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• Ah, the mysteries of the Amazon! STILL no official Kindle numbers. Guardian quotes TeleRead’s Paul Biba on issue.

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 654
  So why hasn’t Amazon revealed Kindle sales numbers? All it does is tease us with ballyhoo about the K machine being the “most wished for, most gifted and number one best-selling product”—“record-breaking,” of course. Well, a knowledgeable source close to TeleRead, notably Co-Editor Paul Biba , a retired ...
  8 hours ago

• Ursula Le Guin hates Google deal, flees Authors Guild: Will DRM and TTS stands also alienate some members in time?

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 654
  Disgusted with the deal the Authors Guild struck with Google, SF great Ursula K. Le Guin has left the Guild . Thanks, Ms. le Guin. The Google deal is just one example of the Guild’s fondness for botching cyber issues. Hmm. Any chance of a few authors leaving the Guild over such issues as DRM and text to speech? ...
  9 hours ago

• Quick Note: More Apple tablet rumors

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 654
  According to Silicon Valley Insider , Apple has been telling some app developers to prepare apps for a demo in January. The developers were told to support full screen resolution, rather than a fixed 320×480. If the rumors are true and the Apple screen is as readable as expected, this could be a boost for e-books. ...
  18 hours ago

• Third Party Barnes & Noble nook eBook Reader Accessories Start Appearing

  
  The Gadgeteer — Authority: 614
  JAVOedge of Seattle, WA has just announced several Barnes & Noble nook eBook reader cases that are available for sale. The sleeve case that you see in the image above is their Croc sleeve which is made of leather and embossed to resemble crocodile skin. They are also offering oak and ash hardwood style sleeves ...
  23 hours ago

• Foxit eSlick reader bungles eReader support, lacks standard amenities like your own bookmarks

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 654
  Robert J. Sawyer — one of Canada’s leading SF writers —has published 18 novels, won the Nebula and Hugo, and appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact , Amazing Stories and other leading publications. His latest book is Wake . I’m reproducing with permission a post to Fictionwise’s e-mail list . ...
  23 hours ago

• Averatec HS-105 Netbook In moment For Xmas

  
  Gadget News and Reviews — Authority: 462
  Averatec has announced its new netbook HS-105 Xmas edition, which should be ready in instance for the Christmas season (if not it’s going to be one weird edition). It will sport specifications which are quite common to netbooks nowadays, such as Atom N270 1.6GHz processor, 2GB of RAM, 10.1-inch LCD, 1024x600 ...
  1 day ago

• Why can’t I send an ePub file to Amazon for conversion for my Kindle?

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 654
  SF writer Robert J. Sawyer ’s review of the Foxit eSlick reader will appear in the TeleBlog later today. Same for Ficbot’s thinking on E/P synergies and other ways p-bookstores can survive. But meanwhile here’s a question. Why the devil can’t Amazon’s conversion service for Kindle owners handle even ...
  1 day ago

• Kindle for PC DRM cracked, says the Reg—but is this really fresh news?

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 654
  DRM is a joke to smart hackers, using the cyber equivalent of lock-picking tools . And sure enough, an Israeli says that he’s cracked Kindle for PC. So reports the Register . The word is that techies can turn encrypted Kindle files into unprotected Mobipocket, then get the files into whatever format they want ...
  1 day ago

• Two weeks with an Astak 5”: Text-to-speech mode and parting thoughts

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 654
  There is one last aspect of the Astak that I need to review before shipping it back in. That is one of the major ways it differs from the Sony, and one of the ways it is similar to the Kindle 2: text-to-speech read-aloud mode. Note that with the version of firmware with which the Astak shipped, only PDFs could be ...
  1 day ago

• Some Titles for Your E-Book Reader

  
  The Gadgeteer — Authority: 614
  Do you need a latter, er ladder to get to the top shelf? With a nod to The Book Of Joe , check out the titles from “ The 10 Best Years That Are Books ” by Laurence Hughes.  So I guess the question (for me, anyway) would be, can you download these while sitting in a doctor’s office or do you have to go to ...
  1 day ago

• Android picking up steam? Great! More pressure on Apple not to harass e-book app devs?

