Um, weren’t paper books supposed to be on the way back up at the...
Oh, the gullible media. Too many journalists in the U.S. and elsewhere have acted as PR reps for legacy publishers and proclaimed that E is just a craze. But wait....
What Black Friday bargains are you snapping up—especially e-book-related?
The $35 Fire tablet is now a reality, at least for those of us here in the States, as part of Black Friday.
Anyone actually pulling the trigger?
What else are you buying...
No, your WPM reading book hype isn’t necessarily the same as time spent reading...
The odd Web site of the day is How Long to Read. You “search over 12 million books and find your reading time for each one.” With me so far?...
Joanna vs. the gremlins (continued)
Earlier this month I made the Mac to Windows switch. So, how is it going? Have I overcome the gremlins? Did my e-book library survive the transfer? Can I, once again,...
More Black Friday-related deals—for example, a $450 64GB iPad Air 2 and a $120...
Yes, there is more to life than Black Friday-related deals.
But below are a few beyond the $35 Kindle Fire on sale on Thanksgiving Day (update on Amazon here---including information on its new strategies).
1. iPad...
Who really owns the copyright to ‘Happy Birthday’? The ongoing mess
Our friends at Techdirt have a great analysis on the ongoing 'Happy Birthday' copyright mess. Back in September, Warner Music was ruled not to have the copyright to this song, and...
Nook GlowLight Plus driver shows up in Calibre 2.42
Waterproofed or not, the Nook GlowLight Plus didn’t exactly overwhelm me when I tried it out at a local Barnes & Noble store.
But if you’ve just bought a GlowLight Plus, I’ve...
Cracking e-book DRM still forbidden as Librarian of Congress announces DMCA exemption decisions
The DMCA exemption rulemaking process proceeds apace. The Register of Copyrights released a set of recommendations (PDF) covering the proposed exemptions it received last year, and then the Librarian of Congress...
If you love e-books partly because your place is small, check out Intel’s NUC...
Don’t you love it when p-book fanatics brag about their capacious bookshelves in their big suburban houses? Many reasons exist to cherish e-books. But space at home or lack of...
Good E-Reader seeks to crowdfund ‘Ultimate’ Android e-ink tablet
There’s a strange separation between Android devices and e-ink readers.
On the one hand, we have smartphones and tablets that can run some flavor of Android—versatile, but prone to eyestrain and hard...
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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...
