One of the features of digital enhanced ebooks for children that has made tablet-based reading so popular for both the children and the parents is the ability to contain all of the specified in content in one easy-to-access location. Some publishers, like Ruckus Media, have actually capitalized on the capability by allowing parents to set the tablet screen to contain only the … [Read more...] about DreamWorks App Centralizes Children’s Digital Content
Archives for May 2012
Doonesbury and Dilbert comics now available on the Kindle Fire
Today Amazon has announced that two anthologies of the Doonesbury and Dilbert comic strips are available exclusively on Kindle Fire. These comic collections are available in full color and displayed with Kindle Panel View, a proprietary technology that offers customers an immersive comic and graphic novel reading experience.Doonesbury and Dilbert comic strips are available … [Read more...] about Doonesbury and Dilbert comics now available on the Kindle Fire
3M signs up INscribe Digital and Smashwords for Cloud Library eBooks
3M has just signed on a number of eBook publishing companies that expand its vast repertoire of eBooks to over 200,000. Today the company announced new partnerships with INscribe Digital, Smashwords, The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group and the National Book Network.The agreements with these new companies will add 100,000 books within 90 days to their Cloud Library … [Read more...] about 3M signs up INscribe Digital and Smashwords for Cloud Library eBooks
MS Office To Debut On The iPad On Nov 10th
November 10th 2012 is going to be a very special day for iPad owners. Microsoft Office will formally make it way into the Apple tablet after a year of rumors and innuendo. Interestingly, this latest development is being reported by The Daily that had first carried the news a few months ago. Microsoft had then vehemently denied the move but has so far kept mum after reports of … [Read more...] about MS Office To Debut On The iPad On Nov 10th
Archos ChildPad Tablet For Kids Now On Sale For $130
Archos has built a reputation of developing relatively cheap tablet devices while offering decent levels of performance. This time, the French manufacturer is out to woo the kid community with a tablet built specifically for them. Appropriately named ChildPad, the tablet which was first revealed in March is now on sale for a nice $129.99.While the price is definitely … [Read more...] about Archos ChildPad Tablet For Kids Now On Sale For $130
Inkling Brings eTextbooks to Web-Based Browsers
The digital textbook revolution has been, well, slow. It was over a year ago that GoodEReader spoke with staffers from the governor of Florida about mandating digital textbooks for all public school classes and reported on the innovative—albeit, cheaply made—tablets that some foreign markets had developed specifically to address the need for digital textbooks in outlying areas … [Read more...] about Inkling Brings eTextbooks to Web-Based Browsers
Three of the Big Six Terminate Their Agreement with Apple
The antitrust proceedings against Apple and five of the Big Six publishers are in various stages of resolution. Three of the publishers — Simon&Schuster, Hachette, and HarperCollins —have agreed to settle with the Department of Justice and the various lawsuits brought about by different state courts in the US, while Apple, Penguin, and Macmillan are still going through with … [Read more...] about Three of the Big Six Terminate Their Agreement with Apple
TabTop 7.4 Is India’s Thinnest Tablet PC
There has been a deluge of both high end and budget tablet launched in India recently but leave it to Milagrow HumanTech to launch the thinnest of them all. Measuring just 6.5 mm in thickness, the TabTop 7.4 also boasts of some decent specs. With a 1.2 GHz, ARM Cortex A8 processor and a Dual Mali 400 MP dedicated graphics processor under its hood, the tablet together with 512 … [Read more...] about TabTop 7.4 Is India’s Thinnest Tablet PC
Overdrive Media Station Unveiled and Counters 3M Discovery Terminals
Overdrive is currently the largest system used by libraries to facilitate the lending of eBooks, Audiobooks, Videos and more. 3M this year has unleashed their own digital lending system to libraries and is slowly gaining tracking beyond their pilot locations. The one advantage 3M has is their Cloud Discovery Terminals. It gives users a touchscreen platform that patrons can … [Read more...] about Overdrive Media Station Unveiled and Counters 3M Discovery Terminals
Libraries Receive New Digital Periodical Platform
Digital magazine newsstand platform Zinio and leading audiobook provider Recorded Bookshave joined to offer a digital magazine lending service to public libraries. The format, which allows readers to not only read on PCs and Macs as well as portable devices through Zinio dedicated apps but also supports multiple-user simultaneous checkouts, lets lending libraries select a … [Read more...] about Libraries Receive New Digital Periodical Platform
Asus Eee Pad Memo Clears FCC
The Eee Pad Memo me370t has been of considerable interest among consumers and much of it had to do with its initial price of $250. Of course, that doesn't mean the tablet is without its set of virtues and the prime among them is its Tegra 3 heart. The 7 inch tablet was showcased in prototype form during CES 2012 and at Computex 2011. The specs that have been revealed include 1 … [Read more...] about Asus Eee Pad Memo Clears FCC
Flipboard for Android and Playbook Released
Flipboard creates a personalized magazine out of everything being shared with you. Flip through your Facebook newsfeed, tweets from your Twitter timeline, photos from Instagram friends, sounds from SoundCloud and much more. It also is customizable for blogs to publications like Rolling Stone and Lonely Planet, and use Instapaper or Readability to save articles to read later. … [Read more...] about Flipboard for Android and Playbook Released
Overdrive to debut HTML5 Reading app at BEA
Overdrive purchased Australian company Booki.sh last March that specialized in browser based e-reading. Things have been rather quiet on Overdrives plans to incorporate HTML5 and the reading of eBooks in major web browsers until now. The company announced that they will be showing off their new HTML5 reading app at Book Expo America.Overdrive currently has around 800,000 … [Read more...] about Overdrive to debut HTML5 Reading app at BEA