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Weekly links on mobile e-books & self-publishing 28.08.2010

• Cybook Orizon officially unveiled
  August 27, 2010
  Bookeen 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 iPad
  August 26, 2010
  This 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-reader
  August 26, 2010
  The 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 Online
  August 23, 2010
  Times 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 way
  August 25, 2010
  Ars 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 now
  August 23, 2010
  The 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, 2010
  At 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 Reading
  August 16, 2010
  Mobile 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 India
  August 21, 2010
  While 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 more
  August 21, 2010
  Manufacturing 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 : NPR
  August 21, 2010
  If 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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Weekly links on mobile e-books & self publishing 21.08.2010

• liquidpubs – new publishing service launched
  August 20, 2010
  Has 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, 2010
  HSINCHU, 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 Christmas
  August 19, 2010
  With 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 Apps
  August 18, 2010
  This 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, 2010
  In 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 Twournal
  August 19, 2010
  The 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 authors
  August 18, 2010
  From 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 Dominant
  August 18, 2010
  Last 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 Go
  August 16, 2010
  With 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, 2010
  Can 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, 2010
  The 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 Preference
  August 13, 2010
  That 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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Week on Twitter 2010-08-15

• Week on Twitter 2010-08-08 – Week on Twitter 2010-08-01 http://ow.ly/18nBLK # iPad: Evolution of Books [video] htt… http://ow.ly/18tKVQ #
• Top level applies also to humans » Hierarchy of Robot Needs http://j.mp/9KAT9m #
• InDesign CS5 ePub Export http://ow.ly/18u0PC #
• #1picstory :: Lost – Posted via email from One Picture Stories http://ow.ly/18ubHV #
• Bubble Cow: Editing Your Own Novel: The Importance Of Self Editing http://ow.ly/18uqI5 #
• Comparison: books vs. e-books [infographic] – via makeuseof.com Posted via email from Password Incorrect http://ow.ly/18usm1 #
• Bubble Cow: How to get published with a single email http://ow.ly/18vmP5 #
• I'm failing as a writer, but I'm doing well as an Amazon affiliate. Sold 2 Kindles yesterday from my Mobile Reading Store http://ow.ly/2noN6 #
• @moominboy I'm OK with failing, I create only when I fail:-) in reply to moominboy #
• Self-Publishers Start Here: Understanding Fonts & Typography http://ow.ly/18vXMJ #
• To fall in love with an eBook http://j.mp/c0Qpqw by @TheLitPlatform #
• Love Noise to Signal » 5 Funny Social Media Web Comics http://bit.ly/b87Ako #
• RE: @mashable I love "Noise to Signal" and G&P.
  Social Media is a main focus of the stories I'm creating on an iPhone… http://disq.us/k3wib #
• 5 Ways That Paper Books Are Better Than eBooks http://ow.ly/18wHFy #
• 5 Ways That eBooks Are Better Than Paper Books http://ow.ly/18wHFC #
• Project Gutenberg and OverDrive integrate http://ow.ly/18wHFA #
• EPUB Straight to the Point (Book Review of the Paperback) http://ow.ly/18wUtL #
• Plastic Logic Cancels Que ProReader http://ow.ly/18wUtJ #
• The human body in html & php http://ow.ly/18xpQr #
• Bubble Cow: Keywords: A writer’s guide to attracting more traffic to your blog http://ow.ly/18xnUf #
• RT @toc: New post: What publishers can and should learn from "The Elements"
  http://oreil.ly/cHKbjY #
• 10 Kindle tips http://ow.ly/18xSUv #
