Fri August 30 2013
calibre V1.1 released, with plenty of bug fixes |
03:26 AM by Alexander Turcic in E-Book General | News Hot on the heels of the 1.0 milestone release, calibre, our most popular e-book library software, is ready for another incremental update. Version 1.1 tidies up a whole bunch of stuff, including: New Features
Bug Fixes
New and improved news sources
Unsure how to use calibre? Check out the calibre forums where you're likely to find all the help you need. |
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Tue August 27 2013
B&N Retail CEO sells stock |
07:41 PM by GA Russell in E-Book Readers | Barnes & Noble NOOK Forgive me if there is already a thread on this, but I haven't found it. The chief executive of Barnes & Noble's retail division, Mitchell Klipper, has in the past few days sold two-thirds of his shares, raising $5.5 million. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...97Q01D20130827 Related: B&N reports $87m loss for Q1 2014, NOOK business plunges 20% (image: Mike Kalasnik / Flickr) |
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Kobo revs up its line of e-readers, unveils Kobo Arc 10 HD tablet |
07:15 PM by Alexander Turcic in E-Book General | News Hosting the "Beyond the Book" event in NYC today, Kobo just announced a whole bunch of new e-reading devices, including the Kobo Arc 10 HD - their first 10-inch tablet, and quite a beauty it is! To start with, below is a list of the new devices along with the specifications. Kobo Aura Specs:
Kobo Arc 7 Specs:
Kobo Arc 7 HD Specs:
Kobo Arc 10 HD Specs:
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Aldiko Book Reader Premium V2.2.3 released (Android) |
06:36 PM by Alexander Turcic in E-Book Readers | Android Devices Aldiko has just issued an update for the premium edition of its popular Android e-book reader app. If you are looking for an interesting alternative to reading books in ePub or PDF format, you should definitely check this one out. Version 2.2.3 adds:
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How important is text-to-speech capability to you? |
05:41 PM by Alexander Turcic in E-Book General | General Discussions Something an e-book can do that a paper book cannot is turn the text into the spoken word. Of course I'm talking about the text-to-speech or read-out-loud feature. When Amazon introduced this kind of functionality with the Kindle 2 in 2009, much of the attention focused on a heated copyright controversy. As a consequence, Amazon modified their systems so that rightsholders could decide for themselves on a title by title basis whether they want text-to-speech enabled or not. Publishers who elect to disable text-to-speech could prevent the visually impaired from reading the books, in particular if the title is not available in the alternative audiobook form. Bufo Calvin of the I Love My Kindle blog penned an impassioned open letter in this regard:
As a matter of principle Bufo wouldn't recommend any e-book that has text-to-speech access disabled. What do you think? How important is text-to-speech to you? Since the technology is readily available, shouldn't everyone embrace it for the benefit of those who cannot consume content otherwise? Related: Amazon, Kobo and Sony request e-readers be exempt from accessibility laws |
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Welcome Marvin e-book app to our forums! |
10:59 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Announcements Heads up, everyone! It's with great pleasure that we announce our latest addition to the forums: Marvin. Marvin is a new sophisticated e-book reader app for iOS, boasting a staggering complement of built-in features that is guaranteed to induce uncontrollable drooling in every e-book junkie. We also like to officially welcome kguil, the developer of Marvin. kguil has certainly been busy over the past couple of months, and he is currently working on releasing an iPhone-supporting update that should make e-book reading with Marvin even more satisfying. Finally, a big thanks to GRiker who is not only responsible for bringing a native calibre driver to Marvin, but who also volunteered to help us moderate the new section. |
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O'Reilly: 50% off all eBooks & Videos (valid until Sep 10, 2013) |
06:53 AM by Cyberman tM in E-Book General | Deals and Resources (No...
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E-book customer sharing with anti-piracy group BREIN faces political backlash |
06:10 AM by Alexander Turcic in E-Book General | News Remember the news that a number of Dutch-speaking e-book vendors had agreed to share information of customers, ehm, suspected pirates, with the anti-piracy watchdog BREIN? Well, it caused quite the backlash. The Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice is now faced with a handful of unpleasant questions regarding the legality of this agreement. As MobileReader Katsunami reports, one of the questions is (translated):
There is no denying that e-book piracy on the Internet is rampant; yet the question remains: Should private organizations such as BREIN, who have no legal or investigative authority, be allowed to access private customer information in their attempt to identify the people alleged to be offering pirated content? [image: Ruben Holthuijsen /Flickr] |
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