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		<title>Wired covers Blio&#8217;s first week, pans Sony PRS-350</title>
		<link>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/wired-covers-blios-first-week-pans-sony-prs-350/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Meadows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend, Tim Carmody at Wired had a summation of the Blio Windows app’s first few days and the flak it’s taken from reviewers. It reportedly suffers from accessibility problems and text-to-speech conversion issues. Kurzweil has responded that the app was still undergoing improvements and a revised version will be released next month. An iOS [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does anybody know: how to convert PDF to Blio&#8217;s XPS format?</title>
		<link>http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/does-anybody-know-how-to-convert-pdf-to-blios-xps-format/</link>
		<comments>http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/does-anybody-know-how-to-convert-pdf-to-blios-xps-format/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Biba</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Got the following email from Phil Keeler: Is there a way to do this with Calibre or any other conversion program you know about?]]></description>
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		<title>Blio e-reader app available for download September 28th</title>
		<link>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/blio-e-reader-app-available-for-download-september-28th/</link>
		<comments>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/blio-e-reader-app-available-for-download-september-28th/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Meadows</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blio]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Engadget reports on a press release concerning Blio, Ray Kurzweil’s imitation-of-a-paper-book e-reading app that we have mentioned a few times in past months. The PC application will be released for download starting September 28th, and iOS and Android applications will be available soon afterward. Blio will, the press release claims, “revolutionize the digital reading experience [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toshiba opens ebook store; powered by Blio</title>
		<link>http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/toshiba-opens-ebook-store-powered-by-blio/</link>
		<comments>http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/toshiba-opens-ebook-store-powered-by-blio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Biba</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blio]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of all things, who would expect Toshiba to open an ebook store, but they are going to. They will use Blio as their engine. From the Toshiba site: The Toshiba Book Place will launch in the coming weeks, offering you today’s best-sellers, as well as a range of cookbooks, travel guides, children’s books, textbooks and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quick Note: Baker &amp; Taylor to add F+W Media content to Blio</title>
		<link>http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/quick-note-baker-taylor-to-add-fw-media-content-to-blio/</link>
		<comments>http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/quick-note-baker-taylor-to-add-fw-media-content-to-blio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Biba</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blio]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The demonstrations I&#8217;ve seen of Blio are very, very impressive. Now here&#8217;s another press release for you today: Baker &#038; Taylor is proud to include F+W Media&#8217;s books on Blio, which provides readers with a full-color, 3-D, interactive e-reading experience,&#8221; said Tom Morgan, Chairman and CEO of Baker &#038; Taylor. &#8220;Together with publishers like F+W, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ray Kurzweil&#8217;s &#8216;Blio&#8217; e-reader: Is it really all that?</title>
		<link>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/ray-kurzweils-blio-e-reader-is-it-really-all-that/</link>
		<comments>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/ray-kurzweils-blio-e-reader-is-it-really-all-that/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Meadows</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blio]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ashlee Vance at the New York Times “Bits” technology blog has a brief article about Ray Kurzweil’s new “Blio” e-book system. It apparently will consist of downloadable software for most desktop and handheld devices, that will enable them to read e-books sold through Kurzweil’s Blio store. Mr. Kurzweil argued that the existing e-readers and tablets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iPad tips: Enjoy PDFs, ePubs, other files without iTunes hassles&#8212;thanks to transfer tricks and cool e-book apps</title>
		<link>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/ipad-tips-enjoy-pdfs-epubs-other-files-without-itunes-hassles-thanks-to-transfer-tricks-and-cool-e-book-apps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/ipad-tips-enjoy-pdfs-epubs-other-files-without-itunes-hassles-thanks-to-transfer-tricks-and-cool-e-book-apps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Rothman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like other happy owners of the iPad, I think that the critics should try the machine&#8212;ideally with more than a quick hands-on at an Apple Store or Best Buy. No, the LCD isn’t optimal for outdoor reading. But I myself read mostly inside and dislike the text-to-background contrast of the current E Ink. And as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My iPad hands-on: Stellar for nonDRMed indie and public domain e-books, not just locked bestsellers</title>