• 66% through A Short History of EBooks using @stanza_reader. “A SHORT HISTORY OF EBOOKS”. #
• Getting Ready to Publish http://ow.ly/18yeVE #
• Bubble Cow: Links to resources for writers #week1 http://ow.ly/18yedB #
• I agree, color is a no-go » Why Nobody Will Buy a Color E-Ink Ebook Reader http://bit.ly/b36dzQ #
• RE: @mobilecontent It's a fantastic idea to convince hesitating minds. A couple of days with e-books on an e-reader an… http://disq.us/ka3r2 #
• Lonely Planet’s Discover guidebooks for iPad [video] http://ow.ly/18yke0 #
• Getting Ready to Publish http://bit.ly/dfw8Lf #
• Lonely Planet’s Discover guidebooks for iPad [video] http://bit.ly/aC5r48 #
• Testing new Twitter button at my blog. I love it – it's dead simple. #
• @mikodragonfly I've inserted a code, generated here: https://twitter.com/goodies/tweetbutton in reply to mikodragonfly #
• @mikodragonfly in a post template (actually I've inserted it in Ad Manager plugin, so that I can use a shortcode whenever I want it) in reply to mikodragonfly #
• @eoinpurcell Sure! And easy to implement in reply to eoinpurcell #
• @eoinpurcell next level: one blink sharing;-) in reply to eoinpurcell #
• A great interview with @mikodragonfly » Cafe Monday: Web Fiction Directory http://ow.ly/2p71l #
• @eoinpurcell devs will do it, it's just a matter of time (you know webcam scanning your eye » script » code » wow:-) in reply to eoinpurcell #
• Use new Kindle for iOS as a free dictionary app http://ow.ly/2p7yT Better than standalone apps #iPad #iPhone #
• I'm strongly identyfying with it » A Bookfuturist Manifesto http://ow.ly/2p9T0 #
• Found a great list of Bookfuturists by @jomc http://ow.ly/2pa3i #books #tech #
• GooNews RT @paulkbiba: GooReader for Google Books released – http://tinyurl.com/2wx43f2 #
• RT @thecreativepenn: Why read fiction and why write fiction? http://youtu.be/lj9gv8U2P9I?a #
• No. 3 – the font is too small? » 8 myths about reading books on a mobile phone http://t.co/mZwS9lm #
• 41% Of UK iPad Owners Prefer iPad As Reading Devices http://bit.ly/ccAEYj #
• Murdoch to create newspaper for tablets, mobile devices http://j.mp/cwwdva #
• Beautiful book cases for iPad and iPhone » Photo Gallery for Pad&Quill http://ow.ly/2ppbl #
• One Man Will Try to Tweet the Bible Over Three Years http://j.mp/b4vcNm #
• Lucky guy, only 4 new ones » The Email/Productivity Cycle http://bit.ly/dzXiNh #
• @exportswede I understand him. It's called "a mission". in reply to exportswede #
• @exportswede 90% of missions are pointless. Otherwise they would be called "goals":-) in reply to exportswede #
• Weekly links on mobile e-books & self publishing 14.08.2010 http://ow.ly/2pArg #
• How Google Translate works? [video] http://ow.ly/2pAs5 It explains a bit how crazy is my Google-translated fiction project #
• Great tutorial RT @dcomdico: Stanza: the best iPad ereader. Create A Stanza Repository Using Dropbox http://ow.ly/2pAEZ #
• RT @BubbleCow: Links to resources for writers #week1 [BubbleCow] – http://ow.ly/2p3Me #
• iPad Passes Print Reading in User Preference http://bit.ly/cMYtCb #
• How Google Translate works? [video] http://bit.ly/9lhuBj #
• Weekly links on mobile e-books & self publishing 14.08.2010 http://bit.ly/ciGrK5 #
• RT @debwoehr: RT @cnet How to find free e-books for your Kindle | Crave – CNET http://bit.ly/79lDKY #
• Writing a report on a Polish e-book market. It's exciting how different are the triggers in a small vs big e-book market. #
• eClicto was a first Polish device-led e-book platform http://ow.ly/2pDyH Native DRM is not an option in a small market 1/2 #
• Poland goes ePub+Adobe DRM. Number of ePub books (public domain + DRM-ed) – up to 4000 2/2 #
• Number of Polish top bestsellers in ePub format = 0 (yep, sarcastic) #
• RT @jafurtado: E-Readers and E-books: What Everyone Should Know – Presentation by Paul Gallagher http://bit.ly/aAY0HL #
• What about a human developing emotions in rel. with a robot? » Robot that develops emotions on interacting with humans http://j.mp/bhFZQ3 #
• @AFSienko Will put an excerpt on my blog at the beginning of Sept.:-) in reply to AFSienko #
• Love it! » 15 Great Geeky Web Comic Strips [PICS] http://j.mp/cUyxQu #

