Cambridge University Press, the folks behind Cambridge Journals is offering a new way for people to use their research papers, the digital rental model. Instead of paying $30 to $40 to purchase them you can now rent them for 24 hours, for as little as $5.99. This should be a boon for students and researchers to get the information they need and be done with it. The new … [Read more...] about Cambridge Journals offers eBook Rental System for Researchers
Archives for November 2011
Lenovo introduces new 5, 7, and 10 inch tablets running Android
Lenovo has launched three new tablet PCs under the LePad brand in China. The tablet range comprises of 5, 7 and 10 inch sized devices and are likely to be branded IdeaPad or IdeaTab when they are introduced in the US market. Lenovo LePad S2005 Starting with the smallest device, the LePad S2005 comes with a 5 inch display and is the one that was spotted in a leak some time … [Read more...] about Lenovo introduces new 5, 7, and 10 inch tablets running Android
Canadian Library usage up 45% thanks to ebooks
Lumos Research for the Canadian Urban Libraries Council has released new reports that are encouraging to the sustainability of the public library system in Canada. Across the country, library usage is up 45 per cent over the past decade, from 16.6 to 24.1 transactions on average per capita. One of the most well known success stories in very traditional library adapting to … [Read more...] about Canadian Library usage up 45% thanks to ebooks
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N fails to impress Apple, seeking ban in Germany
Not surprisingly, Samsung's new Galaxy Tab 10.1N has failed to impress Apple boffins with the latter already having moved court to seek a fresh ban on Samsung selling the re-designed tablet. Samsung had earlier lost their case in court and had to stop selling their Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany due to a ruling by a local court that had gone in favor of Apple. Samsung has … [Read more...] about Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N fails to impress Apple, seeking ban in Germany
Amazon Kindle Fire Firmware Updated to 6.2
The Kindle Fire is still fresh in the market but has already being provided with an update to its software. Termed version 6.2, the update is available OTA and will download and install automatically on the tablet of connected to Wi-Fi. The update can also be downloaded manually from the Amazon site. Amazon is claiming overall operational efficiency of the tablet post the … [Read more...] about Amazon Kindle Fire Firmware Updated to 6.2
Smashwords Reaches Out to Literary Agents
GoodEReader.com has written extensively over the past several months about traditional literary agencies that were exploring and experimenting with helping their clients digitally publish their own titles. While this has been especially popular for authors who have managed to get back the rights to their out-of-print, older works, several agents we spoke with are also exploring … [Read more...] about Smashwords Reaches Out to Literary Agents
Sony PRS-650 e-Reader Unavailable in Retail Stores
Many sources that we have contact with in the retail sphere have all told us in the last few days that the Sony PRS-650 e-reader is officially unavailable. It is a total impossibility to find it in most retail settings such as Best Buy, Futureshop, Sony Style and other leading retail stores. Up until a few weeks ago it was possible to find it in those stores, even if their … [Read more...] about Sony PRS-650 e-Reader Unavailable in Retail Stores
Lenovo and Acer to launch Tegra 3 Tablets with Ice Cream Sandwich
The Asus Transformer Prime was the first tablet to use the new Nvidia Tegra 3 Quad-Core CPU processor and is poised for great success during the critical holiday season. Not to be outdone Acer and Lenovo are planning on launching their own tablets using Tegra 3 in the first quarter of 2012 using Google Ice Cream Sandwich. Digitimes sources close to the matter in Taiwan where … [Read more...] about Lenovo and Acer to launch Tegra 3 Tablets with Ice Cream Sandwich
Windows 8 tablet might be too little too late
Windows 8 did manage to build up a lot of excitement when it was unveiled earlier in the year though the fact remains, all of that might remain too far fetched if its not on time. Windows next iteration is coming at a time when the Apple iOS and Google Android has already entrenched themselves considerably in the tablet space, which means Windows 8 has to hit ground running. To … [Read more...] about Windows 8 tablet might be too little too late