05:11 AM by anthony81 in E-Book General | News

Folks over at Display Mate have released there comprehensive test of flagship tablet displays. Tested was Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9”, Apple iPad Air, Google Nexus 10. Overall winner was Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9”!

http://www.displaymate.com/Tablet_ShootOut_3.htm

07:59 PM by thomass in E-Book General | News

Here’s how Kindle First works:

• Each month, Amazon Publishing editors select several titles from Kindle’s most popular categories a month ahead of their official publication date, adding a note of recommendation and a behind-the-scenes look at the stories and the authors.
• Customers can choose one of the featured books each month for $1.99. Prime members can make their selection for free – adding yet another benefit of Prime membership.
• Customers can receive a monthly email alerting them of new Kindle First selections. Signup is free and there is no purchase obligation.
• Customers can visit the Kindle store on amazon.com or their Kindle device to select their book. All Kindle First books become part of your permanent Kindle library and can be read on any Kindle device and Kindle free reading apps.

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07:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review

If you've been absent and are keen to find out what MobileRead was up to this week, check out the links below:

E-Book General - News

• Sony Withdrawing from eBook Reader Market Entirely in US
• Sigil 0.7.4 is available
• Scientific American Article: Screen vs. Paper
• Nook GlowLight Updated
• New Cybook Ocean, 8" ebook reader, first look
• FAA will allow use of electronic devices during takeoff

06:25 AM by ElspethB in E-Book General | News

Now it's up to the individual airlines.

FAA allowing electronic device use throughout flights

07:09 AM by nutsheart in E-Book General | News

Bookeen have announced a new 8" EInk reader on their blog.

Looks pretty cool, eh?

8" 768x1024 screen
4GB storage
Frontlight

06:08 AM by fjtorres in E-Book General | News

Improved lighting, HD screen (about 1024x768), but no physical page turn buttons.

About time! CNET slideshow on new Nook GlowLight:

Engadget article.

TechCrunch article.

It is supposed to go on sale today, but so far no sign of it at the Barnes & Noble web site.

08:52 AM by sdpetersen in E-Book General | News

There is quite an interesting article in the latest issue of Scientific American (Nov. 2013) entitled "Why the brain prefers paper." It cites many studies but fails to give information needed to judge the quality of the studies. Still, it raises many interesting issues. Let me point out that I read on the ipad digital version of the magazine. What is your reaction?

Link to summary of the article at the Scientific American website

03:16 PM by medard in E-Book General | News

An update to Sigil is available at Google Code

• Sigil-0.7.4-Mac-Package.dmg - Mac Build 0.7.4
• Sigil-0.7.4-Windows-Setup.exe - Windows build 0.7.4
• Sigil-0.7.4-Code.ziz - Source code package for 0.7.4

Sigil is a multi-platform EPUB ebook editor with the following features:

• Online Sigil User's Guide, and Wiki documentation
• Free and open source software under GPLv3
• Multi-platform: runs on Windows, Linux and Mac
• Full UTF-16 support
• Full EPUB 2 spec support
• Multiple Views: Book View, Code View and Preview View
• WYSIWYG editing in Book View
• Complete control over directly editing EPUB syntax in Code View
• Table of Contents generator with multi-level heading support
• Metadata editor with full support for all possible metadata entries (more than 200) with full descriptions for each
• User interface translated into many languages
• Spell checking with default and user configurable dictionaries
• Full Regular Expression (PCRE) support for Find & Replace
• Supports import of EPUB and HTML files, images, and style sheets,
• Documents can be validated for EPUB compliance with the integrated FlightCrew EPUB validator
• Embedded HTML Tidy: all imported files have their formatting corrected, and your editing can be optionally cleaned