Weekly links on mobile e-books & self publishing 14.08.2010

• Ebooks: New Android-based Sony Readers May Be Coming
  August 12, 2010
  It is a day for Sony news it seems, but this is based on a very interesting notice pasted on a professional bulletin board which has now apparently been taken down. According to the posting, Sony is looking for an engineer with Android experience to join their Reader team…gosh I wonder why? The wa...
• 41% Of UK iPad Owners Prefer iPad As Reading Devices
  August 13, 2010
  UK iPad owners use their iPads as their main reading device. According to a poll of iPad owners by copywriting agency Cooper Murphy Webb, 41% of the respondents prefer the iPad as their method of reading books. The survey also found that 31% of iPad owners preferred reading newspapers and magazin...
• Getting Ready to Publish
  August 13, 2010
  The very first thing to do when you start thinking “Should I self-publish?” is to find out what kind of publisher you might become. This decision is critical because it will influence the decisions you make down the road about organizing your publishing business, if you start one, budgeting for...
• 10 Kindle tips
  August 12, 2010
  Got an email from John Cog about 10 Kindle tips he put up on his Me and My Kindle blog. Well, I took a look and found some stuff I didn’t know about.  Here are the tips and go over to his blog to get the details: 1.  Justify your Kindle’s text 2.  Skim faster 3.  Instantly clear a note or S...
• Top 10 Ways Authors Can Use Twitter
  August 11, 2010
  It's Twitter week here at the Savvy Book Marketer! In today's post, I discuss the many benefits of Twitter for authors. Tomorrow, novelist Graham Storrs shares his secrets for planning a successful round-the-world virtual book tour on Twitter. On Thursday, Tony Eldridge and I will be presenting the...
• EPUB Straight to the Point (Book Review of the Paperback)
  August 11, 2010
  EPUB Straight to the PointCreating ebooks for the Apple iPad and other ereadersby Elizabeth CastroPeachpit Press, ISBN: 978-0-321-734686Available Formats:Paperback, 192 pagesPDF (watermarked with buyer's name)EPUB (unencrypted, direct from Castro's web site)Reviewed by Michael Pastore, Epublishers W...
• Plastic Logic Cancels Que ProReader
  August 11, 2010
  After many delays in a ship date, Plastic Logic has officially canceled its Que ProReader product, which debuted in January and was supposed to ship this year. At CES, mediabistro.com's editorial director took a video tour of the eReader with a premium $799 price tag. Looks like the new Kindle, the...
• 5 Ways That Paper Books Are Better Than eBooks
  August 11, 2010
  Yesterday we gave you 5 reasons why you should read your next book on an eReader device. Needless to say, many paper book fans protested in the comments. And with good reason. Paper books have many things going for them and it's still early in the evolution of eBooks. This is a technology blog. Howe...
• 5 Ways That eBooks Are Better Than Paper Books
  August 10, 2010
  Recently I began to buy eBooks for the Kindle application on my iPad. While I still love paper books, the digital wiles of eBooks are looking increasingly attractive to me. Below are five eBook features that may tempt you to buy electronic books too. I should note that I wasnt a hold-out on eBooks f...
• Project Gutenberg and OverDrive integrate
  August 10, 2010
  OverDrive has announced integration with Project Gutenberg. Boston Public Library is the first to add this featured collection of more than 15,000 EPUB eBook titles to its website. There’s no authentication needed to access these eBooks, and the eBook titles don’t expire or count against a user...
• Google’s count of 130 million books is probably bunk, says Ars Technica
  August 9, 2010
  That’s the title of an Ars Technica article today. The article discusses, at length, the problem with Google’s metadata and says: Google’s counting method relies entirely on its enormous metadata collection—almost one billion records—which it winnows down by throwing out duplicates and no...
• Self-Publishers Start Here: Understanding Fonts & Typography
  August 10, 2010
  In my recent blog redesign I added the “Start Here” categories on the left sidebar to make it easier to find articles with basic information about self-publishing. Each introduces a stage on the journey to publication with links from the archives of TheBookDesigner. This is the fourth in the se...
• 9 Reasons To Be Optimistic About Books
  August 5, 2010
  In the midst of one of the most disruptive transitions the modern publishing industry has ever experienced, it can be easy to give in to pessimism, fall in with doom-saying pundits and short-term gamblers, and forget why you thought working in publishing was ever a good idea to begin with.
• InDesign CS5 ePub Export
  August 7, 2010
  Another novel, another excursion into e-book conversions.  But this time, its with all new software.  InDesign has bumped up to CS5, and of course Sigil and Calibre have both had numerous updates since I used them the last time.  The process has gone much smoother. Step 1, make minor formatting...
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Week on Twitter 2010-08-08

