Shortly after BlackBerry had launched the PlayBook tablet PC, it was but natural for everyone to speculate it would next be a 10 inch tablet that the company would now devote its resources in. So while rumor mills went over board with news of a bigger PlayBook tablet PC, things changed dramatically in between so [ Read More ]
Barnes & Noble may have devised a brilliant marketing move to get customers into their physical stores. B&N announced that its more than 700 bookstores across the country will be offering the first official Angry Birds “Magic Places” for NOOK Color customers. Beginning today, NOOK Color customers with the bestselling Angry Birds NOOK App can, [ Read More ]
If one of the things you miss about dead tree books and newspapers is the smell of ink on paper, there is now a newsprint scented candle available just for you. The Times of New York candle is based on an idea by the late designer and artist Tobias Wong and is meant to evoke [ Read More ]
Are you a fan of Harry Potter books? You can now read Harry Potter books on your iPad, Kindle, and NOOK. The author of this franchise has decided to bypass Amazon, Apple and other e-book sellers and launch her e-books through Pottermore.com. The site is expected to get millions of visitors in a fairly short [ Read More ]
Ownership of e-readers has doubled from 6% to %12 in the last six months according to a recent report issued by the Pew Research Center. This jump in purchasing ebook readers is a stark contrast to the tablet PC segment which is around 8%. The e-reader market is quickly growing due to recent new additions [ Read More ]
If your eyes are better than mine, and you enjoy reading books on your phone, this demo video is well worth watching. It shows how you can download eBooks and audiobooks from your library directly to your Windows Phone. Very cool. The OverDrive Media Console gives you on-the-go access to eBooks and audiobooks from your [ Read More ]
Baker & Taylor, which is the world’s largest book distributer, has developed a new digital media distribution platform for libraries. The new platform, Axis 360, is being shown off at the American Library Association’s Annual Conference currently happening in New Orleans. Axis 360 will promote the use of the Blio ereading software, which currently only [ Read More ]
GoodEReader.com has published several updates on the state of spam and pirated ebooks that have been flooding the online retail bookseller sites, many of which are nothing more than PLR or outright stolen content, pasted into a converter, sometimes without even bothering to change the title or cover design. It’s a problem that some in [ Read More ]
Blackberry PlayBook is not a tablet that has excited a lot of people. iPad 2, XOOM, and the latest ASUS tablets have a leg up on the device. Besides, PlayBook does not run Android or iOS. So it will be limited in some ways. For instance, PlayBook owners still do not have access to a [ Read More ]
OverDrive today announced another of its platform enhancements designed to help libraries cope with the surging demand for ebooks. OverDrive will be adding collections of ebooks that are always available to patrons without having to join a waiting list. Today OverDrive announced new simultaneous access collections coming from Thomas Nelson, Encyclopedia Britannica, Crabtree Publishing and [ Read More ]
