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TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home

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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POD and e-books: Why fiction writers and publishers shouldn?t expect much yet

Posted Saturday May 17, 2008, 12:36 am, Over one day old
And customers tend not to buy through Amazon Marketplace nearly as often as they buy through Amazon?s direct sales, for a variety of reasons.| | The e-book option | | So, if POD doesn?t work, what about e-books?

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?The Web habits of highly effective people?

Posted Saturday May 17, 2008, 12:37 am, Over one day old


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AAP supports ePub as a consumer format: A clarification from AAP?s digital policy director

Posted Saturday May 17, 2008, 12:37 am, Over one day old
AAP’s recent open letter strongly supporting the use of ePub by publishers was covered by David Rothman in a separate blog article. | | Reading the letter, it was unclear to me whether AAP supported ePub as a consumer format.

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Kindle ball-gazing: $750M in K machines by 2010?

Posted Saturday May 17, 2008, 12:37 am, Over one day old


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Chumby idea: The beanbag gizmo as a library machine

Posted Saturday May 17, 2008, 12:37 am, Over one day old
He listens to podcasts on it, for example, uses it as an alarm clock, and gets weather updates. | | The library angle | | Now here’s the library angle: “E-books might not be for the Chumby, but I still maintain they could be a great tool in libraries.

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Astak: Under $200 for that 5 inch e-reader, and less than $350 for the 9.7-inch reader

Posted Wednesday May 14, 2008, 3:17 am, Over one day old


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Out of the stomachs of anti-spam Dobes: Shareware, e-book prices, self-pub and hardware comments

Posted Wednesday May 14, 2008, 3:17 am, Over one day old


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Five-inch econo E Ink reader will go on sale in the U.S. next month: Astak?s price in the $150 range?

Posted Wednesday May 14, 2008, 3:17 am, Over one day old
It’s to go on sale next month in the States, with other models following in July. | | The actual price has not been set, according to Astak biz dev official Bob Barry, whom I interviewed a moment ago.

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Philly municipal WiFi shutdown: Bad news for e-books

Posted Wednesday May 14, 2008, 3:17 am, Over one day old


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Many publishers to start using ePub as a distribution format by October: Consumer format to follow?

Posted Wednesday May 14, 2008, 3:17 am, Over one day old
Meanwhile, over in the U.K.,  HarperCollins ( relevant link ) and Penguin ( link ) will soon start using ePub as a consumer format in September. | | What’s missing: from the AAP note: A focus on ePub as a consumer format.

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