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• Rolling out Android .apk Files in Ebook Bundles

  
  TOC Combined Feed : Tools of Change for Publishing — Authority: 107
  A distinguishing feature of Googles Android Market compared to the App Store is that its a non-exclusive agreement. That means Android app developers are free to sell their apps in other places. With the nearly 200 Microsoft Press ebooks now available through oreilly.com , weve begun adding the Android ".apk" ...
  4 days ago

• Switched On: The TV is personal again

  
  F-Default — Authority: 513
  Ross Rubin ( @rossrubin ) contributes Switched On , a column about consumer technology. Continued here: Switched On: The TV is personal again
  4 days ago

• When the Time Was Fulfilled - free ebook

  
  Finding Free eBooks — Authority: 119
  When the Time Was Fulfilled: Christmas Meditations by Eberhard Arnold, Christoph Blumhardt, and Alfred Delp The meditations in this collection are written by three seekers who struggled hard and long to find, in the words of Søren Kierkegaard, “the contemporary Christ.” They witness to the fact that the ...
  5 days ago

• They’ll Get Right On That!

  
  Munsey's Technosnarl — Authority: 121
  Hot on the heels of reports that 1.3 billion Chinese readers will now have to use Adobe Mobile software or face execution, I was thinking about digging up some info about how one of the main Chinese ebook platforms was developed by the guy who invented the Chinese keyboard… and the screen display of Chinese ...
  5 days ago

• Number One Contributor to Alien Search Program Fired From His Day Job [Aliens]

  
  F-Default — Authority: 513
      Brad Niesluchowski used to be the network systems administrator at Higley Unified School District. Until he got fired for searching for aliens using the SETI program, in which he’s the #1 contributor. Well, for that, and a lot more things. More here: Number One Contributor to Alien Search Program Fired ...
  5 days ago

• New ePub Zen Garden contribution: GBS

  
  Threepress: Digital tools for 21st century publishing — Authority: 538
  This is really funny if you get the joke, and still a nice style if you don’t. Thanks Kirk Biglione !
  6 days ago

• Should parents control their kids e-reading? And if so, should the Kindle e-store and others include ‘child’ accounts?

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 646
  Should parents restrict their children’s e-reading? And if so, should the Kindle e-bookstore and others include restricted “child” accounts, so Junior can’t read the same saucy best-seller that his father is? Nonparents, not just people with kids, should care about these issues. If Kindle-type stores cannot ...
  6 days ago

• EBSCO implements Ringgold Identifier (for usage reports on e-resources)

  
  No Shelf Required — Authority: 467
  EBSCO Publishing—The First Aggregator to Implement Ringgold Identifier ~Ringgold Identifier to Provide Timely Information for Usage Reports ~ IPSWICH, Mass. — December 1, 2009 —A new agreement between EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) and Ringgold announces the implementation of the Ringgold Institutional Identifier ...
  6 days ago

• Ebooks

  
  Fiction Notes — Authority: 461
  Are Ebooks finally ready for Prime Time? I hated it when, about ten years ago, my local library went to the online digital version of the reference book, Books in Print. I tried to look up something about quilts. There were about 5-600 entries beginning with Quilt in the title, and in the paper version, I’d just ...
  1 week ago

• iriver Story unsheathed, still looks remarkably like a Kindle

  
  F-Default — Authority: 513
    If you’re pro- ebook readers but anti- Amazon censorship , here’s a decent alternative for your cashola. Read more here: iriver Story unsheathed, still looks remarkably like a Kindle
  1 week ago

• So, Finally Missed a Day

  
  Munsey's Technosnarl — Authority: 121
  Nov. 29, 2009.  Last missed update was Oct. 31st, 2007.   That particular evening, I was in Little Rock, AR, at a hotel that used to be a Days Inn–this was before I realized, on the road, you should look for the cheapest hotel in a town, and stay at someplace nearby that costs $10 more. Anyway, no wifi in Little ...
  1 week ago

• eBook ISBN Survey

  
  No Shelf Required — Authority: 467
  The International ISBN Agency is asking folks to take a 4 question survey about ISBN’s and their relation to eBooks.  For more information, visit the agency’s website . A document from Brian Green, the Executive Director, explaining the need for the survey is linked from the Resource Shelf blog .  Not sure why ...
  1 week ago

• The Complete Guide To ePub File Format For eBooks

  
  CompuWorld — Authority: 110
  ePub ? Don’t tell me that you aren’t aware of ePub ! To be frank even I wasn’t till some time back ePub stands for electronic publication and is written in many ways like ePub , epub , EPub , and even EPUB ! It is an open source format for eBooks that is acceptable by most of the eBook readers like that ...
  1 week ago

• Read ePub Files Inside Your Firefox Browser

  
  CompuWorld — Authority: 110
  Whenever we download any PDF file using Internet Explorer or Firefox then the PDF file directly opens inside the browser and we start reading directly from our browsers. ePub is a famous open source file format for eBooks but at times it isn’t supported by most of the browsers. Once you install ePUBReader add-on ...
  1 week ago

• Adobe Buzzword: The Brighter Version of Google Docs To Create Your Own eBooks

  
  CompuWorld — Authority: 110
  For those who haven’t been using Google Docs Adobe Buzzword will have plenty of exciting features and for those who have already been regularly using Google Docs for PDF work, Adobe Buzzword will have new look and feel which will surely help them feel a lot more comfortable while working online. Adobe Buzzword ...
  1 week ago

• What I’d change about ePub

  
  Threepress: Digital tools for 21st century publishing — Authority: 538
  Obviously I’m a fan of the ePub format. It’s flexible enough to support advanced publications, but a simple text ebook can be put together with minimal effort. But I don’t think it’s minimal enough. If I could go back in time and be involved with ePub and its predecessors, here are the choices I’d make: ...
  1 week ago

• ‘Story’ e-reader from iRiver goes on sale in the U.K. for £229

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 646
  The basic Story e-reader from iRiver is on sale in the United Kingdom for £229 . Specs: —Optional touchscreen, 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity. –Six-inch E Ink screen with 600-by-800 resolution and grayscale. –ePub, PDF, TXT, Office .doc, PPT, XLS. Plays MP3, WMA and OGG audio and shows JPEG, BMP and GIF. ...
  1 week ago

• New: Aussie e-book shop. Gone: Ebooksabouteverything

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 646
  An e-book shop will open on Dec. 1 for Australia — Read without Paper —and will sell both international and local authors. Supposedly prices will be comparable to those of U.S.-based stores: let’s see. The publicity says that “ Over 110,000 Fiction & Non-Fiction Titles” will be be available, including ...
  1 week ago

• New in DRM-free epub The Three Musketeers and A Narrative of the Mutiny

  
  Her Ladyship's Quest — Authority: 116
  Ebook enthusiasts looking for a versatile cross-platform digital reading format frequently choose the format called epub. In order to meet the desires of this segment of ebook readers, I am slowly but surely adding the choice of epub to every title in my classics collection. Today, I converted The Three Musketeers ...
  1 week ago

• Practical ePub metadata: Authorship

  
  Threepress: Digital tools for 21st century publishing — Authority: 538
  The ePub format allows for a fairly comprehensive set of book-friendly metadata, mostly drawn from the Dublin Core set of terms . Knowing what metadata to use and how it will appear in today’s and tomorrow’s readers is key; here are some recommendations: Authorship Two elements describe authorship of a work: ...
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