TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics » e-book apps http://www.teleread.com News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Tue, 21 May 2013 20:36:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Why are the better e-reading apps only on one platform? http://www.teleread.com/ereaders/why-are-the-better-e-reading-apps-only-on-one-platform/ http://www.teleread.com/ereaders/why-are-the-better-e-reading-apps-only-on-one-platform/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:45:55 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=80820 E-book stores tend to have their apps on multiple platforms: Kindle, Nook, Kobo, etc. But the discerning e-book reader wants more features than those apps usually provide, so we start looking for third-party apps. And then we run into an issue. Think about some of the better-regarded e-reading apps. Many of them are only on [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ereaders/why-are-the-better-e-reading-apps-only-on-one-platform/feed/ 13 Meet The People’s E-Book … and join the artist e-book revolution! http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/the-peoples-e-book-is/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/the-peoples-e-book-is/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:00:01 +0000 Dan Eldridge http://www.teleread.com/?p=78323 Regardless of the fact that I’ve been covering the digital publishing beat for the past six months or so, my journalism career actually has its origins in the decidedly low-tech world of DIY independent publishing. (I got my start, believe it or not, by reviewing records for a New York City-area punk-rock fanzine when I [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/the-peoples-e-book-is/feed/ 0 Needing multiple reading apps — problem or not? http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/needing-multiple-reading-apps-problem-or-not/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/needing-multiple-reading-apps-problem-or-not/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 01:23:55 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=78261 Last week, Joanna wrote about giving up on the iBooks app. It generated quite a number of comments, but one in particular, from reader Michael W. Perry, caught my eye. He said: “One final note. You’re starting to discover an issue that ebook retailers have been averting their eyes from. In the near future, ebook buyers [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/needing-multiple-reading-apps-problem-or-not/feed/ 8 Using Applause as an e-book app rating system http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/using-applause-as-an-e-book-app-rating-system/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/using-applause-as-an-e-book-app-rating-system/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:50:26 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=77820 I recently wrote an article for GadgeTell about a new site, Applause, that ranks iOS and Android apps. I thought it would be fun to run various e-book reading apps through the site, and see how they rated. Here’s the list, organized from high to low: • FBReader: 84 • Moon+ Reader Pro: 81 • [...]

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