TeleRead’s face lift: Preview our new site
TeleRead, the Web's oldest site devoted to general interest news and views on e-book-related matters, is getting a major face lift.
We're eager for suggestions and other feedback (we know about current speed...
DRM: A successful fight against the infection
I am a proud e-book evangelist, and love to convert new readers to the convenience and joy of e-reading. But one of e-reading's less appealing features is DRM, and I have been...
Google adds blue-blocking night reading mode to Google Play Books
I'm not sure if it would be fair to say that night-reading modes that block sleep-depriving blue and green light frequencies is a fad, but it certainly seems to be popular...
Don’t diss K-12 e-reading: Instead go for enough money to clone Joanna
My friend Nate Hoffelder, the owner of The Digital Reader, tells people in his bio: "I've been into reading ebooks since forever, but I only got my first ereader in July...
Reader privacy in Donald Trump’s national security era
The Beloved had an interesting question for me.
If Donald Trump were elected president, what would life be like for e-book-readers in the U.S. and elsewhere?
We're Canadians. Under Trump would the American government care much...
Creators’ rights vs. others’: The DIY e-book angle and beyond
Just how much privacy and other rights should people enjoy in a world where everyone might create something?
Whether it's a FlickR photo or an 800-page biography, we need a rational balance. And writers of...
WordPress on your desktop: Windows and Mac now, Linux on the way
Could this be at least a minor reason why Microsoft has just open-sourced the Live Writer blogging tool?
Automattic, the company behind WordPress, has unveiled desktop clients for both Windows and the Mac. A Linux version is...
Public figures show damage done to public libraries in UK
Public figures released by the UK's Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) today paint a grim picture of the damage wrought to the UK public library sector by years...
Out the gate as Win 10 universal app: Freda Ebook Reader
The Freda Ebook Reader, one of my favorite Windows 10 e-reading apps, is now out in a Windows Universal version for desktop, mobile and tablet, according to Turnipsoft developer Jim Chapman.
Freda...
Fan uses Wikipedia edit to sneak backstage at concert
We’ve carried plenty of stories about Wikipedia hanky-panky, but this one has to win some kind of a prize. An industrious fan in Australia used a spur-of-the-moment Wikipedia edit to let...
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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...
