Onscreen reading helps reading habits and literacy – wherever you are
A recent presentation in Scotland, at the Third Annual ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Conference on Learning at Scale, in Edinburgh, presents the fascinating results of some experiments in using tablets...
How to dry out your wet e-reader
What should you do if you weren’t cautious enough and your phone or e-reader takes the plunge? Here are some tips for drying it out.
First of all, get it out of...
Appstafarian releases Marvin 3, a worthy successor to both Marvin and Gerty
The best e-reading app for iOS just got a little bit better. Kristian Guillaumier, developer of the iOS e-reader Marvin, let me know that Appstafarian has just released Marvin 3 onto...
International Publishers Congress highlights WIPO, copyright lobby
A new announcement for the the 31st International Publishers Congress, due to take place in London on April 9-12, 2016, in conjunction with the London Book Fair, highlights how keen the...
The iPhone 6S+ as a reading device
And to think I used to read on a Handspring Visor and then on a Blackberry Curve. At one point, screen size was obviously not an issue for me. That has...
$699 may be the right starting price for a 13.3-inch e-reader
Earlier today, Joanna expressed doubts that Michael Kozlowski’s Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for a 13.3” e-ink Android tablet would fly. The odd thing is, I’m not so sure. It’s a little funny...
These Chromebooks will run your favorite Android ebook apps
The very welcome news out of Google I/O 2016 that Google's Chromebooks will soon be able to run Android apps off the Google Play Store has obviously started up some discussion about...
HarperCollins switches partners for its direct-to-consumer e-book store
Digital Book World is carrying a press release reporting that the HarperCollins direct-to-consumer site, which kicked off in 2013 with its own HarperCollins Reader app (not to be confused with the...
Ken Liu explains how books have evolved back into scrolls
Ken Liu, award-winning author and translator of Liu Cixin’s Hugo-winning novel The Three-Body Problem, has written an interesting essay on the Powell’s blog looking at the changing nature of books. The...
My Amazon Fire is choking up: What to do about it?
My Amazon 7-inch Fire has become such a staple that I literally go everywhere with it. These days it's almost my only portable productivity and e-reading device. Which makes it all...
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A sad tale of Amazon monetization: eReaderIQ and the affiliate program
Courtesy of the Kboards, a worrying item about struggling e-book sites and their ability to monetize engagement with Amazon - or not - has...
