The Acer Iconia lineup of tablets have been a low-cost alternative to many of the more expensive line of tablets on the market. The company is seeking to make a major play in the world of quad-core processors with their new Acer Iconia A700. The new Acer Iconia A700 will feature a Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor and sport a ten inch capacitive touchscreen display. The … [Read more...] about Acer Iconia A700 Arrives at the FCC
Archives for May 2012
US eBooks Reach Critical Mass Overseas in 2011
The US Digital Publishing industry is enjoying a tremendous success in their eBook export business. In 2011 the overall business has seen international expansion into many foreign markets and are reaping the rewards. In Europe eBook sales dramatically increased by 219% and garnered around $5.8 million dollars in revenue. Exports to the UK were the big story in 2011 with a … [Read more...] about US eBooks Reach Critical Mass Overseas in 2011
Simon & Schuster Settles in Price Fixing Lawsuit
Three of the five publishers named in the class-action lawsuit and the Department of Justice investigation and suit against Apple and Penguin, Macmillan, Hachette, Simon & Schuster, and Harper Collins have already settled out of court with the DoJ, but today the judge on the case took another of those three publishers out of the class-action suit. Simon & Schuster … [Read more...] about Simon & Schuster Settles in Price Fixing Lawsuit
iRiver Story HD given to Science Fair Winner
Every month we giveaway for a free e-reader and often they are used directly by the winner. A few months ago we awarded an iRiver Story HD Reader and it was given away to the winner of the Shidler Elementary in Oklahoma City Science Fair. Ryno Bones one of the teachers at the school filed this report. "Some very interesting projects happened at the science fair this year. … [Read more...] about iRiver Story HD given to Science Fair Winner
Amazon Createspace Launches in Europe
Amazon has just launched their seminal self-publishing service Createspace in the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe today. This will allow authors to publish their books and have them distributed all over Europe and North America. Amazon Creatspace has been running since 2007 and allows you to make your book available to millions of potential customers by distributing … [Read more...] about Amazon Createspace Launches in Europe
Major Playbook Pirate Website is Taken Down
Research in Motion has had piracy on its radar for a number of months. One of the largest concerns for the company in courting new developers for its BB10 platform has been piracy. The company has publicly stated on many occasions that Piracy is one of the things running rampant on the Android platform and they would do their darnedest to make sure their ecosystem does not turn … [Read more...] about Major Playbook Pirate Website is Taken Down
Harry Potter eBooks now Available at Kobo
Kobo has just landed a deal for the seven new Harry Potter eBooks. Kobo customers across the globe will have access to them in many different languages such as; English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish to begin with, and more languages on the way. The eBooks themselves are not available for purchase with Kobo but instead you are redirected to the Pottermore website. … [Read more...] about Harry Potter eBooks now Available at Kobo
Author Jenny Lawson on Social Media, Blogging
Jenny Lawson, aka The Bloggess, was at the Barnes and Noble Peachtree location in Atlanta to give a reading and sign copies of her New York Times bestseller, Let’s Pretend This Never Happened. Her humorous memoir has held the #1 spot for four weeks now and Lawson has been on the nationwide book signing tour for several weeks as well. Lawson spoke with GoodEReader in an … [Read more...] about Author Jenny Lawson on Social Media, Blogging
New Update for Transformer Prime Has Face Unlock Feature
What if you could unlock your Transformer Prime device just by gazing at its front facing camera? Well, the latest update that Asus has made available will enable you to do just that. Version 9.2.1.24 has been unveiled on the 16th of May and has already made it to many devices. However, if some Transformer Prime users are yet to get the official notifications, they can still … [Read more...] about New Update for Transformer Prime Has Face Unlock Feature
Kindle Lending Website Lendle Put Up for Sale
Lendle was one of the first ebook lending websites on the internet that focused on Kindle Books. The company announced today that they were putting their business up for sale and getting out of the Kindle segment. Amazon initially launched their lending program a few years ago that allows users to share ebooks with their friends. Select digital book titles are flagged … [Read more...] about Kindle Lending Website Lendle Put Up for Sale