This week a number of notable titles have been released. We have a new entry to the popular franchise Ice Age and many new entertainment apps. All of the below apps are available to download for free from the Good e-Reader App Store, no registration required.Tidal - This is the big Jay Z venture everyone is talking about. Tidal is the world’s first music service with High … [Read more...] about Top 10 New Android Apps for May 2015
Archives for May 2015
Authors Guild President Advises Authors Not to Write for Free
The President of the Authors Guild has decreed that authors should not be writing online for free. She says that it devalues book sales and there is no correlation between blogging and making more money.In an interview with the Bookseller, Authors Guild President Roxana Robinson said “People write on Huffington Post, they write for Goodreads, they write for Medium.com: … [Read more...] about Authors Guild President Advises Authors Not to Write for Free
Good e-Reader App Store Now Has 21 Thousand Developer Accounts
The Good e-Reader Android and Blackberry App Store is the largest in Canada and we have just hit a major milestone. Over 21 thousand developers have registered accounts with us in the last two years.Developers on Good e-Reader can submit both free and paid apps. Free apps are accessible to be downloaded on our website and official Client. Paid apps are only on our website … [Read more...] about Good e-Reader App Store Now Has 21 Thousand Developer Accounts
What Would Make you Upgrade your e-reader?
e-Reader technology does not improve at the exponential rate as tablets and smartphones do.  New e-paper comes out every two or three years and there seldom is a compelling enough reason to spend a hundred dollars to buy a new device.  Once in awhile new e-readers like the Kindle Voyage and Kobo H2O comes out and pack in new features not seen before. So the question is, what … [Read more...] about What Would Make you Upgrade your e-reader?
Can eBook Subscription Services Evolve?
Amazon Kindle Unlimited, Entitle, Oyster and Scribd all have e-book subscription models that allow you to read as many titles you want, for a low monthly price. Given that there are close to 100,000 books on each platform are people binge reading the same way Netflix users watch television? Do they have the capability to evolve?Over the course of the last few years the … [Read more...] about Can eBook Subscription Services Evolve?
Where in the World are 13.3 Inch e-Readers?
Over the course of the last year many companies have expressed interest about designing and marketing a 13.3 inch e-reader. Â Many of the devices currently in development are in limo and the only customer to actively bring a device to market, is Sony. Where in the world are the 13.3 inch e-readers?There are two prevailing technologies used in large screen e-readers. E Ink … [Read more...] about Where in the World are 13.3 Inch e-Readers?
Penguin Random House Negotiating a New Contract with Amazon
Penguin Random House is negotiating its first mega contract with Amazon since the two sides merged in July 2013. Their current contract with Amazon UK expires at the end of the month and the contract in the US is up for renewal towards the end of the year.When Penguin merged with Random House the publisher now accounts for 1/4 of all new novels in print. With so many books … [Read more...] about Penguin Random House Negotiating a New Contract with Amazon
Major Publishers Are Not Listening to Authors
The dream for many aspiring writers is to be picked up by a major publisher. This is often seen as the key to international distribution and being able to attain a fat advance in order to write a single or series of books. According to a recent report, there are many problems with traditional publishing and is driving authors to self-publish instead.One of the big problems … [Read more...] about Major Publishers Are Not Listening to Authors
Onyx M96 Plus e-Reader Now Available
Large screen e-readers are an anomaly in the market, as the vast majority of companies focus exclusively on the six inch class. Onyx has continued to buck the trend with their portfolio of 9.7 inch e-readers. This week, the brand new M96 Plus is now Available to purchase.The M96 Plus features an e-Ink Pearl display with a resolution of 1200x825 Pixels and 256 PPI. This … [Read more...] about Onyx M96 Plus e-Reader Now Available
Japanese Instant Messaging Service LINE is Trialing Paid Music Service
Line Free Calls & Messages is one of the most popular apps on Android and the Japanese company boasts 205 million active users. In order to further cement themselves as the definitive messaging app the company is trailing a $2.00 a month music streaming service.Thailand is the second largest market for Line users, next to Japan. This is where Line Music is starting its … [Read more...] about Japanese Instant Messaging Service LINE is Trialing Paid Music Service
Adobe Discontinues Photoshop Touch
Adobe has announced that they are discontinuing Photoshop Touch for Android and iOS.  The app will only be available until May 28, whereupon Adobe will yank it from the market. Copies of the software installed on devices will continue to work "for the foreseeable future."Photoshop Touch came out in early 2011, which was about the same time that the post-PC era began. The … [Read more...] about Adobe Discontinues Photoshop Touch
Is Digital Publishing Broken?
It's been eight long years since Amazon rocked the reading world with the introduction of the Kindle. It was certainly not the first e-reader device on the market, but it was the first one with the power of Amazon's PR team to put it in consumers' hands in a big way, and it was the first one that came with the world's largest online bookseller to feed it.And the industry … [Read more...] about Is Digital Publishing Broken?
Top 7 E-reading Apps for the Sony Z3
Once upon a time, the dilemma facing bibliophiles was where to store their latest page-turner so they could sneak in a read on the go. Then came e-readers, which let bookworms carry all their favorite reads on one device the size of a small paperback. Just when you thought reading couldn't get any more portable than a Kindle or Nook, e-reading apps debuted, transforming cell … [Read more...] about Top 7 E-reading Apps for the Sony Z3
How to Load e-books on the Kobo Glo HD
Whenever a new e-reader hits the market, many users are purchasing one for the first time. Inevitably people will want to load their own EPUB or PDF files on it, whether they were bought from other retailers or downloaded from random websites. Today, I will teach you how to load e-books on the Kobo Glo HD using Calibre, Adobe Digital Editions and Windows Explorer.It is … [Read more...] about How to Load e-books on the Kobo Glo HD
15,000 Free e-books Now Available on Entry Level Samsung Phones
Samsung is trying to make their entry level smartphones viable in Africa. The South Korean company has ironed out a partnership with Worldreader and Jumia to offer over 15,000 free e-books.Worldreader is well known in the e-book world with providing African schools with e-readers that are full of great free content. The non-profit has been doing it for years and has finally … [Read more...] about 15,000 Free e-books Now Available on Entry Level Samsung Phones
Scribd Brings Bestselling eBooks to Australia
Australia has proven itself a major growth market for Scribd. Subscriptions have more than tripled in the country in less than a year. This has prompted Scribd to negotiate with their publishing partners to bring modern bestsellers to Australia in a bid to appeal to serious readers.Scribd is employing a different kind of strategy to the Australian market. First of all they … [Read more...] about Scribd Brings Bestselling eBooks to Australia