Wed August 20 2014
Whispersync for Voice goes live in the UK |
04:43 AM by tubemonkey in E-Book General | News Amazon's Whispersync comes to UK
To promote the launch, Amazon is giving away 10 titles for a limited time. Kindle Books with Audio Companions -- 32,000+ titles
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Tue August 19 2014
Tragic death of author Jeremiah Healy |
11:18 PM by KenIsaacson in E-Book General | News I, like so many of my friends, were shocked to hear last week that Jeremiah Healy took his life. Jerry was the author of the John Francis Cuddy private eye books and (under the pen name Terry Devane) of the Mairead O’Clare legal thriller series Rather than comment online immediately, I found I had to take some time to reflect on the news. I have nothing profound to say, but I do need to add my voice to the chorus of writers and readers who mourn this terrible loss. My first contact with Jerry was in 2006, when I was preparing for the launch of my debut novel, SILENT COUNSEL, and I was looking for established writers willing to blurb the book. I’d never met Jerry, but was a fan of his work. I knew that he was a member of Mystery Writers of America, and I e-mailed him cold—“One MWA member to another”—asking if he’d be willing to help out. Within a day or two, and not knowing me from Adam, he responded with a yes. A few weeks later I had my first blurb. A wonderful one, at that. I finally met Jerry at the Edgars Banquet in 2007, and though our contact through the years was casual, I would continue to run into him at conferences like Bouchercon and Left Coast Crime. The last time I saw him was at LCC in Monterey, last March, where I had the honor of moderating a panel in which he (along with Joel Goldman, Charles Rosenberg, and Sheldon Siegel) participated: “Legal Thrillers: NOT Your Father’s Perry Mason.” Jerry shared with us his encyclopedic knowledge of legal thrillers throughout the years. One recurring theme I’ve seen in the online remembrances of Jerry is how helpful he was to so many beginning writers—something that his willingness to blurb my book demonstrated to me years ago. Going through my old e-mails this morning, I found this, from him, in response to my thanks for his confidence in me: “Ken, Happy to help, as folks like Robert B. Parker and Tony Hillerman did the same for me back in the mid-80’s when I was breaking into the field. My only hope: You’ll also ‘pay it forward’ to rookies once YOU”RE established as well.” My thoughts are with his wife, Sandy Balzo, and with the rest of Jerry’s family. Jerry, I hope you are at peace. |
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Mon August 18 2014
Kobo Aura H2O eReader Clears the FCC |
10:03 AM by Nate the great in E-Book General | News Kobo's long-rumored new waterproof ebook reader showed up on the FCC website last week. Most of the details are obscured by an embargo, but we do know that it has Wifi, a microSD card slot, and a 6.8" screen. We also know that the new device is explicitly labeled as the Kobo Aura H2O on the FCC ID label. At this point it's not clear whether we are looking at a replacement for the Kobo Aura HD or an upgraded model, so we'll just have to wait for the official launch. Product listings for a sleep cover have already been discovered, so the launch will likely happen soon.
You can catch the ongoign discussion here. |
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Sat August 16 2014
MobileRead Week in Review: 08/09 - 08/16 |
06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review If you've been a bit too busy to keep up, here are a few of our favorite stories from the past week. E-Book General - News |
Fri August 15 2014
Kindle Paperwhite now ships with twice the storage |
02:09 PM by Nate the great in E-Book General | News The blogosphere has finally noticed a change that MobileRead members reported a week ago: Amazon is shipping a new Kindle Paperwhite. The 2014 Kindle Paperwhite looks identical to last year's model, but it comes with a special surprise. Amazon has bumped the available storage from 1.3GB to 3.1GB while keeping all the other specs the same. The new model with the extra storage has been sighted in Canada, France, and Germany, but not the US. It looks like anyone who wants one will need to order it specifically. The link below will take you to the correct page. Amazon hasn't announced or explained the change, simply saying that "This is not a new product – we’ve added more on-device storage to the existing Kindle Paperwhite". You can join the ongoing discussion here. |
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Sat August 09 2014
MobileRead Week in Review: 08/02 - 08/09 |
06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review Have something interesting to say about e-books or mobile computing? Join our forums and share your view on topics like the ones discussed at MobileRead this past week... E-Book General - News |
Sat August 02 2014
End of Sony consumer readers confirmed |
05:32 PM by fjtorres in E-Book General | News Comes third hand via the Digital Reader Blog via lesen.net:
Expected but still... Hindsight being 20-20; they did have an amazing knack of zigging when the market was zagging. |
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MobileRead Week in Review: 07/26 - 08/02 |
06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review Here are the highlights from the past seven days of MobileRead: E-Book General - News |