		<link>http://www.teleread.com/drm/ipad-first-look-overpriced-but-stellar-for-reading-nondrmed-indie-and-public-domain-books-not-just-locked-bestsellers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.teleread.com/drm/ipad-first-look-overpriced-but-stellar-for-reading-nondrmed-indie-and-public-domain-books-not-just-locked-bestsellers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 21:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Rothman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where to start&#8212;in this first look at the iPad and some major e-reading apps for it? How about the new ones like iBooks and oldies like Stanza? A 32G WiFi-only iPad, almost fresh off the jet from China, is resting on my lap as I type. And even as a fan of public domain e-books [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wiley goes with Blio</title>
		<link>http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/wiley-goes-with-blio/</link>
		<comments>http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/wiley-goes-with-blio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Biba</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blio]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Wiley &#038; Sons has partnered with Baker &#038; Taylor to provide highly formatted content on the Blio platform, according to a news release. Wiley books to be offered will be educational and consumer titles, including cookbooks and travel books. Blio is a software platform developed by Ray Kurzweil that is platform neutral. I saw [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Library and the Ebook Format Warsâ€”A Good Change? by Tony Bandy</title>
		<link>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/your-library-and-the-ebook-format-wars%e2%80%94a-good-change-by-tony-bandy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/your-library-and-the-ebook-format-wars%e2%80%94a-good-change-by-tony-bandy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>a TeleRead Contributor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I noticed that in the stories following CES this year, lots of media outlets were amazed at the sheer quantities of e-readers, tablets and other media devices on parade. Library Journal, http://www.libraryjournal.com/, also noted this but mentioned as well new companies such as COPIA, http://www.thecopia.com, and Blio, http://www.blioreader.com, which are advocating new methods and formats [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Kindle&#8217;? &#8216;Nook&#8217;? &#8216;Blio&#8217;? What were Amazon, B&amp;N and the rest thinking when they named their babies?</title>
		<link>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/kindle-nook-blio-what-were-amazon-bn-and-rest-thinking-when-they-named-their-babies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/kindle-nook-blio-what-were-amazon-bn-and-rest-thinking-when-they-named-their-babies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Wilk, owner of BookTrix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Such great device names: Kindle. Nook. Blio. Ectaco JetBook Lite. Spring Design Alex. Txtr. JournE. Skiff. Cool-er. Plastic Logic Que. iRex. Pixel Qi. Bookeen Cybook. Foxit eSlick. Astak EZ Reader. BeBook. Not exciting enough for you? How about the oh-so-brilliantly named Sony Reader? Most of these names are flat out horrible. What were the marketers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blio reading app in CES spotlight: Bad for ePub? And what about Microsoft&#8217;s role?</title>
		<link>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/blio-e-reader-in-ces-spotlight-bad-for-epub-and-what-about-microsofts-role/</link>
		<comments>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/blio-e-reader-in-ces-spotlight-bad-for-epub-and-what-about-microsofts-role/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Rothman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blio]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Blio reading app, old news to TeleRead community members, will be in the spotlight at CES. Wired News has an upbeat story quoting the legendary Ray Kurzweil, one of the developers: “We have high-quality graphics and animated features. Other e-readers are very primitive.” As he sees it, people will want to read e-books on [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8216;Next big thing&#8217; in e-books? Kurzweil&#8217;s new e-book software is going out the gate with at least 180K titles committed to it:</title>
		<link>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/next-big-thing-in-e-books-kurzweils-new-e-book-software-is-going-out-the-gate-with-at-least-180k-titles-committed-to-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/next-big-thing-in-e-books-kurzweils-new-e-book-software-is-going-out-the-gate-with-at-least-180k-titles-committed-to-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Rothman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We told you this was coming. Inventor Ray Kurzweil (photo) said in October that his new blind-friendly software could handle text to speech as well as ePub and PDF formats. Kurzeil is involved with knfbReading Technology, a partnership with the National Federation of the Blind. So there could be more than hype here. Kurzweil in [...]]]></description>
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