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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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Ebooks as a promotional tool

Posted Monday April 28, 2008, 6:12 am, Over one day old
Well, I just received the following in an email from Random House PR: | | “As a special gift to STAR WARS fans, Del Rey will be offering Book One in the series, STAR WARS: LEGACY OF THE FORCE: BETRAYAL, as a free downloadable PDF, audio book, and eBook.

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Last 100 reviews DRM disasters

Posted Monday April 28, 2008, 6:12 am, Over one day old


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Why Michael Chabon, new Nebula winner, should love e-books?even if his Alaska book isn?t even out in E yet

Posted Monday April 28, 2008, 6:12 am, Over one day old
In fact, as noted in Media Bistro’s Galley Cat blog, he’s already a Nebula winner. | | Now here’s the e-book angle. TYPU fits not just within the mystery genre (the Edgar ) but also the SF-and-fantasy area (the Hugo and Nubla).

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The Web is the format, like it or not

Posted Monday April 28, 2008, 6:12 am, Over one day old
Google Booksearch and Amazon Online Reader are both fully functional web-based reading systems which allow you to read paginated text, annotate, communicate with other readers, bookmark and share, all in a browser.

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The Empathy Factor: A lesson for the e-book biz from The Great Ubuntu-Girlfriend experiment

Posted Monday April 28, 2008, 6:12 am, Over one day old
Like the e-book business, alas, open source people can be set in their ways, so that users must spend far more time than they should on even basic customization. Adobe, Amazon/Mobi and others could and should get more serious about developing better interfaces for their reading software.

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Software for public domain e-book fans to help organize, fetch and share their free books

Posted Monday April 28, 2008, 6:12 am, Over one day old
Check out Voluminous: App for organizing, fetching and sharing public domain books, in Boing Boing. | | Voluminous, written up earlier in Wonderland, is an “Internet librarian for Mac OS X 10.5.” | | Get more info on Voluminous and download here. Any Mac emulators out there for PCs?

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If Red Barchetta owners can get trade-in credits, why not Amazon Kindle pioneers?

Posted Monday April 28, 2008, 6:12 am, Over one day old
That’s a great idea posted on the Kindle forum earlier today. In fact, could you imagine being told at some point that your Kindle 1.0 device isn’t supported any longer? And what a great way to reward the customers you value most, your early adopters!

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Jane?s keen on the Kidthing e-book program as a learning tool for young children

Posted Sunday April 27, 2008, 2:53 am, Over one day old
“Last month, I read about a new e-book program for kids called Kidthing.com. But also consider the very real risk of many busy parents reading less to their kids the old-fashioned way.

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Could bad times be GOOD for the e-book biz in some cases, including Kindle sales?

Posted Sunday April 27, 2008, 2:53 am, Over one day old


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Tiny, cheap and kinda fit for e-books: List of Liliputers

Posted Sunday April 27, 2008, 2:53 am, Over one day old


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