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Morning Links: Next time, I’ll self-publish

Joanna Cabot — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:22:56 +0000

Adult Hardcover Revenues Down Nearly 7% in 2012 (GalleyCat) Next Time, I’ll Self-Publish (The Indie Reader) Add Content From Other Services to your Kobo Library (Kobo Books) 3M Cloud Library Unveils Better Tools, More Titles (Digital Book World) Kindle Daily Deals: The Crown by Nancy Bilyeau (and 3 others)

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Penguin to Stop Windowing Library Books (Bonus: Cool workaround for Penguin library books)

Juli Monroe — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:05:40 +0000

You may have already seen that Penguin is going to stop the windowing of library book titles. That’s a good thing, and I applaud the decision. I’d be more excited if my library was part of the 3M system, and if Penguin wasn’t having books “expire” and require a repurchase every year, but some library books [...]

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Morning Links — FAA Facing More Pressure on Device Usage

Joanna Cabot — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:07:18 +0000

FAA Facing More Pressure to Change Rules on Electronic Device Usage (Techdirt) Authors Benefit from Teamwork on Promotion (Good E-Reader) The Guardian Reveals an Important Truth About Article Comments (Scholarly Kitchen) OverDrive, 3M Kick Off 2013 With Promising eBook Developments (The Digital Shift) Kindle Daily Deals: The Devil’s Waters by David L. Robbins {and 3 others} [...]

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Morning Roundup — Stories you may have missed

Joanna Cabot — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:16:40 +0000

15 Must-Have Collaboration Tools for Journalists (Media Shift) 3M Expands Collaboration with Penguin (Good E-Reader) The Kind of Journalism we Need is Changing but Can Journalists Make the Transition? (GigaOM) Digital Textbook Study Shows Interactive Features Were Used More than Embedded Videos (The Digital Reader) Kindle Daily Deal: Lit by Mary Karr {and} The Elephant’s [...]

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3M launches library e-book and e-reader program

Chris Meadows — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:15:00 +0000

Is there room in the library e-book field for a competitor to Overdrive? Wired reports that tape and media manufacturer 3M thinks so, and is launching a library e-book lending initiative called the 3M Cloud Library with 40 publishers (including Random House, HarperCollins, Harlequin, and Wiley) and over 100,000 titles. (Last year we covered 3M’s [...]

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3M invests in Pixel Qi display manufacturer

Chris Meadows — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 06:50:52 +0000

3M is investing in Mary Lou Jepson’s Pixel Qi company, which produces dual-mode transreflective displays that can operate in LCD color or low-energy monochrome e-ink-like modes. Engadget has the press release and some commentary. So far, while the Pixel Qi displays have seemed fairly impressive in what they could do, they have not yet been [...]

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Txtr updates Android reading app

Chris Walters — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:11:11 +0000

German ebook software company txtr has updated its Android app with several new features. Some, such as bookmark and note syncing, are familiar to users of the Kindle app, but the update surpasses Amazon’s offering by including cloud storage for personal docs as well as purchased books. The company also offers a white label version [...]

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3M working on its own ereader device for libraries

Chris Walters — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:42:36 +0000

Next month, 3M’s recent investment in German ebook device company txtr will bear fruit in a pilot program in Minneapolis. TwinCities.com reports that the library system there will test 3M’s new cloud-based ebook library lending service using cloud-connected kiosks and custom ereader devices that users who don’t own any hardware will be able to check [...]

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3M invests in Germany’s txtr

Paul Biba — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:06:36 +0000

3M announced that it invested in Germany’s txtr, via its 3M New Ventures and 3M Electro & Communications Business. Txtr is developing e-book stores and reading applications for iOS and Android. We do not know how much money 3M invested, but txtr’s CEO Christophe Maire said that the investment was ‘considerable’. txtr abandoned e-reader prototype [...]

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