TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics » site information http://www.teleread.com News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sat, 18 May 2013 14:47:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Say hey to Paul St John Mackintosh, our newest contributing writer http://www.teleread.com/site-information/meet-paul-st-john-mackintosh-our-newest-contributing-writer/ http://www.teleread.com/site-information/meet-paul-st-john-mackintosh-our-newest-contributing-writer/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 14:47:06 +0000 Paul St John Mackintosh http://www.teleread.com/?p=85238 My life on the borderland between text and tech started in adolescence as a sci-fi nerd, dreaming of a future that started to come true around the release of the first Star Wars film, and has since been outstripping most fancies from that era year on year, hand over fist. As a writer and editor, [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/site-information/meet-paul-st-john-mackintosh-our-newest-contributing-writer/feed/ 0 The Perils of Newer, Easier Sharing http://www.teleread.com/site-information/the-perils-of-newer-easier-sharing/ http://www.teleread.com/site-information/the-perils-of-newer-easier-sharing/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 16:43:13 +0000 Joanna Cabot http://www.teleread.com/?p=85087 I’ve had an object lesson this week in the perils of newer, easier information-sharing, via two news articles which came my way through different means. The first was a write-up in the local paper featuring a colleague of mine who had decorated her house in celebration of the Maple Leaf’s glorious but ultimately short-lived playoff [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/site-information/the-perils-of-newer-easier-sharing/feed/ 2 We Goofed! Nintendo story accidentally appeared as ours http://www.teleread.com/site-information/we-goofed/ http://www.teleread.com/site-information/we-goofed/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 15:38:33 +0000 Dan Eldridge http://www.teleread.com/?p=85043 Yesterday evening, we posted as our final story of the day a fascinating article about a new Nintendo video game titled Tomodachi Collection: New Life, which has been described as not unlike a Japanese version of The Sims. The crux of the article was that Nintendo had unintentionally made it possible for the male characters in the game [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/site-information/we-goofed/feed/ 6 Help us catch the thieves who ripped off TeleRead! http://www.teleread.com/site-information/help-us-catch-the-thieves-who-ripped-off-teleread/ http://www.teleread.com/site-information/help-us-catch-the-thieves-who-ripped-off-teleread/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 16:28:15 +0000 Dan Eldridge http://www.teleread.com/?p=84240 I had a pretty bizarre email waiting for me in my in-box this morning. It was from a fellow I’ll call Bill, since I don’t know if he would actually appreciate being identified here or not. At any rate, Bill was getting in touch, odd as it may sound, to alert me to the fact [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/site-information/help-us-catch-the-thieves-who-ripped-off-teleread/feed/ 11 Introducing TeleRead’s newest contributing writer http://www.teleread.com/site-update/introducing-telereads-newest-contributing-writer/ http://www.teleread.com/site-update/introducing-telereads-newest-contributing-writer/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:00:35 +0000 Susan Lulgjuraj http://www.teleread.com/?p=78911 I used to be a library junkie with books piled on my nightstand. I’d be constantly renewing books until I finished all of them. There had to be a way to escape the clutter. That’s when I discovered e-book apps for my old Blackberry. I bought plenty of books and read and read and read. [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/site-update/introducing-telereads-newest-contributing-writer/feed/ 5 The Obligatory Introduction: Meet TeleRead’s newest writer http://www.teleread.com/site-information/the-obligatory-but-hopefully-not-boring-introduction/ http://www.teleread.com/site-information/the-obligatory-but-hopefully-not-boring-introduction/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:32:56 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=76766 Greetings all! I’ve been a TeleRead reader for three or four years now, and I’m thrilled to finally be a contributing writer for my favorite blog. I’ve been reading e-books for close to 15 years now. My first “e-reader” was a Handspring Visor Deluxe (pictured at right). Anyone remember that sweet little device? 160 x [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/site-information/the-obligatory-but-hopefully-not-boring-introduction/feed/ 6 Security warnings about TeleRead – we’re working on it http://www.teleread.com/site-information/security-warnings-about-teleread-were-working-on-it/ http://www.teleread.com/site-information/security-warnings-about-teleread-were-working-on-it/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:17:03 +0000 Paul Biba http://www.teleread.org/?p=38875 We are aware that many of you are getting security warnings about the site. We have both the NAPCO IT team and our friends at WPUgrade.com looking at it and hope to have the glitch fixed soon.

