Faith-based publishing: E-book angle and May 10 BIGNY panel at Random House
E-books with religious themes abound on the Internet---not only at Amazon and other e-stores but on sites such as the Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.
If a title is even slightly well-known and is in...
What are Amazon’s motives for its Mother’s Day Kindle sale?
Last week I pointed out that Amazon has put a number of its Kindles on sale at 20% off in the run-up to Mother’s Day. (You still have time to get...
$20 e-readers ahead? Cheaper, brighter, flexible e-paper unveiled from Chinese company
Just when you thought e-ink was old hat, a Chinese company says it has invented the next generation of electronic paper.
Guangzhou OED Technologies says it has developed a graphene-based e-paper technology. More...
Of semantics and coloring books: What is an ‘e-book,’ anyway?
I wrote yesterday about a little company that sent me some 'e-book' coloring books to review. For two reasons, I had used the term e-book to describe these products. First, they were...
Kindle or Echo? Which way will Amazon go?
Slice Intelligence, which claims to be "the only direct measurement of all digital commerce activity and customer loyalty," has just shared some fascinating data on sales of Amazon devices. And what...
Do coloring books work in e-book format?
I received an e-mail a few weeks ago from a friendly fellow Canadian asking me to review his coloring 'e-books.' I delightedly accepted---I like crafts and have a few paper coloring...
How I turned my Raspberry Pi into a Chromebox
TeleRead readers will recall that I posted details of a new hack for the Raspberry Pi 2 and Pi 3 for Chromebook-using teachers and students, turning the ultra-cheap minicomputer into a...
Australian government commission recommends shorter copyright, circumventing geoblocking
I may have been a touch premature in posting my earlier article, about an Australian government committee suggesting bookstores be permitted to import books from overseas. I’ve run across a better...
Mirage at the Kindle Oasis? Some users report issues with lighting, finish
Although many users are happy with their new Kindle Oasis readers, it seems a good many of them aren’t. A ten-page-and-growing thread has sprung up on MobileRead’s Kindle forum complaining about...
Happy Independent Bookstore Day!
I didn’t find out until it was mostly over, but Slashdot notes today is Independent Bookstore Day, in which independent bookstores across the country celebrate being independent bookstores. Various exclusive bookstore-only...