Using Amazon VoiceView to listen to Kindle books on your Fire
As TeleRead readers may recall, I mentioned the recent introduction of Amazon VoiceView to the Bellini OS running on Amazon's Fire tablets. I finally got a chance to try out this...
What was missing from Apple’s WWDC keynote? E-books
At Apple’s new WWDC keynote, CEO Tim Cook had a lot of interesting things to show off, but perhaps the most interesting thing was what wasn’t there. Apple Watch got a...
The Orlando horrors: How books and tech-era empathy building might have saved 49 lives
The Donald was predictable in the wake of the Orlando horrors, when 49 people died and 53 were wounded in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. He tweeted the following:
‘Imagine If Ebooks Had Come First’: Must-reading for your Luddite friends
"Imagine if ebooks came first. Imagine if Gutenberg had not created the printing press but the Kindle. Now, hundreds of years later, we are beginning to experiment with this new medium...
Media retail chain Hastings may close its doors
It may be that Amazon is just about to drive another retail chain out of business. This time it's media chain Hastings, whose 126 stores sell movies, music, and books. The...
Writing on an Amtrak: Mobile devices in our lives
I'm ensconced in the lounge car of an Amtrak train en route to Chicago---one of those places that's supposed to be paradise for writers wanting to get things done. So I...
Billionaire-created Gawker bankruptcy: Bad legal news for book writers, too
Donald Trump---he who has incited violence at his rallies---isn’t the only billionaire thug in the news.
Peter Thiel (photo), the Silicon Valley investor, took umbrage when the Gawker site called him gay, a...
Quick look: Google Pixel C tablet
I'm visiting my parents in Southwest Missouri for their 50th anniversary celebration, and briefly staying over at their house. During that time, I had the opportunity to examine the Google Pixel...
How to edit ePub files manually: A handy overview
Here's a handy overview of the basics of manually editing ePub, the industry standard format for e-books---courtesy of Kotobee.
Yes, sometimes Calibre, Scrivener and the like are enough for creating e-books, especially for...
Print + digital = a growing business in book bundling: Interview with Shelfie’s Peter...
Peter Hudson, co-founder and CEO of BitLit Media, now known as Shelfie, has grown his startup book bundling firm significantly since I spoke with him last, in December of 2014.
In this...
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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...