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 654
  ";" alt="" /> I own a iPod Touch and benefit from iPhone e-book software, but I’m still ticked to see an eWeek headline reading Android possibly stealing attention from iPhone . Great. People are more aware than ever of Android, which means Apple can’t be its normal controlling self as easily when it comes ...
  1 day ago

• Nook Gets a Firmware Update and Now I Can Recommend It

  
  The Gadgeteer — Authority: 614
  When I reviewed the nook eBook reader last week,  I concluded the review by saying that I couldn’t make up my mind if I liked or disliked the device and that I couldn’t recommend it until the performance issues were resolved. Last night Janet asked me if my nook had received the firmware update. I had seen ...
  2 days ago

• E-reader loaners from libraries? Or would they just divert money from p-books and e-books?

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 654
  Should libraries loan e-readers to users, not just to read library e-books but to sample public domain freebies online? That’s a modest proposal from Alex Beam , a Boston Globe columnist, and I can see the usefulness of the idea to popularize e-reading even though Beam’s own feelings toward e-readers are ...
  2 days ago

• Pre-XMAS Kindle shipping discount for procrastinators

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 654
  See   Amazon Announces free One-Day Shipping for Kindle Orders Placed on December 23 —an offer for the continental U.S. Digg us. Slashdot us. Facebook us. Twitter us. Share the news.
  2 days ago

• Register knocks Kindle for lack of ePub, watered-down U.K. model

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 654
  The Register’s verdict on the U.K. Kindle is mixed: “A competent e-book reader that lets you buy and download your books wirelessly. But you won’t get the same level of service that US users get and format support is limited.” Alas, the U.K. Kindle lacks a Web browser, so useful for downloads from mobile-hip ...
  2 days ago

• EFF’s e-book buyer’s guide to privacy

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 654
  Found via BoingBoing : the Electronic Frontier Foundation has posted the first draft of an e-book buyer’s guide to privacy . The guide seems to be fairly minimalist, as it only covers Google Books, Amazon’s Kindle, Barnes & Noble’s Nook, the Sony Reader, and FBReader. There is no mention of other e-book ...
  2 days ago

• Nook Firmware Updated To Ver. 1.1

  
  TechFresh, Consumer Electronics Guide — Authority: 656
  The latest firmware update version 1.1 for Barnes and Noble Nook has already been released. The new firmware improves faster page updating on the display, fixes page numbering issues, and provides an improved navigation on the color screen. In case you didn’t know, the Nook is an Android-based e-book reader that ...
  2 days ago

• Nook Firmware Updated To Ver. 1.1

  
  TOYS and GADGETs | News | Reviews | Videos — Authority: 171
  The latest firmware update version 1.1 for Barnes and Noble Nook has already been released. The new firmware improves faster page updating on the display, fixes page numbering issues, and provides an improved navigation on the color screen. In case you didn’t know, the Nook is an Android-based e-book reader that ...
  2 days ago

• Ereader review roundup at Macworld

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 654
  If you haven’t finished shopping yet and are going to get an ereader, perhaps the review roundup at Macworld will help. They look at the Kindle, Kindle DX, Astak EZReader Pocket Pro, Nook, foxit eSlick, Interead Cool-ER, Sony PRS-300 Pocket Edition, Sony PRS-600 Touch Edition. Here is their bottom line: We ...
  2 days ago

• Does the Nook use its own incompatible DRM scheme?

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 654
  B&N has implemented its own DRM scheme for the Nook and ePub books, says the blog I Love Cabbages . B&N has partnered with Adobe to use encrypted credit card numbers as the DRM key. We’ve made the pint before, but it bears repeating for new Nook owners and others. What does that mean if you own an e-book ...
  2 days ago

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