TeleRead’s spiffy new e-mail list—and the DBW promo
Top publishing executives in New York and elsewhere are among the readers of the mailing list we send out daily. It's free. You can sign up here to receive the e-mail versions of...
‘Is OverDrive destroying public libraries?’
That's the question a MobileReader asks in a post about the largest supplier of e-books for U.S. public libraries.
"LovieDovie" writes in part:
"As this trend of OD providing most ebooks and audio books to...
Ad blight: A TeleRead community member speaks out
The Telegraph is the latest publication to wage war against ad-blocker users. The good news is that the ads are less pushy than those at another combatant, Forbes, which has unwittingly...
Share news tips with Chris Meadows and the TeleRead community
Know of a hot new product? Got a beef about a DRM-related annoyance? Other article ideas? TeleRead Editor Chris Meadows wants to hear from you. E-mail your news tips to Chris, with a...
The e-book lover and the myth of the uber-device
One device to rule them all!
For as long as I have been writing about tech, that has been the holy grail that has never come to pass.
I know many people who...
50,000-title e-book library opens in Israel to serve English-language readers
Israel is probably the highest-tech country in the Middle East, given all the developments that have come out of there in areas such as encryption. So I was a little surprised...
Apple Reality Distortion Field turned up over iPhone AirPods earbud rumors
It seems that the Apple Reality Distortion Field which made the extra few eights of an inch on the iPad Mini a stunning technological breakthrough has been turned on again. This...
J.J. Abrams calls out toymakers on lack of Rey Star Wars merchandise for girls
Post the record-breaking success of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the Walt Disney Company has been attracting fresh plaudits for its commitment to storytelling. But there's an uglier sequel to that story. Disney's...
‘The Brothers Vonnegut,’ a related podcast and your chance for a free review copy
My fellow Kurt Vonnegut fans came out of the woodwork recently, so here’s a pointer to what could be an extremely well-done biography of Kurt and his oldest brother Bernard, a...
Data preservation: When the stakes are higher than an e-book or two
Data preservation has become a bit of a hot issue these days. Like many early adopters, I have maybe a dozen e-books I have bought, paid for and can no longer...
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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...
