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Morning Links: E-Publishing Stories You May Have Missed

Joanna Cabot — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:20:14 +0000

Kobo Aura HD and Kobo Glo Video Comparison (Good e-Reader) Authors Guild Shuts Itself Off from Criticism as People Realize it Represents Publishers, Not Authors (Techdirt) Pocket Adds ‘Send to Friend’ Sharing Option (The Digital Reader) Why Digital Book Publishers Are Starting to Embrace Data (Paid Content) Kindle Daily Deals: Fly by Wire by Ward Larsen (and [...]

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Kobo to Launch New HD E-Reader

Joanna Cabot — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:17:34 +0000

I woke up this morning to the news that Kobo is launching a new HD reader! The ‘Aura HD‘ has the same glow technology as the excellent flagship Kobo Glo, but has a bigger 6.8 inch screen with 1440 x 1080 resolution and 265 dpi, which they claim is the highest on the market. It [...]

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Morning Links — e-book news and e-reader tests

Joanna Cabot — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:00:00 +0000

Myth: The e-book market will be won on hardware (The Digital Reader) Kobo Glo & Cybook Odyssey Reading Tests (Good e-Reader) The Real Cost of e-books for Libraries (Digital Book World) Can Barnes & Noble be Saved? (Rich Adin) Kindle Daily Deals: We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance by David Howarth [...]

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The TeleRead Holiday Gift Guide

Aggregated Content — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 16:01:40 +0000

By Joanna Cabot and Chris Meadows Our friends over at Good E-Reader have come out with their holiday shopping recommendations for the e-book fan. We here at TeleRead have some holiday shopping suggestions for you as well. What’s the best e-book gadget for the reader on your list? Check out our recommendations below. * * * [...]

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Kobo Arc: First Impressions

Joanna Cabot — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 02:51:39 +0000

I got my hands on a Kobo Arc today! A co-worker bought one and wanted my help setting it up. She’s a complete e-book newbie, and was persuaded to buy the Arc because she travels a lot, and wanted a device she could take with her for books, movies, light Web browsing and entertainment. The [...]

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Review: Kobo Glo with SleepCover

Joanna Cabot — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 23:26:05 +0000

There’s a new e-reader in the house! I had been eying the Kobo Glo with some envy ever since it came out. It seemed like Amazon’s readers kept getting thicker and chunkier-looking, while Kobo’s kept getting smaller and cuter and faster. The glow light was what really sold me, though. I read in bed a [...]

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Marketing Matters: An important lesson in attracting newbie readers

Joanna Cabot — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:32:43 +0000

I learned an important lesson today about attracting readers who are new to e-devices: marketing matters. Case in point: A co-worker who came in this morning, and proudly told me she’d bought one of those “e-book things” over the weekend. Which one? The Kobo Arc! I guess that I, with my gadget-loving background, had forgotten [...]

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Kobo Touch, Re-Revisited

Joanna Cabot — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:20:22 +0000

I first reviewed the Kobo Touch in mid-2011, and recently got my hands on one again. My Beloved is upgrading to an Android tablet, and offered me his Kobo for selling, trading, using, or whatever purpose I wished. Since the Touch has been upgraded to a firmware version that is almost the same as that [...]

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Where are you spending your tech dollars this holiday season?

Joanna Cabot — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:15:07 +0000

Back in early October, I wrote about the coin jar my Beloved and I keep, which we cash in at the end of the year to buy ourselves a holiday present. Well, now the end of the year is approaching, and I have the fun task of deciding where to spend my share. He estimates [...]

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Morning Roundup — Stories you may have missed

Joanna Cabot — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:00:59 +0000

Patrons Frustrated With Publisher Policies Even as eBook Use Grows (The Digital Shift) Kindle Paperwhite/Kobo Glo/Nook Glowlight Triparison (Good E-Reader) Time, Inc Apps Broken Under iOS 6 (The Magaziner) Hearst Plans Holiday eBook of its Magazine Recipes (Media Decoder) Kindle Daily Deal: The Fall by Ryan Quinn {&} Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry * * [...]

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Morning Roundup — Stories you may have missed

Joanna Cabot — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:59:27 +0000

Kobo Mini/Glo/Touch Triparison (Good E-Reader) The eBook: Deja Vu all Over Again? (Tech Crunch) Changes for Retailers as eBook Revolution Moves Abroad (Paid Content) Hands-on with the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (ZDnet) Kindle Daily Deal: Mariana by Susanna Kearsley {and} Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo * * * Follow us @TeleRead Join us on Facebook

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Kobo Mini and Kobo Glo: First impressions

Joanna Cabot — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:46:11 +0000

I was at Indigo the other day while they were setting up the new Kobo readers and I got to play with both the Glo and the Mini. My overall verdict: I was impressed! I don’t agree with all of the choices Kobo has made with their software, but they are more ‘personal preference’ things [...]

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Daily Roundup — Stories you may have missed

Joanna Cabot — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:29:04 +0000

Kobo Mini and Glo Shortage Strikes Canada (Good E-Reader) Kindle Paperwhite Sold Out Until November (GigaOM) I Love My Kindle but it Drives Me Crazy (Tech Drive) Ebook Publishing Platforms Are a Joke (Future Book) Kindle Daily Deal: For the King’s Favor by Elizabeth Chadwick (&) Ashfall by Mike Mullin

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Morning Roundup – Stories you may have missed

Joanna Cabot — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:51:59 +0000

Kobo Touch vs Kobo Glo (Good E-Reader) More Mobile Devices Equals More News Consumption, Says Study (Paid Content) Educational Fair Dealing Shows Why Access Copyright has Little Value (Michael Geist) Why Restrictions on Fair Use Are Sometimes Important (Scholarly Kitchen) Kindle Daily Deal: What Happened to Sophie Wilder by Christopher Beha & Fracture by Megan Miranda

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Morning Roundup — Links To Start Your Day

Joanna Cabot — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:52:35 +0000

Chapters will Have the Kobo Mini & Glo September 30th (Good E-Reader) >>> Nintendo 3DS to get Bookstore in Japan (The Digital Reader) How Indie Bookstores Failed to Recognize the Buying Power of the Mass-Market Reader (Dear Author) Going Blind? DRM will Dim Your World (Boing Boing) ♦ Kindle Daily Deal: Bewitching by Jill Barnett (and) Mockingbird by [...]

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