Paul Biba

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• Give a Thanksgiving gift – help a 10th grade teacher

  
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  On October 6 I posted about a 10th grade teacher who needs a netbook for her Ethnic Lit class. She still needs $263 to get the computer. You can contribute to this cause here at DonorsChoose.org . Here is reprint of my original post. DonorsChoose.org is an online charity that connects potential donors to ...
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• OCLC study on number of books in the public domain

  
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  D-Lib Magazine has published a study by the Online Computer Library Center on the Characteristics of Potentially In-copyright Print Books in Library Collections . The study was done by Vrian Lavoie and Lorcan Dempsey. Here is the conclusion of the study: This article characterizes the aggregate collection of ...
  8 hours ago

• Some thoughts about piracy

  
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  That is the title of Mike Shatzkin’s latest post in The Shatzkin Files . It’s too long to reprise here, but suffice it to say that it is very thoughtful and definitely worth reading. Among other things Mike discusses the best defense against piracy: … this post is not about DRM; it’s to propose what is ...
  22 hours ago

• EU adopts new internet user rights

  
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  The European Parliment has adopted legislation giving phone and internet users broader rights than they had before. In the internet area, users will be able to challenge a disconnection by cell phone or landline operators, even if they are illegaly sharing copyrighted material. The service provider would have to ...
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• Wattpad expands in India

  
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  Good news from Wattpad , as they have launched on Gharti Airtel. Airtel is the largest mobile operator in India with over 110M subscribers. As mobile Internet users significantly outnumber broadband users in India this dramatically expands Wattpad’s reach. I presume most of the users in India will either be on ...
  2 days ago

• Qualcom color ereader by fall 2010

  
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  This is from E-Reader-info.com : Qualcomm say that a e-reader will launch in fall 2010 that will use their MEMS-based Mirasol display. The display will be 5.7″ in size, with 1024×768 resolution. Earlier this month Qualcomm said that they are on track to deliver these displays late in 2010 . The Mirasol display ...
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• Sony UK to do special Reader Pocket Edition

  
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  Capitalizing on the popularity of James Patterson and the Alex Cross novels, Sony UK will be issuing a limited edition James Patterson Pocket Edition Reader. The Reader will contain Cross’s novel “Cross Country”, excerpts from two James Patterson books, a letter from Patterson and will be in a special blue ...
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• A Bold Prediction

  
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  I’m not convinced Amazon has a long-term commitment to the Kindle hardware business. In fact, I’ll go so out on a limb and predict that Amazon will completely exit the Kindle hardware space within the next 3 years. Here are a few reasons why: Zero evolution in 2 years . Compare today’s Kindle 2 and DX models ...
  3 days ago

• Federation of European Publishers objects to Google Book Settlement

  
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  The FEP, which represents publishers from 26 European countries, is very concerned about the Settlement, even after the revisions. They feel that there is a lack of information about European works which may still be included in the deal because the works are registered with the US Copyright Office. Additionally, ...
  3 days ago

• telereaD editor goes into sTaTE of RebeLLiOn

  
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  Paul Biba, Co-Editor of TeleRead, announced today that he has entered into a state of rebellion against PR firms and their rampant capitalization, or non-capitalization, of letters in names. In a discussion with Dan Bloom, based in Taiwan, as to whether to capitalize the B&N Nook, or type it as nook, Biba said: ...
  3 days ago

• Pixel Qi screen compared on three laptops

  
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  Mary Lou Jepsen’s blog has a shot of 3 laptops side by side supposedly showing the superiority of the Pixel Qi screen. I’ve put the image above. It’s hard to tell from the shot if her claim about the Pixel Qi screen is correct. The shot is taken off center, with a slight favoring to the left where the Pixel ...
  4 days ago

• Why Android phones will never really compete with the iPhone or other phone platforms

  
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  I haven’t seen this mentioned in any of the hype over the Droid or the other Android phones that have been released. It is a very important technical point that really hobbles the development of Android as compared to other platforms. Android does not allow the installation of apps on an SD card! This is part of ...
  4 days ago

• HathiTrust Digital Library offers full-text search

  
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  This is from their press release and is significant information for any researcher. You can find the full press release here . A year after its launch by 25 leading U.S. research libraries, HathiTrust Digital Library announces a service that will transform how researchers use the more than 1.6 billion pages ...
  4 days ago

• Electronic textbooks in Taiwan

  
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  We are not the only ones looking at electronic textbooks. The China Post is reporting that the Ministry of Education in Taiwan has chosen five schools to pilot “electronic schoolbags”. This is basically a laptop with handouts and textbooks saved in electronic form. According to the principal of the Jinan ...
  4 days ago

• Do you read the snailpapers or do you do most of your news reading online now?

  
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  Occasional Teleread contributor Dan Bloom in Taiwan notes that the Urban Dictionary has now accepted the word “snailpaper” to stand for the print editions of our local daily newspapers nationwide, which often, Dan notes, arrive at our doorsteps in the morning with news that is already 12 hours old. Dan quotes in ...
  4 days ago

• Want a non-stop stream of recently digitized ebooks to choose from? Check this out

  
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  I reprint this in full from Resource Shelf . What a great (can I say it?) resource! A Never Ending “Virtual Stream” of Digitized Text by Gary Price, Senior Editior When Chris Sherman and I were writing and then giving book talks and presentations about The Invisible Web, we said John Mark Ockerbloom’s ...
  5 days ago

• Quick Note: Nook sold out for the holidays

  
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  According to Engadget , via the NY Times, the Nook is sold out and the next round of readers will ship out around January 4. If memory serves, didn’t exactly the same thing happen to the Kindle 1? Digg us. Slashdot us. Facebook us. Twitter us. Share the news.
  6 days ago

• enTourage eDGe opens ebook store

  
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  The capital-letter-challenged eDGe is now offering ebooks in their new store . They have cut a deal with Ingram Digital for ebooks and with LibreDigital to provide ebooks and over 175 periodicals. They are also connected with the Google Books for download from that source. I poked around their store and it seems ...
  6 days ago

• Scanning, printing and downloading services from Kirtas

  
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  Kirtas is a maker of automatic book imaging systems. They also have a POD service that is open to the general public. I poked around their book site after getting an email from them and here’s what I found. Take, for example, the book A catalogue of English and foreign bookbindings offered for sale by Bernard ...
  6 days ago

• Quick Note: Kindle to get folders?

  
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  This appeared on the Kindle Facebook page. It would be great if something like this happened. Kindle Customers, We have heard from many of you that you would like to have a better way to organize your growing Kindle libraries. We are currently working on a solution that will allow you to organize your Kindle ...
  6 days ago

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