 2015, 29.4 million US consumers will own eReaders. This is according to a new report from Forrester Research called, "How eReaders Will Fare In A Tablet PC World," by analyst James L. McQuivey.
According to the report, eReaders are facing challenges with the rise of tablet PCs. From the report...
- Shanda To Release eReader
July 22, 2010
Chinese social writing network Shanda Literature, a company owned by Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited, has plans to release an eReader called the BamBook sometime in the next couple of weeks.
The eReader will come in two versions, both of which will be equipped with Wi-Fi and a 3G network....
- eReaders Beat iPad For Popularity
July 22, 2010
While iPads are challenging eReader sales, eReaders still beat the iPad, according to Forrester Research.
In a report called, "How eReaders Will Fare In A Tablet PC World," analyst James L. McQuivey found that more consumers want an eReader than an iPad.
Kindle was the winner in terms of eReader s...
- Nook for Android Is Here
July 22, 2010
Nook for Android hit the Market for free download today, and it has some nifty features that make e-book reading easy and clean, even for someone who would much rather breathe in the dust of a library book than stare fixedly at her Droid X.A little less than a month ago, the Kindle for Android app c...
- Write.fm Makes Sharing Text and Files Amazingly Simple
July 22, 2010
I love simple solutions to common problems. Write.fm is one of those services that manages to reduce the number of steps to do a task — in this case, sharing simple text messages and files of any kind — to the absolute minimum.Hailing from Anthony Feint, the same developer who brought us the sim...
- Sharp To Enter eBook Market
July 20, 2010
The Sharp Corporation announced today a new version of its XDMF eBook formatting functionality, which will include the ability to embed video and audio content into an eBook. Sharp plans to release this "next-generation eBook format" sometime this year.
Sharp also plans to build digital eBook dis...
- Top 10 Worst Self-Publishing Mistakes—Explained!
July 21, 2010
I learn a lot from the comments readers leave on the blog. People have pointed out errors, shown me resources I hadn’t heard of, and made connections that had never occurred to me. It’s a big web out there, and one of the things I enjoy most is this sharing of knowledge, resources and experience...
- Penguin Releases Amplified Editions
July 20, 2010
The Penguin Group is making its books interactive, beginning with The Amplified Edition of The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett.
The publisher partnered with entertainment company Starz to make the interactive version of the print title. The "Amplified Edition" of Follett's work includes video...
- Would You Pay More For A Video Enhanced E-Book?
July 20, 2010
That is the question that Penguin wants answered, and they are running a test to get an answer. Teaming up with Starz, Penguin is launching an e-book on iPad that contains video from a television mini-series based on the same tract.
The company plans to price the book at $12.99, a steep rise over t...
- Adobe to Roll Out New Publishing Software for Tablets
July 19, 2010
Adobe is working on a new kind of creative software specifically intended to help you publish digital magazines for tablet devices such as the iPad, the company revealed today.This new software, which will soon take its place in the Creative Suite pantheon, will be downloadable from Adobe Labs and w...
- The Importance Of Social Networking To Authors And Professionals
July 19, 2010
With a title like The Importance Of Social Networking To Authors And Professionals, you could expect to have a book, or volumes written to cover all the ways social media has become an indispensable tool for marketing your business. Well, I am not going to write a book here, but I am going to share...
- Simon & Schuster Unveils Mobile Site
July 7, 2010
Today Simon Schuster unveiled a mobile edition of their site, bringing shopping capabilities, full search, author pages, book excerpts, and video to smartphones.
You can see the iPhone version in the image embedded here. The site will also feature a video hub collecting videos from the publisher...
- Publishing & Self-Publishing: Where Is the Tipping Point?
July 16, 2010
Another interesting day in the world of publishing. I picked up on this story by Yoree Koh from the Wall Street Journal’s Japan Time from an alert early this morning:
One of Japan’s best-known novelists and film makers, Ryu Murakami, has announced he’s cutting his pretigious publisher (Kodans...
- Major Japanese author to release iPad-only book
July 15, 2010
From the Wall Street Journal Japan blog:
Novelist Ryu Murakami plans to release his latest novel exclusively for digital bookworms through Apple Inc.’s iPad ahead of the print version. Mr. Murakami, the acclaimed author of over 15 novels including “Coin Locker Babies” and “In the Miso Soup
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