Amazon has ironed out an agreement with the University of Massachusetts to take over the schools textbook business from Follett. Starting this fall students will be able to order print books and have them delivered for free to their homes or an Amazon-staffed storefront in the campus center that’s set to open in June.Each student will be available to save $380 each semester … [Read more...] about Amazon Takes Over Textbook Business of the University of Massachusetts
Archives for January 2015
New Dual Screen e-Reader Concept
e-Readers have always employed a single screen and the companies that manufacture them have traditionally been risk adverse. A new dual screen concept has just surfaced which may very well be the future of e-readers.Fabrice Dubuy, who works in France and self-deprecatingly refers to himself as an “(almost) designer,” has spent the long gap between graduating from design … [Read more...] about New Dual Screen e-Reader Concept
Amazon Announces a New KDP Select Perk: Amazon Marketing Services
Authors who've enrolled their books in Amazon's exclusive program KDP Select might have noticed a new feature in their dashboards, tucked in among the various clickable topics. Amazon Marketing Services allows authors to setup an ad campaign for their exclusive titles, one that is designed to put their books in little "ahem" boxes next to customers' selections based on either … [Read more...] about Amazon Announces a New KDP Select Perk: Amazon Marketing Services
PressReader Unveils New Videos on Managing Newspaper Collections
PressReader is one of the most popular digital newspaper and magazine companies in the world. They have built their business around the notion of being able to subscribe to over 4,000 publications for a low monthly fee. In order to show consumers how accessible their apps are, they have just unveiled a series of new videos that teaches users how to take advantage of some of the … [Read more...] about PressReader Unveils New Videos on Managing Newspaper Collections
Google Now Integrates with 40 Third-Party Apps
Google Now Launcher just keeps getting better and better... this time with news that the app has rolled out integration with 40 third-party apps. By taking advantage of this functionality, developers can use cards to display notifications, summaries, and any relevant details for you to view at a glance.According to Google (from their blog, describing the integration in more … [Read more...] about Google Now Integrates with 40 Third-Party Apps
How to Self-Publish Digital Manga
Aspiring manga artists often find themselves being challenged in a number of different ways. Not only do you have to come up with an idea and start drawing, but distribution and turning the final product into an e-book are huge barriers. A new tool has been released that takes PNG, JPG, GIF, CBZ, CBR and CB7 files and turns them into EPUB and MOBI formats, which are the ideal … [Read more...] about How to Self-Publish Digital Manga
Crunchyroll Experiments with Publishing Original Content
Crunchyroll is well known for their anime streaming service and to a lesser degree their digital manga. The company has broke new ground today by taking the first tentative steps into publishing their own content. Crunchyroll has announced a new and original comic by Hiroyuki Takahashi and Patrick Macias entitled “Hypersonic Music Club”.The new comic is available … [Read more...] about Crunchyroll Experiments with Publishing Original Content
Paperight to Shut Its Doors
In sad news for extending the reach of ebooks and print-on-demand, global distributor Paperight has announced that it will cease operations. The company operated under an anti-piracy/pro-book access model that licensed ebooks from publishers to be sold via photocopy shops across various regions in Africa.Good e-Reader first wrote about Paperight in 2013 when the group won a … [Read more...] about Paperight to Shut Its Doors
Adobe Digital Editions Now Available on the iPad
Every major publisher sells e-books with encryption that basically prevents unlawful sharing and distribution to file sharing sites. Adobe is the leading DRM solution and sometimes users find it hard to read their purchased content on mobile devices. In order to make readers lives easier, Adobe has just released their seminal Digital Editions app that was designed exclusively … [Read more...] about Adobe Digital Editions Now Available on the iPad
Target Stops Carrying Barnes and Noble Nook Products
Target has found that carrying Barnes and Noble Nook tablets and e-readers to be very unprofitable. This has prompted the US big box retailer to suspend their relationship with the bookseller and Target will no longer stock Nook products.Target is trying to dump all remaining stock for Nook branded tablets, e-readers and accessories. Big deals are to be had if your local … [Read more...] about Target Stops Carrying Barnes and Noble Nook Products
Top 5 Sports Anime
The genre's been around for a while, but in the last few years, sports anime has hit a surge in popularity. If you haven't already dived into the passionate world of sports manga, this is the time to do so. To get you started in the right direction, here's a list of the best sports anime and manga out there. Picking the cream of the crop is a hard task, but the following were … [Read more...] about Top 5 Sports Anime
Print Makes a Comeback at the Expense of e-Readers
e-Readers had their time in the sun and their popularity has slowly diminished. Gone are the days when the e-reader space was completely saturated with new e-paper companies and startups trying to capitalize on the e-book revolution. Many of the companies that first got involved in the e-reader space are all gone now. Aluratek, Cool-er, iRex, Txtr and Sony either went bankrupt … [Read more...] about Print Makes a Comeback at the Expense of e-Readers
Apple Posts Mixed Q1 Results for iPhone and iPad Sales
The latest numbers are in for Apple, and overall they are very good. It would appear that they were right, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus were very much desired (and in demand)... to the tune of 74.5 million units sold, breaking their goal of 60 million by more than a few. By comparison, 21.4 million iPads were moved during the same period... which sounds good, until you … [Read more...] about Apple Posts Mixed Q1 Results for iPhone and iPad Sales
Android Games Finally Making iOS-Level Profits
The gap is finally narrowing between the profit made by developers of Android and iOS games. Android certainly has more marketshare, but so far developers have given more attention to Apple's iOS platform. Where Android used to be somewhat of an afterthought following a successful iOS launch, Android is emerging as being competitive and lucrative --particularly in the gaming … [Read more...] about Android Games Finally Making iOS-Level Profits