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/site-information/first-time-comments-will-be-delayed-spam-filter-got-you/feed/ 1 If your comment doesn’t appear …… http://www.teleread.com/site-information/if-your-comment-doesnt-appear/ http://www.teleread.com/site-information/if-your-comment-doesnt-appear/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:31:26 +0000 Paul Biba http://www.teleread.org/?p=31505 This can be for two reasons: 1. Because you are a first time commenter. In this case the comment is held until I approve it. This is to prevent spam. After you are approved the then all your future comments will go up automatically. 2. The spam filter caught it. Spam is detected in a [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/site-information/if-your-comment-doesnt-appear/feed/ 0 New RSS Feed for Teleread http://www.teleread.com/robert-nagle/new-rss-feed-for-teleread/ http://www.teleread.com/robert-nagle/new-rss-feed-for-teleread/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:17:13 +0000 Robert Nagle http://www.teleread.org/2009/04/28/new-rss-feed-for-teleread/ Some readers have reported problems with reading TeleRead on their feed reader.  TeleRead changed its URL structure slightly last February and although legacy RSS feeds still seemed to work, apparently some readers report that Bloglines has not been updating after April 20, 2009.  The best URL for Teleread RSS is currently: http://www.teleread.com/feed/ (In fact, this [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/robert-nagle/new-rss-feed-for-teleread/feed/ 0 Site News – connectivity problems fixed! http://www.teleread.com/site-update/site-news-connectivity-problems-fixed/ http://www.teleread.com/site-update/site-news-connectivity-problems-fixed/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:10:10 +0000 Paul Biba http://www.teleread.org/?p=20392 Well, we hope they are. I’ve had reports from some people who were completely unable to access the site saying that we are now on line for them. If you know of anyone who has had problems please tell them to try again. It could take up to 3 days for a complete propagation of [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/site-update/site-problems-let-us-know/feed/ 5 Spam and comments – 32,000+ spams in 3 months http://www.teleread.com/site-information/spam-and-comments-3200-spams-in-3-months/ http://www.teleread.com/site-information/spam-and-comments-3200-spams-in-3-months/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:23:27 +0000 Paul Biba http://www.teleread.org/?p=19937 Since January 1 we have received over 32,000 spam “comments” that tried to get posted on TeleRead. The volume of this stuff is simply amazing and some if it is really very clever. As you can see we must use some sort of filtering software or we simply would have to discontinue comments altogether – [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/site-information/spam-and-comments-3200-spams-in-3-months/feed/ 2 TeleRead on Calibre/Feedbooks: New long articles RSS Feed http://www.teleread.com/robert-nagle/teleread-on-calibrefeedbooks-new-long-articles-rss-feed/ http://www.teleread.com/robert-nagle/teleread-on-calibrefeedbooks-new-long-articles-rss-feed/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:31:00 +0000 Robert Nagle http://www.teleread.org/2009/02/13/teleread-on-calibrefeedbooks-new-long-articles-rss-feed/ For those of you who haven’t noticed,  Calibre, the great e-book management program maintained by Kovid Goyal, now contains a option to automatically download TeleRead posts as an ebook. Calibre has been gathering an impressive list of online publications from which you can choose for free automatic download. Calibre lets you add Custom News Source. [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/robert-nagle/teleread-on-calibrefeedbooks-new-long-articles-rss-feed/feed/ 0 Site status, two kudos and a thank you http://www.teleread.com/robert-nagle/site-status-two-kudos-and-a-thank-you/ http://www.teleread.com/robert-nagle/site-status-two-kudos-and-a-thank-you/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:01:29 +0000 Paul Biba http://www.teleread.org/?p=15570 As you can see we have come a long way from a couple of days ago. The site is running much better and, at least for me, is actually faster than it was before. There is still some work yet to do, but we have gotten over the hump and it will get even better [...]

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