Sat September 28 2013
MobileRead Week in Review: 09/21 - 09/28 |
06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review Is it really Saturday again? Hoorah! Time to dig in to another digest of MobileRead delectables E-Book General - News
E-Book General - Reading Recommendations |
Thu September 26 2013
Nook glowlight at £49 in UK |
07:19 AM by iamosam in E-Book General | News Nook simple touch with glowlight is discounted to £49 in UK (While supplies last). Details here:http://uk.nook.com/. This time, it seems that the retailers have them in stock. Since I am not in UK anymore, I guess, I will have to bump my friends. After getting Nook simlpe touch for £29 pounds and realising how great a deal it was, I am not going to let this go by. Also, after installing coolreader and goldendict into NST, I am not going to go with anything other than an android (at least hackable/installable) ereader. So, this is perfect for me. |
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Wed September 25 2013
Amazon introduces 2013 FIRE tablets |
11:03 AM by fjtorres in E-Book General | News Starting at $139: http://reviews.cnet.com/tablets/amaz...-35828167.html
The new origami covers can be folded to serve as stands in either portrait or landscape orientation. Looks like they're serious about this tablet business of theirs: tops in audio since last year and now in resolution. Oh, and their forked OS now has a Name of its own: Mojito. More details: Photos: http://reviews.cnet.com/2300-3126_7-10018369.html FireHD: http://reviews.cnet.com/tablets/amaz...-35828166.html FireHDX 8.9: http://reviews.cnet.com/tablets/amaz...-35828168.html Oh, one more thing: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-576...e-hdx-tablets/
Edit: NBC has added details about the new cloud services and X-Ray for movies and for music. |
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Tue September 24 2013
FAA may allow use of some Electronic Devices |
01:05 PM by MovieBird in E-Book General | News
Begin the gnashing of teeth. |
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BookONO wants to be a Calibre alternative |
09:08 AM by Katsunami in E-Book General | News Has anybody looked into this? I've not seen any topics on the forums about this new software. Google Translate (Not perfect, but quite readable.)
A more open approach than being open source, running on about every existing platform in the world and having a plugin-structure to extend functionality? Hard to imagine. The author himself posted in the thread (real English):
- Not open source. Big disadvantage. I for one, am very sceptical that any e-book manager started today can ever catch up to Calibre, let alone overtake it, assuming Calibre stays in development. True, Calibre is not a pretty program to look at, but that is probably its only disadvantage. For everything else, at this point in time, Calibre is to e-books what Photoshop is to image editing: if you need the options, the kitchen AND the sink to get stuff done, it's the only option. |
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Mon September 23 2013
Tesco Jumps on the Tablet Bandwagon |
06:30 AM by Gilmartin in E-Book General | News Seems a pretty basic and cheap device:
More details at http://www.androidcentral.com/tesco-...19-hudl-tablet |
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Sat September 21 2013
October Book Club Vote |
02:36 PM by WT Sharpe in Reading Recommendations | Book Clubs October 2013 MobileRead Book Club Vote Help us choose a book as the October 2013 eBook for the MobileRead Book Club. The poll will be open for 5 days. There will be no runoff vote unless the voting results a tie, in which case there will be a 3 day run-off poll. This is a visible poll: others can see how you voted. It is multiple-choice: you may cast a vote for each book that appeals to you. We will start the discussion thread for this book on October 20th. Select from the following Official Choices with three nominations each: • Solomon Kane by Robert E. Howard Spoiler:
• Dr. Izard by Anna Katharine Green Spoiler:
• The Nine Tailors by Dorothy Sayers Spoiler:
• Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift Spoiler:
• Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Montgomery Spoiler:
• The Case of the Golden Coprolite by Ralph Sir Edward Spoiler:
• Le Morte Darthur by Thomas Malory Spoiler:
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle Spoiler:
• The Shepherd of the Hills by Harold Bell Wright Spoiler:
• The Martyrs of Science by David Brewster Spoiler:
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New frontlit HD reader with MP3 & page turn buttons |
12:45 PM by xendula in E-Book General | News The Icarus Illumina HD e-reader with front light is a new, Dutch 6 inch eink reader with page turn buttons, frontlight, MP3 playback with 3.5 headphone jack, and gyroscope (it auto rotates) EURO 110 including taxes or for 129 on amazon.de (see more pics there) The product pictures are a bit bizarre, with gigantic font on them, so maybe they are targetting seniors who often have worse eyesight? Image and article found on lesen.net |
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