Israeli Ambassador Simon Roded likes to read e-books
The Bangkok Post has a brief interview with Israel’s Ambassador to Thailand, Simon Roded, in which he discusses recommendations for books he’s currently reading. Roded says that his generation grew up...
International Publishers Congress highlights WIPO, copyright lobby
A new announcement for the the 31st International Publishers Congress, due to take place in London on April 9-12, 2016, in conjunction with the London Book Fair, highlights how keen the...
Do you catalog your e-books for home use?
Book Riot has an essay up about how to catalogue your books. It reminded me once again that a mostly e-book library is still a fairly minority position---her first step was...
Google beats Apple to Number One market-cap slot on first-time online service numbers
Google's holding company Alphabet Inc. has just reported its quarterly results, with an ensuing stock boost that pushed its total value above Apple's for the first time since 2010, making it...
Get 2 GB of extra Google Drive storage space today for running a quick...
Security is important, and Google is offering a special premium for making sure you have it. To mark Safer Internet Day 2016, Google is offering to add 2 GB of extra...
Battery-saving tip for iOS fans: Turn off ‘Find’ feature if you dare
The "Find my iPhone" feature and equivalents---for iPads and other Apple devices---might be sucking up more battery juice than you want it to.
Over the years a debate has raged about how much....
Poorer households rely on mobile internet – Google Fiber to the rescue?
Here's some interesting follow-up developments for Joanna's story on the high costs of internet access for poorer subscribers in Canada. The Digital Equity for Learning project, funded by the Bill...
Better-looking e-mails ahead from TeleRead—and what to do before the change
Each day, TeleRead sends out e-mails of the freshest posts---reaching everyone from self-publishers to people at Big Five houses.
Alas, the current Feedburner e-mail system offers less than stellar formatting, especially as seen...
Mark Zuckerberg’s $45B pledge: Why libraries deserve their share—and what they could do with...
So of course I’m happy. Facebook founder Mark Zuckberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, have pledged $45 billion in philanthropic donations if you go by the current value of his...
Writers: Keep your books in print – and hold on to those rights
The Bookseller's FutureBook Author Day seems to be throwing up significant findings for authors everywhere. Some are served up by Nicola Solomon, chief executive of the UK Society of Authors (SoA), who...
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A sad tale of Amazon monetization: eReaderIQ and the affiliate program
Courtesy of the Kboards, a worrying item about struggling e-book sites and their ability to monetize engagement with Amazon - or not - has...