• Week on Twitter 2010-08-01 http://ow.ly/18nBLK #
• iPad: Evolution of Books [video] http://ow.ly/18nEEb #
• @MoxieMezcal is there already a Google Editions panel available? in reply to MoxieMezcal #
• NEWS: Google sending invitations to submit to Editions books previously published at Books (via @MoxieMezcal ) #
• Weekly links on mobile e-books & self publishing 01.08.2010 http://ow.ly/18nRdg #
• Unexpectedly the recent update of Kindle for iOS makes it a great dictionary application http://ow.ly/2iWwS #iPhone #iPad #
• Traditional Publishers Release Enhanced E-books for iPhone and iPad http://ow.ly/18o1wb #
• RT @ale2000: #1picstory :: Memories of childhood vacations http://bit.ly/drM7Tw #
• Are eReaders Bad For The Environment? http://ow.ly/18oOzq #
• @ale2000 more RTs to come:-) in reply to ale2000 #
• Anyview looks interesting » Reading books on a mobile phone (by @ManiDhillon) http://ow.ly/2kbLg #ebooks #mobile #
• This is one of the first enhanced books at Kindle Store » Nixonland – Rick Perlstein http://ow.ly/2kc3g Has anyone read it? #ebooks #
• Perfect nothing – created on an #iPhone http://ow.ly/2kjdV #1picstory #
• RT @ManiDhillon: Anyview is quite good. Light weight and easy to use. Plus adding books is simple. Just save them to phone/memory card. #
• “Nixonland” enhanced e-book – iBooks demo [video] – via youtube.com It's also available at Amazon. You can watch it … http://ow.ly/18pF6A #
• HarperCollins released enhanced ebooks; will do simultaneous ebook releases http://ow.ly/18pPFn #
• Bubble Cow: Who Will Read Your Book? http://ow.ly/18qeMg #
• @JamesRvrWriters @TWAnnounce thanks for RTs! #
• Captcha test – check whether you're a human http://ow.ly/2kJNc #1picstory #
• HarperCollins To Release Five More Enhanced eBooks By Year's End http://ow.ly/18qhfx #
• $99 Color E-Reader and Social Platform to Challenge Amazon, B&N This Fall http://ow.ly/18qhfz #
• How the Internet works [infographic] – via makeuseof.com Posted via email from Password Incorrect http://ow.ly/18qgsv #
• Linked: Simon & Schuster Releases Choose Your Own Adventure Apps http://ow.ly/18qu1P #
• RT @eBookNewser: Turn your blog to an eBook http://mbist.ro/b4l2U4 #
• RT @thDigitalReader: Tablets are the netbooks of 2011 http://bit.ly/9PPLba #
• @MoxieMezcal Hi Moxie, have you submitted Concrete Underground to GEditions? in reply to MoxieMezcal #
• @MoxieMezcal Checked it, don't see any tab. Looks like US-only thing. Will try to start a new profile, we'll see. in reply to MoxieMezcal #
• No. 3:-) » 10 Great Geeky Tattoos [PICS] http://j.mp/9tYsh0 #
• Lonely Planet Launches Interactive Travel eBooks http://ow.ly/18qLOv #
• Kindle Gets Games; Two Free Apps Launched http://ow.ly/18reun #
• @dsznajder niestety tak jak zwykle, na początek tylko USA. in reply to dsznajder #
• Discover the ecosystem of reading systems, social networks and search engines connected to #Feedbooks http://ow.ly/2lrwk #ebooks #
• RT @jafonso: Amazon Kindle UK store now open for business http://bit.ly/bB0TLJ #tech #
• RT @ale2000: #1picstory :: 7am http://bit.ly/dg5rHg #
• RT @eBookNewser: Update your Kindle app for iPhone if you haven't done so already http://mbist.ro/c2EsGL #
• RE: @ebooknewser I especially love the dictionary and a way it's being handled. The fact that it's BOTH a book and the… http://disq.us/jjmls #
• Mobcast Selling eBooks On Android Phones In Europe http://ow.ly/18rL4W #
• A lot to scan, guys » Google: There Are 129,864,880 Books in the Entire World http://j.mp/abk2sO #
• @ale2000 happy to hear that:-) If you'll tweet your #1picstory I'll RT every time in reply to ale2000 #
• Important » RT @MoxieMezcal: Successfully added Concrete Underground to Google Editions #
• Smashwords and Diesel Ebooks team up http://ow.ly/18s9nU #
• HOW TO: Self-Publish Anything Online http://ow.ly/18s9nW #
• Found a nice tag for Google-translated stories – #transtory The project starts soon! #
• Some Smashwords stats – growing like Topsy http://ow.ly/18sAya #
• Updated txtr app allows Adobe protected eBooks onto iPads http://ow.ly/18sAyc #
• RE: @mashable If you want to see a mix of an iPhone photography and a micro story, check One Picture Stories: http://1… http://disq.us/jo3n6 #
• #ff @hal70002k7 @ebookreaderbase @bookbrowse @namenick @bookbuzzr @ebooknewser @goodreads @ebookwatch @ereaderbloginfo #
• Setting up Google Translated Stories. Doing it at Google Sites, it makes sense, but the way the sites are handled is a pain. #
• I can't set up Google Analytics with my site at Google Sites. Web property ID is correct. Can somebody help me? #
• Weekly links on mobile e-books & self publishing 07.08.2010 http://ow.ly/18t6I2 #
• @ManiDhillon at Google Sites there's an option to add Analytics ID number so no code adding is needed. It didn't work, now it's fixed. in reply to ManiDhillon #
• And inside a man with a Kindle » Artist Builds Rooms Out of Books http://j.mp/aaCXtu #

