Tell an e-book-lover’s politics by cell phone choice?
The Nexus 6 phone, which TeleRead Editor Chris Meadows and I both own and praise for e-reading, now sells for just $250 new on Amazon. That’s a nice price if you're...
Storm gathers in UK literary circles over non-paying book festivals
Following a very public decision by Philip Pullman to step down as patron of the Oxford Literary Festival because of its refusal to pay fees to participating authors, other British writers...
We’re still moving in, but it’s okay now to post comments
TeleRead’s move to a new site is still happening, but it’s okay now to post or repost comments.
In fact, as one of the improvements, we now have a community page with...
With dual-port USB drives, Google’s ‘missing’ SD card slots don’t matter
Every time a new Google Nexus device comes out, would-be purchasers are quick to complain that it doesn’t have an SD card slot. In fact, none of Google’s Nexus tablets or...
How to use Dropbox to open e-book files on any mobile device
Sometimes you get in the habit of using a useful tool, and think that surely everyone must know about it because it’s so useful. But then again, it’s possible not everybody...
As smartphones get smarter, could phone numbers disappear?
When we talk about smartphones around here—as when I discussed my Nexus 6 the other day—we’re most focused on their use for reading e-books. When you get right down to it,...
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...
Lenovo announces rebranded Motorola smartphones will be five inches and up
There’s some interesting news about Motorola, makers of the Moto X and Nexus 6 that have been my two most recent smartphone devices. Lenovo, it’s current owner, plans to phase out...
E-manga becomes increasingly popular in Japan
The Japan News has a story looking at the movement of manga toward the digital market. Effectively, Japanese book and magazine sales have been shrinking considerably over the last twenty years,...
Bill Gates: A billionaire book critic who apparently shuns e-books
Microsoft blew it. The company could have been Amazon, too---at least the e-book side around the turn of the century.
I can recall going to an industry-government conference eons ago where Microsoft’s...
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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...
