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Weekly links on mobile e-books & self-publishing 28.08.2010
- Cybook Orizon officially unveiledAugust 27, 2010Bookeen just revealed the new Cybook Orizon. Apparently I was wrong and the model from CES 2010 was not replaced. I don’t have all the details yet, but I do know that it has a 6″ touchscreen and Wifi. There’s no word yet on price or availability. From past coverage, I know that it’s suppos...
- Review: eBooks by Kobo for iPhone and iPadAugust 26, 2010This hybrid iPad-iPhone offering adds to the number of e-book readers in the App Store. It's a little slow at turning pages and doesn't do much to distinguish itself from the other offerings out there, but if you're dissatisfied with other e-book reader apps, eBooks by Kobo is certainly worth a tria...
- The Sharper Image announces Literati color e-readerAugust 26, 2010The Sharper Image may not be quite the retail presence it once was, but it looks like its still in good enough shape to hop on the latest trend -- its just announced The Literati by The Sharper Image, a $159 e-reader with a 7-inch color screen. That device actually comes courtesy of MerchSource, an...
- A book library on your phone - Mail & Guardian OnlineAugust 23, 2010Times LIVEA book library on your phoneMail Guardian OnlineThe m4Lit project began in 2009 to test whether teens in South Africa would read stories on their cellphones. Most of the reading and writing that happens ...Yoza m-novel library launchedTimes LIVELink Love: Yoza.Mobi Brings Mobile Fiction t...
- More Android e-book devices on the wayAugust 25, 2010Ars Technica’s Ryan Paul has a look at three upcoming or recent Android e-book readers, including the Cruz Reader, the Pandigital Novel, and the SmartQ T7. Velocity Micro’s Cruz Reader looks particularly impressive. Paul writes: The device has a seven-inch color LCD touchscreen with a resolutio...
- A selection of the best tablets you can buy nowAugust 23, 2010The announcement and subsequent release of Apple's "Jesus tablet" has set the portable touchscreen computer market on fire. Manufacturers are scrambling to release devices, wanting to get in on the tablet craze while it's still hot.
- Sony Touch Edition has been discontinued!August 22, 2010At least, that’s the product status reported by BH Photo. You usually only see “discontinued” when a retailer tries to order more and is told it won’t be available. Of course, at this point it’s not really that much of a surprise, is it? We already knew about the new models. via Mike Cane...
- Mobile Ebook ReadingAugust 16, 2010Mobile Ebook Reading - That's a good question. Does the future of books lie in the increasing popularity of mobile eBook reading? eBook readers have certainly advanced a great deal in recent months, partially because they allows people ...
- EC Media launches Wink e-reader in IndiaAugust 21, 2010While the world holds its collective breath for India to actually mass produce that $35 tablet it's been trumpeting here lately, the country's own EC Media International is taking the wraps off of a sparkling new e-reader: the Wink. This cutely titled device doesn't look much different than older g...
- Pocketbook announces color touch screen Android powered e-reader and moreAugust 21, 2010Manufacturing upstart PocketBook is clearly still gung ho about e-readers, judging by the five new models it has announced will be released at IFA in September, which include a pair of entry-level ProBook 602 and 902 units, as well as the ProBook 603 and 903 premium units. The 60x designated models...
- Books Have Many Futures : NPRAugust 21, 2010If many types of paper-based books are headed for extinction, what will take their place? "E-readers" are a big part of the present and future -- but not the whole story. Video games and multi-narrator online stories will have their places too.
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A geeky banner to Amazon Kindle Store which deserves its own blog post
Yesterday I’ve made this banner to draw attention of techies to my books at Kindle Store. I’m proud of it. It’s so shiny and beautiful – and links to short stories, which generally say shiny gadgets are not always perfect. You can read them on your Kindle, iPhone, iPad or BlackBerry.
From now on it’ll shine above comments on every blog post. Compare it to that boring Google stuff below. Oh my Geek, just move over the iPhones…
“Twilight” graphic novel for the iPad [video]
Pirates have copyright notices, too [screenshots]
A couple of months ago I discovered some guys illegally published their edition of my book at Amazon. They took a content of a free book shared with a CC licence probably at Wattpad or Smashwords and are selling it for $11. Hell with them,… no, wait, they made it to #38 in Humor / Jokes Riddles.
I took screenshots of their copyright and legal notices. And, yeah, IT IS A JOKE. They claim they own all rights. What’s more:
You should assume that the author and the publisher have an affiliate relationship and /or another material connection [...].
The original Amazon Password Incorrect is here ($0.99), the second part of the series, Failure Confirmed – here. Please visit book sites, leave a review, download free samples or even buy the books. I’d love to be as good as the guys who have fun while robbing me.
And if you want a free download of what they sell for $11 – go and take it from Feedbooks. »»»
Google Editions delayed and why it’s good for readers
A couple of days ago Reuters had news stating that Google Editions is “due to launch this fall”.