Weekly links on mobile e-books & self publishing 07.08.2010

• Updated txtr app allows Adobe protected eBooks onto iPads
  August 6, 2010
  iPad owners looking to read existing Adobe DRM protected books - including those bought from UK retailers such as Waterstones, WH Smiths and Foyles - on their iPad can now do so thanks to an updated version of the txtr app.
• Some Smashwords stats – growing like Topsy
  August 6, 2010
  I received this in an email from Mark Coker and I thought it was interesting enough to republish: Although stats are tough to come by, measured by title count, I think we’re probably the largest ebook publishing and distribution platform for indie authors next to Amazon. We now publish over 16,00...
• Smashwords and Diesel Ebooks team up
  August 5, 2010
  From the press release: Los Gatos, CA. and Richmond, VA — July 5, 2010 — Smashwords, the leading eBook publishing and distribution platform, and the Diesel eBook Store, the world’s largest independent eBook retailer, have announced two eBook distribution agreements that will expand eBook publi...
• HOW TO: Self-Publish Anything Online
  August 5, 2010
  Scott Steinberg is the CEO of high-tech consulting firm TechSavvy Global, and a frequent tech analyst for ABC, CBS and CNN. He’s covered the field for 400+ outlets from NPR to Rolling Stone. His latest self-published venture is the online video series and magazine Game Theory.Starting your own fas...
• Mobcast Selling eBooks On Android Phones In Europe
  August 5, 2010
  Digital content provider Mobcast is now selling eBooks on Android based phones in Europe by enabling mobile carriers to sell books to Android and smart phone customers. T-Mobile UK Orange UK are the first mobile operators to sign up to sell books this way. Through the operator-branded stores users...
• Kindle Gets Games; Two Free Apps Launched
  August 5, 2010
  The Kindle is no longer an e-books-only device; developers have just released two Kindle-ready games, thanks to the Kindle Development Kit (KDK).The KDK was launched earlier this year. At that time, we predicted more non-book apps, from productivity tools to games, would be available for Kindle user...
• Lonely Planet Launches Interactive Travel eBooks
  August 4, 2010
  Lonely Planet released its first interactive travel eBooks called Discover. The books are designed liked a guidebook and is full of images, tips from locals and suggested itineraries. But unlike a print guidebook, the eBooks include more than 3,000 hyperlinks so that readers can make hotel reser...
• Linked: Simon & Schuster Releases Choose Your Own Adventure Apps
  August 4, 2010
  Simon Schuster have released a series of Choose Your Own Adventure apps for $3.99: Instead of turning to a particular page to make a choice, the U-Ventures apps allow the reader to tap the screen and enjoy, with sound, light and other special effects — music and alien voices, for example — adde...
• $99 Color E-Reader and Social Platform to Challenge Amazon, B&N This Fall
  August 3, 2010
  Following recent price cuts on Amazon’s Kindle 2 and Barnes Noble’s Nook, a new manufacturer is set to stir up even more competition in the e-reader pricing wars with the debut of a $99 color device this fall.The device, which weighs in at .42 lbs and features a 5-inch, 800×480-pixel, color LC...
• HarperCollins To Release Five More Enhanced eBooks By Year's End
  August 3, 2010
  HarperCollins released its first three enhanced eBooks last week. The publisher told Publishers Weekly that they plan to do at least five more enhanced eBooks in the coming months. Ana Maria Allessi, VP, publisher, HarperMedia told PW that they are experimenting this year. They are working with r...
• HarperCollins released enhanced ebooks; will do simultaneous ebook releases
  August 3, 2010
  Publishers Weekly is reporting this. According to them HarperCollins strategy will be to release print editions, ebook editions and enhanced ebooks simultaneously. This all comes about because HarperCollins is releasing three enhanced ebooks and plans to do at least 5 more in the coming months. Th...
• Are eReaders Bad For The Environment?
  August 2, 2010
  Are eBooks environmentally friendly or are they worse than their print counterparts? Raz Godelnik, co-founder and CEO of Eco-Libris, has a new article in the Independent Book Publishers Association's (IBPA) monthly journal called "Is E-Reading Really Greener?" positing this very question. Accor...
• Kindle for iOS updated: use it as a free dictionary app
  July 30, 2010
  A new update of Kindle application is up in the AppStore (link). It brings a long-awaited functionality – a dictionary look-up. Together with a possibility to search through the book content, now available also for iPad, it becomes an unexpected alternative to standalone dictionary applications fo...
• Traditional Publishers Release Enhanced E-books for iPhone and iPad
  July 30, 2010
  Scribner and Simon Schuster Digital have released what they are calling their first-ever “enhanced e-book,” Rick Perlstein’s Nixonland, via Apple’s iBookstore application.The enhanced e-book [iTunes link] includes an original interview with the author and 27 historic video segments produced...
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iPad jako e-czytnik – aktualności i komentarz 06.08.2010

Minął już czas spektakularnych wideodemonstracji i zapowiedzi przyszłych aplikacji na iPada. Zaczął się czas walki o użytkownika – a walka odbywa się w skokach zwanych aktualizacjami. Poniżej o tym, jak sytuacja rozwija się w poszczególnych grupach aplikacji.

:. iBooks, Kindle, Stanza

Z szeregu aplikacji książkowych te trzy są zdecydowanymi faworytami. Porównaniu ich funkcji poświęciłem obszerny wpis. Kindle i iBooks rozwijają się łeb w łeb, Stanza toczy się siłą rozpędu z dobrych czasów sprzed przejęcia przez Amazon.

Niestety muszę skorygować swoją optymistyczną prognozę dotyczącą rychłego pojawienia się ePubu wśród formatów obsługiwanych przez Kindle. Jeff Bezos w wywiadzie dla USA Today stwierdził, że Amazon bardzo szybko rozwija swoje własne standardy i nie ma zamiaru czekać, aż inni (w domniemaniu zwolennicy ePubu) będą w stanie dotrzymywać mu kroku.

Kindle jest pierwszą aplikacją książkową – ale nie samodzielną książką-aplikacją, jak np. Bunny Munro – która daje możliwość odtwarzania plików multimedialnych. W Kindle Store można już kupić m.in. książkę Ricka Perlsteina pt. Nixonland, figurującą jako Kindle Edition With Audio/Video.

Z dotrzymywaniem kroku nie jest tak źle, bo bardzo szybko Apple ogłosił rzecz podobną – przy okazji aktualizacji iBooks (czyli ePub właśnie).

