The Kindle, Nook, iPhone, and other eReaders aren’t just about buying books anymore. Local libraries are offering eBooks through their local websites to patrons on a variety of devices, including personal computers. This saves local libraries funds to offer programs and other services.
0The Possibilities of the Adam Tablet
Following the release of the iPad, several companies have announced plans to release tablets before the end of 2010. Foremost among these tablets is the Adam tablet from Notion Ink. This India-based startup has created a promising tablet with a revolutionary screen that could be the first true competitor to the iPad. This article examines the hardware and software features of the Adam.
0Digital Book World Conference and the Consumer Electronics Show
The DBW Conference, held in New York, helps professionals in the book publishing business as they move into digital publishing. The CES in Las Vegas is a technology related trade show put on for professionals that have an affiliation with consumer electronics. Read about the high lights from the 2010 conferences and find out what is planned, so far, for 2011.
0On the Electronic Backlist (by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro)
For the last decade I’ve been saying that the midlist — where most novels are published — is in trouble. Print runs have been reduced, shelf-life has been shortened, in-print status has been cut in half, and back-lists have been decimated. To make matters worse, many publishers blame the writers for reduced sales, as if their policies have nothing to do with the sales figures.
2eBook Review: “Breath” by Tim Winton
An engaging story about growing up and living on the edge, this award-winning novel, published in 2008, is set in Western Australia in the 1970s. The author, Tim Winton, is one of that country’s most acclaimed living writers. The story may have autobiographical elements, as the author was about the same age as the main protagonist during that decade.
0Txtr e-Book Reader: A New Competitor
Txtr GmbH, a German based company, was founded in 2008. It is an e-Reading company whose services include an online store for digital books and news, document storage and service, support for multi-devices, and the Txtr e-Reader. Their goal is to increase the way people use electronic content.
The Txtr e-Reader prototype was displayed at CeBit IT Fair in early 2009. The release of the e-Reader was scheduled for the German speaking part of Europe in October 2009. It was to be launched…
0E-Reader Pilot Program a Success at Fairleigh Dickinson University
In the fall of 2009 Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU) launched a pilot e-reader program. Students and staff could borrow one of twelve e-readers from the library for a one week period with the ability to renew it for a second week. Users filled out a survey providing feedback about their experiences with the devices. In the spring of 2010 the program was expanded, providing one class with 20 e-readers preloaded with course materials.
0What’s Next in e-Ink Technology
E-Ink technology is currently focusing on color displays and also on e-ink for flexible plastic displays. Although E Ink research has a way to go to get close the quality of color achievable with LCD, HP Labs is well advanced in its development of flexible displays for roll-up screens. When the two will come together is anybody’s guess, but it just might be sooner than later.
0Novelist’s debut legal thriller now an e-book for charity
A former trial lawyer, Levine entered the thriller scene 20 years ago with the publication of TO SPEAK FOR THE DEAD, the first novel in his series featuring linebacker-turned-lawyer Jake Lassiter. The book was translated into 15 languages and adapted into an NBC World Premiere Movie in 1995.
TO SPEAK…
2Do Amazon Kindle Bestseller Lists Promote Authors or the Kindle?
The Amazon Kindle bestseller list is to be split between the top 10 paid and the top 10 free eBooks downloaded from the Kindle Marketplace. Is this to offer people a larger view of the most popular paid and free eBooks and to help promote authors and publishers, or is it to help sell more Kindles? The evidence is strongly pointing in one direction.
1The Rise and Fall of E-Readers: are the Days of Dedicated Devices Numbered?
The quick success of the iPad has indicated that the future is bleak for dedicated e-readers such as the Kindle or the Nook. But is this really true, or is it a misreading of a situation that might have been created by an interest in modern technology that will not be extended to paying high prices for e-book-reading hardware?
110th issue of Digital Book Readers blog carnival
Welcome to the June 20, 2010 edition of Digital Book Readers. Eric Gargiulo presents Apple iPad vs. HP Slate and The Supremely Expensive Gold and Diamond iPad posted at WearableiPad.com. Shaun Duke presents eBooks and the Future of Books: A Question From WhoHub posted at The World in the Satin Bag. Jennifer Meyer presents …
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