It sounds like a hell of a delay. When first announced in October last year it was due to start in first months of 2010. Then it was about to launch in June or July. Now we have to wait till a vague fall.
The delay suggests Google is not ready with a new service. In view of all failures it’s not good to hurry up again.
Postponing is not good for Google, but it’s actually good for the reader. There are two major reasons for that.
Google will have time to improve before it’s too late
There are a lot of questions and concerns about a new e-bookstore. In my opinion a serious player in the e-book market should not only provide the right tools to buy books but also the right tools to read them. »»»
Let iOS users download your ePub book to Stanza and Kobo directly from a tweet
This short post should be helpful for every writer who is using Twitter to direct iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch users to his book published in ePub format.
Wouldn’t you like tweeple to read your book seconds after they discover it on Twitter? Here is a simple trick.
Instead of tweeting a link to a book page, tweet a link to a book file.
So if your book is being show at the directory like this: http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3127
find a link to an ePub file: http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3127.epub
and tweet it – you can use a shortener as well: http://bit.ly/bL3fJC
When the link is opened in Safari, a dialog box appears where the user can choose an e-reading application he wants to read a book with: »»»
Reading books on a mobile phone [video]
Find the Ether Books application at the iTunes AppStore. Lots of great reading!
Weekly links on mobile e-books & self publishing 21.08.2010
- liquidpubs – new publishing service launchedAugust 20, 2010Has anyone heard of them? From the press release: liquidpubs is a set of services and technologies that allows publishers of magazines, newspapers and books to offer a groundbreaking experience of their content on tablet computers and smartphones. For newspapers and magazines, whether it’s the iPa...
- Ebooks: Revolution Or Fad?August 20, 2010HSINCHU, Taiwan — The marriage of an American technology firm and a Taiwanese display panel manufacturer has helped make digital reading a prospective challenger to paper as the main medium for transmitting printed information. Four years ago Cambridge, Mass.-based E Ink Corporation and Taiwan's...
- Kobo Price To Drop To $99 By ChristmasAugust 19, 2010With all of the new tablets rumored to come out this fall and the new Kindles almost ready to ship, this should be an interesting holiday season for the eReader. And the price wars are likely to continue. The New Yorker is reporting that the Kobo will be down to $99 by Christmas. From The New Yo...
- HOW TO: Make Your Mobile Websites Act More Like Native AppsAugust 18, 2010This series is supported by Rackspace, the better way to do hosting. Learn more about Rackspace’s hosting solutions here.As smartphone sales continue to soar, more and more developers are focusing their efforts on building applications for mobile devices. Whether it is a native application or a mo...
- Google Editions "Due To Launch This Fall"August 18, 2010In a Reuters article about indie bookstores, the reporter broke some news about the seemingly postponed launch of Google Editions. It appears that Google's bookstore--poised to compete with Apple iBookstore and the Amazon Kindle Store--will "launch this fall." Check it out: "The [American Booksell...
- Self Publish Your Tweets & Tweetpics with TwournalAugust 19, 2010The brand new Twournal service launched yesterday, allowing people to print and sell copies of their Twitter feeds. The company also offers a free eBook edition of your tweets, even if you don't want to pay to print your Twitter journal. Here's more about the site: "All Twournals have color cover...
- Wattpad launches marketing program for self-published authorsAugust 18, 2010From their press release: In the first half of 2010, Wattpad has established cross-promotional partnerships with major self-publishing houses Smashwords, Lulu and Bubok. To assist writers in connecting with readers on the site, Wattpad is launching the Self-Published Writers Program, a new marketi...
- eTextbooks: iPad & eReaders Lag Behind, PCs Still DominantAugust 18, 2010Last week we looked at the pros and cons of eBooks vs traditional paper books. For the consumer market, eBooks are still at the early stage of adoption - but becoming more popular due to the iPad and the price point getting lower for eReaders like Kindle. Another market where eBooks have a lot of po...
- Half.com Offers iPhone App to Find Cheap Textbooks On The GoAugust 16, 2010With college students around the country heading back to school in the coming weeks, the hunt for cheap textbooks is on. If you've ever spent a couple hundred collars on a single book, only to read a few chapters and put the book back on the shelf, then you know the unique sticker shock that comes w...
- Can Apps Save Content Publishers?August 16, 2010Can apps save content publishers? That was a question posed today at the DigiDay: Apps conference in New York. Panelists from the magazine and mobile industry discussed the growth of mobile devices and tablet devices for reading and asked how this new adoption can help save magazines. EBook publis...
- Is all piracy bad piracy?August 13, 2010The law’s not working, the entertainment industry is ignoring the problem and piracy’s not going away anytime soon: these were just a few of the ideas circulating at Wednesday’s panel debate on piracy in East London. read more
- iPad Passes Print Reading in User PreferenceAugust 13, 2010That didn’t take long now did it? The iPad is king of content absorption, according to a new survey from media agency Cooper Murphy Webb. Less than six months of age, the iPad has changed the way readers prefer to get their content. The survey results show that iPad owners now prefer their tablet...
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