O tych trzech najważniejszych aplikacjach książkowych sporo do tej pory napisałem. Opis i ocena Stanzy 2.0 są do przeczytania tutaj. O nowej aktualizacji iBooks – tutaj. Opisałem też jak dodać swoje książki do iBooks. Jeśli znacie angielski polecam również porady jak wykorzystać Dropbox jako wirtualną półkę dla Stanzy oraz dlaczego nowa wersja Kindle doskonale sprawdza się jako aplikacja słownikowa.

Każdy, kto ma iPada, ale również jest posiadaczem iPhone’a zastanawia się nad optymalnym wykorzystaniem obu urządzeń. Pojawia się temat wirtualnej półki, dlatego zachęcam również do przeczytania artykułu o ewolucji półki z książkami. »»»

Instapaper – świetne narzędzie do czytania w iOS

Instapaper to serwis, który pozwala zachować na później treść artykułu lub odnośnika. Dostępny jest z poziomu przeglądarki oraz aplikacji, w tym na iPada i iPhone’a.

Aplikacja na iOS nie jest ani czytnikiem kanałów RSS ani aplikacją książkową, a podstawowa zaleta jaką jest możliwość czytania wcześniej zachowanych artykułów niewiele mówi o prawdziwych korzyściach.

Zachowywanie artykułów do późniejszego przeczytania? Przecież taką samą rolę pełni oznaczanie wpisów gwiazdkami w Google Readerze, dlaczego więc rejestrować się w kolejnym serwisie i ściągać kolejną aplikację? Powodów jest kilka, zwłaszcza, jeśli weźmiemy pod uwagę czytanie na urządzeniach mobilnych.

Możliwość czytania off-line

Gdy otworzymy aplikację wtedy, gdy mamy dostęp do Internetu, następuje synchronizacja zawartości – wszystkie nieprzeczytane artykuły znajdą się w pamięci urządzenia. W ten sposób Instapaper daje możliwość czytania wiadomości bez dostępu do wi-fi, co jest szczególnie przydatne w przypadku modeli iPada bez 3G. Nie ma wygodniejszego sposobu na zabranie ze sobą na parę dni urlopu ciekawej lektury w miejsce, gdzie nie można połączyć się z Internetem.

Podejrzewam, że każdy kto używa na swoim iPadzie aplikacji Instapaper, cieszy się w duchu, że nie wydał dodatkowych pieniędzy na model z 3G. Po co to robić, skoro można tak zarządzać treścią, żeby mieć na swoim urządzeniu ważne i w miarę aktualne artykuły na spokojniejsze chwile (a za takie można uznać te spędzone bez dostępu do Internetu). »»»

Weekly links on mobile e-books & self publishing 01.08.2010

• Are ebook readers for book-lovers?
  July 30, 2010
  As Amazon unveils two lighter, more advanced versions of the Kindle e-reader, we ask: can they ever replace books?
• How Low Will E-Reader Prices Go?
  July 29, 2010
  As Amazon prepares to release a $139 Kindle e-reader next month, could even cheaper e-readers be close behind?
• Amazon: E-books Will Overtake Paperbacks by the End of 2011
  July 29, 2010
  Amazon predicts that it will sell more e-books than paperbacks by the end of next year, and that they will eclipse both paperback and hardcover sales combined shortly thereafter.“I predict we will surpass paperback sales sometime in the next nine to 12 months. Sometime after that, we’ll surpass...
• Simon & Schuster Releases Its First Enhanced eBook
  July 29, 2010
  Simon Schuster has built its first enhanced eBook--complete with CBS News video clips and a $15.99 price tag. What do you think? How much value does video add? CBS News and Simon Schusters Scribner imprint have teamed up to build an enhanced ebook edition of Rick Perlstein's 2008 book, Nixonlan...
• Amazon launches new Kindle e-reader and UK ebook store
  July 29, 2010
  Amazon hopes the redesigned, lighter Kindles and new store will be the 'tipping point' in the UK e-reader marketAmazon unveiled two lighter, more advanced versions of the Kindle e-reader today, alongside a new UK ebook store that it claimed will send sales of the device soaring in Britain.Faced with...
• Amazon Customers Now Order $1 Billion of Products Per Year via Mobile
  July 22, 2010
  Amazon –- who earlier this week made some noise by reporting that Kindle books now outsell hardcovers –- is out with another tale of the times stat: customers are now ordering more than $1 billion worth of products per year via mobile devices.In a statement, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said, "The lead...
• An Amazon-Facebook Alliance to Make Shopping More Social
  July 28, 2010
  When shoppers connect their Amazon and Facebook accounts, they will get recommendations on what to buy based on what their friends like.
• Apple’s Magic Trackpad: is iBooks coming to the desktop?
  July 27, 2010
  This morning’s announcement from Apple has brought about some fantastic pieces of hardware that we’re chomping at the bit to get our hands on. Of course we’re all loving the newly-updated Macs and iMacs, but what’s really caught our attention is the new Magic Trackpad. We first talked about...
• Author Sells 1 Million Books On Kindle Alone
  July 27, 2010
  Amazon has just reached an important milestone: a single author has sold 1,000,000 Kindle books. If there was any doubt as to the long reach of Kindle in the electronic reading wars, this settles it. Stieg Larsson, author of the wonderful trilogy of books The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl...
• Amazon Now Connects to Facebook, Suggests Gifts for Friends
  July 27, 2010
  The experience of shopping and buying items has always been a social one, but online we largely browse and purchase items by ourselves while parked at of our computer monitors. The online shopping experience may soon get far more social as online retail behemoth Amazon has added connectivity to Face...
• Project Gutenberg turns its attention to cell phone reading
  July 25, 2010
  A MobileRead forumgoer reports that the latest Project Gutenberg newsletter contains an announcement of a new Project Gutenberg mobile website, m.gutenberg.org. The site is to be optimized not just for iPhones, but for any mobile phone including browsing-enabled dumbphones. Writes Gutenberg: There...
• Upstart E-readers Fade to Black as Tablets Gain Momentum
  July 23, 2010
  Squeezed by larger companies such as Amazon and Barnes Noble, smaller e-reader makers are going out of business even as consumer interest shifts toward tablets.
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Week on Twitter 2010-08-01

