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TeleRead calls for well-stocked national digital libraries in the United States and elsewhere. TeleRead's moderator is David Rothman (dr@teleread.org).


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Astak aiming for Costco, Wal-Mart, major publishing conglomerate: $150-$160 E Ink machine still possibility

Posted Saturday May 17, 2008, 12:36 am, Over one day old
No word on pricing of a color model. | | Rebranding by major publishing conglomerate? | | In a TeleBlog inteview by phone, Bob also revealed: | | | | One of the world’s major publishing companies has approached Astak for a deal. Astak Mentor readers rebranded by this giant of the trade?

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Social DRM used by Wiley?s WROX imprint for chapters on demand

Posted Saturday May 17, 2008, 12:36 am, Over one day old
I say “traditional” because we’re using more of a social DRM solution where we inject the customer’s name in the footer of the PDF. | | Print it.  Use it on however many devices you want to.

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The Kindle as a pedestrian hazard on the Queensboro Bridge

Posted Saturday May 17, 2008, 12:36 am, Over one day old


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Amazon as a lit agent- and publisher-replacement

Posted Saturday May 17, 2008, 12:36 am, Over one day old
“Over the next few years, Amazon likely will use its power to build direct relationships with authors and gradually phase out publishers and agents. But if publishing becomes a one-company industry, how much bargaining power do you think writers will really have?

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ePub demystified ? Tomorrow?s e-book reader the web browser?

Posted Saturday May 17, 2008, 12:36 am, Over one day old
Hard links may also be added within documents to allow the user to optionally move to a new document. | | The OpenReader format developed a few short years ago is an example of a quite similar DOT-based framework whose DOT is more powerful than that of ePub.

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Free from Tor: Starfish by Peter Watts

Posted Saturday May 17, 2008, 12:36 am, Over one day old


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Book publishing: killing a harmless dream

Posted Saturday May 17, 2008, 12:36 am, Over one day old
But at least you’ll have told your story, enjoyed the process, made your work available — and you won’t have ruined your life, or broken your heart.| | No one listens to me, of course, and it’s probably better that way.

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Microsoft e-reading software probable for OLPC machine as XP decision becomes official: DRM coming?

Posted Saturday May 17, 2008, 12:36 am, Over one day old
As a literacy-promoter, it also needed apps such as a simplified version of FBReader. Right now—maybe things will change—I really don’t see that much of a future for my XO as an evolving Linux machine, given the OLPC community’s less than full support of e-reading needs.

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How ePub beats obsolescence

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Random House experimenting with ad model and user-customized books

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