• Week on Twitter 2010-07-25 http://ow.ly/18hwce #
• QBook interactive iPhone book for kids [video] http://ow.ly/18hAJ3 #
• #iwl I Write Like says this story has @chuckpalahniuk style » Childult http://ow.ly/2dvQ6 Do you agree? #
• Project Gutenberg turns its attention to cell phone reading http://ow.ly/18hTwY #
• @disqushelp when I want to get Facebook API key a blank dialog box is shown » http://ow.ly/i/2OcB 1/2 in reply to disqushelp #
• @disqushelp …so I took it from FB apps, but still it doesn't work – shared comments don't show up on FB 2/2 #
• Bubble Cow: Writing A Book Proposal Podcast http://ow.ly/18iawI #
• RT @BubbleCow: This is a podcast interview I did about writing a book proposal – http://ow.ly/2gqY0 #
• Comparison of Kindle and Nook apps for Android [video] http://ow.ly/18ii0E #
• For some of you who think of it » Publish a book with your literary tweets http://ow.ly/2gGsT #
• Stanza eReader App on iPhone 4 Demo Video – mediabistro.com: @eBookNewser http://ow.ly/2gHyI #
• RE: @namenick Next question, which seems to be the most important these days; when are you going to start, folks? http://disq.us/ibv1q #
• The more we wait, the more questions we have » Questions to Google Editions http://ow.ly/2gHfH #
• Helpful tip for Stanza users » Use Dropbox as a cloud bookshelf for Stanza http://ow.ly/2gOlU #iPhone #iPad #ebooks #
• @Dropbox I'm using your apps to sync my books on iPhone/iPad:-) http://ow.ly/2h5j6 #ebooks #
• RT @urbntravel: Morgan Stanley report on Mobile Internet trends – interesting reading – http://bit.ly/c60eX6 #
• Now time for coffee break:-) I'll share in a couple of tweets how you can create #1picstory Will use an example. #
• Creating #1picstory Step 1: I took this picture at the Spectrum Museum in Berlin http://ow.ly/2h6yZ #
• Creating #1picstory Step 2: iPhone 3G pictures are ugly. I'm using Retro Camera app for retouching. First added texture http://ow.ly/2h6Hi #
• Creating #1picstory Step 3: …then applied abstract circles (one of ready-to-use frame motives) http://ow.ly/2h6Jw #
• Creating #1picstory Step 4: switching to PhotoForge by @ghostbirdsoft to change hue and saturation http://ow.ly/2h6LA #
• Creating #1picstory Step 5: now time to paint a text with a fantastic @typedrawingapp http://ow.ly/2h6PZ That's it! #
• If you want to check more stories, please join my main #1picstory profile at Posterous http://ow.ly/2h72X #
• More tips on creating #1picstory http://ow.ly/2h73D Enjoy!!! #
• And here is a Flickr @typedrawingapp Gallery for iPhone & iPad http://ow.ly/2h75r #
• Thanks! RT @typedrawingapp: @namenick fan-type-stic! So peaceful and poetic work. #
• Thx! RT @tookers_talk: Have an iPhone? Equally in love with pictures and words? RT @namenick Tips on creating #1picstory http://ow.ly/2h73D #
• Amazon Now Connects to Facebook, Suggests Gifts for Friends http://ow.ly/18jIYy #
• Author Sells 1 Million Books On Kindle Alone http://ow.ly/18jIYA #
• Apple’s Magic Trackpad: is iBooks coming to the desktop? http://ow.ly/18jIYC #
• iBooks: how to add books without connecting to iTunes http://ow.ly/2hCWg #ebooks #
• I lowered a price tag of my two books to $0.99! Come, check them: Password Incorrect http://ow.ly/2hEdP Failure Confirmed http://ow.ly/2hEeO #
• Sure thing RT @jamesgwriter: Mobile Phones are the way forward for reading e-books http://bit.ly/c7Aeyx also check out http://www.etherbooks.co.uk #
• 4 formas de convertir tu teléfono móvil en un e-reader http://ow.ly/2hF8u #ebooks #
• Amazon: Samsung Vibrant Android Phone comes preloaded with a Kindle application http://amzn.to/aS3dlv #ebooks #mobile #
• RE: @galleycat I absolutely love this idea! This is one of the fields we have to explore and creatively use to share a… http://disq.us/im605 #
• @TheLitPlatform You'll love it » Crash Report Fiction http://ow.ly/2hKGl #
• An Amazon-Facebook Alliance to Make Shopping More Social http://ow.ly/18knDV #
• Old #1picstory :: Old tweet http://ow.ly/2hP2k #
• @tookers_talk Looks like a same model as the coming Amazon+Facebook recommendations. in reply to tookers_talk #
• RT @thDigitalReader: iBooks: how to add books without connecting to iTunes http://bit.ly/9hVwkw #
• Touchscreen and apps were game changers » A Look Back at the Last 5 Years in Mobile by @Mashable http://ow.ly/2hRwD #
• RT @markcoker: 4 days remaining in the Smashwords July Summer/Winter sale. Thousands of low cost ebooks http://smashwords.com #
• A wonderful post by @jimhanas » E-Reading: A Personal Gadget History / ENCYCLOPEDIA HANASIANA http://ow.ly/2hSjy #
• @tookers_talk that's right and they did it brilliantly. in reply to tookers_talk #
• Wow, I'm No. 3 guy in #ebooks :-) http://ow.ly/2hUjK #
• パスワードが間違って" -テクノ短編小説。今すぐダウンロード無料で #feedbooks http://ow.ly/2hUAD #
• What a boring day – no updates in AppStore. #
• Keep going » Multimedia E-Books, Adorned With Video Extras – NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/2iabO #
• Perfect e-reading application for iOS :-) http://ow.ly/2ibcO #
• @jeroenvduffelen double page spread in iPad & general book-like feel in reply to jeroenvduffelen #
• 4つの方法読者に電子電話に向ける携帯 http://ow.ly/2icqG #
• Amazon launches new Kindle e-reader and UK ebook store http://ow.ly/18ljJA #
• [POLL] Do You Read Books on Your Mobile? http://ow.ly/2ihTy Please retweet #
• RT @rahlquist: * "Reading ebooks was my primary reason to get a smart phone. That way I always have something to read." http://bit.ly/96rEaj #
• 80/20 rule: #Kindle 3 is addressed to those 20% heavy users who can generate 80% of sales. #
• RT @e_reading: Kindle 3 vs Kindle 2 http://bit.ly/a1aoDK #
• Simon & Schuster Releases Its First Enhanced eBook http://ow.ly/18lpqp #
• Amazon Kindle 3 as seen by College Humor [video] http://ow.ly/18lo7q #
• Amazon Kindle 3 as seen by Jeff Bezos [video] http://ow.ly/2ivQM #
• Just watched a Kindle 3 video on my iPad. It wouldn't work the other way round. #
• iBooks: how to add books without connecting to iTunes http://ow.ly/2iHor #ebooks #iPhone #
• Bad news on ePub » Bezos on EPUB http://j.mp/bTmfT4 #
• How Low Will E-Reader Prices Go? http://ow.ly/18m75V #
• Amazon: E-books Will Overtake Paperbacks by the End of 2011 http://ow.ly/18m75X #
• NEWS: Kindle for iPhone/iPad updated! Dictionary lookup in both, book text search added to iPad version #
• Are ebook readers for book-lovers? http://ow.ly/18mekJ #
• Thanks! RT @jimhanas: Thanks and #ff to @fletchermoss @fictionaut @wbrecordings @chapmanchapman @babetteross @ami_with_an_i @namenick #
• @DeclanStanley thanks, have a great weekend:) in reply to DeclanStanley #
• @Scath thanks! in reply to Scath #
• @tookers_talk Thanks, I'm honoured! I'm not sure about the icon, I'm more like this:-) http://ow.ly/2iWid in reply to tookers_talk #
• #Kindle for iOS updated. You can use it as a free dictionary application. Check how http://ow.ly/2iWrA #iPhone #iPad #
• I LOVE IT: Auto Summarize Project – the books reduced by ten sentences with MS Word 2008’s AutoSummarize function http://bit.ly/974YYL #
• @TheLitPlatform check this out: lit+tech at its best » AutoSummarize : Jason Huff http://ow.ly/2iX3e #
• #FF for @_huff for the absolutely awesome AutoSummarize Project http://ow.ly/2iXgD I love Metamorphosis:-) #
• @TheIllusionist it makes me jealous;-) Gee, where is my MS Word, I didn't use since I tried Google Docs. in reply to TheIllusionist #
• @tookers_talk good idea, just make sure the word "trying" is in there;-) in reply to tookers_talk #
• Gee, I had to play with it to make it sound like text-to-speech » Technologically processed thoughts on technology http://ow.ly/2iXy4 #

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