Amazon has followed through with their promise to remove all listings of Apple TV and Chromecast products on their website. This includes listings from third-party sellers, as well as used and previous-generation devices sold through Amazon’s marketplace. Amazon told 3rd party resellers earlier this month that it was going to discontinue the sale of both Apple TV and … [Read more...] about Amazon Removes All Chromecast and Apple TV Listings
Archives for October 2015
Kobo Completes Toronto Literacy Initiative
Kobo was a part of a small coalition that spent the last few days visiting five different schools in Toronto. They participated in a literacy initiative called The Awesome Project, and each school received 1,500 books and a $1,000 grant for the purpose of expanding their libraries and purchasing Kobo e-readers through the First Book Marketplace. … [Read more...] about Kobo Completes Toronto Literacy Initiative
Popular StopTheGRBullies Website has shut down
In 2013 a huge firestorm erupted on the popular e-book discovery and social media website, GoodReads. According to some reports from actual users, there were roving bands of “bullies” on the site, some of them actual moderators approved by Goodreads, who seek out eBooks or ARC titles to destroy with artificially low rankings and ratings. This resulted in an anti-bullying … [Read more...] about Popular StopTheGRBullies Website has shut down
Google Android is coming to PC’s
Google has plans to combine Chrome OS and Android OS into a singular operating system. This will allow computers to run Android and expand the reach of Google Play and related services. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google engineers have been working for roughly two years to combine the operating systems and have made progress recently, two of the people said. … [Read more...] about Google Android is coming to PC’s
Blloon is shutting down their e-book Subscription Service
The founders of Txtr started an e-book subscription service in 2014 called Blloon. It was only available in the United Kingdom but the company had plans to expand into other markets, such as Germany and the United States. Sadly, Blloon is yet another victim of the apathy readers have of subscription services and the company will be shutting down. The Blloon business model … [Read more...] about Blloon is shutting down their e-book Subscription Service
e-Reader ownership declines by 50%
e-Reader ownership is at an all time low according to Pew Research. The company released new data on device ownership and found 19% of adults reported owning an e-reader, such as a Kindle or Nook.This is a sizable drop from early 2014, when 32% of adults owned this type of device. The decline in dedicated e-ink e-readers is directly proportional to the rise of smartphones … [Read more...] about e-Reader ownership declines by 50%
Aquafadas Digital Publishing Solution V4 lets you publish beautiful digital content in minutes
Speed is a priority in digital publishing today. Publishers need to create and update digital content quickly and without sacrificing quality. Well, Aquafadas has just made the lives of digital publishers a whole lot easier. With the launch of version 4.0 of the Aquafadas InDesign plugin, publishers can now generate their digital documents 10 times faster than before. Plus, … [Read more...] about Aquafadas Digital Publishing Solution V4 lets you publish beautiful digital content in minutes
Will you buy the B&N Nook Glowlight Plus?
Barnes and Noble has just released their first e-reader since 2009, with the advent of the Nook Glowlight Plus. It sounds fairly good on paper, with the same high resolution screen found on the Amazon Kindle Voyage and is waterproof, much akin to the Kobo H2O. It also has software not found in any other e-readers on the market, such as Nook Profiles and Nook Readouts. Has … [Read more...] about Will you buy the B&N Nook Glowlight Plus?
Amazon Launches White Kindle in Europe
Amazon has just launched a white Kindle in France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom. This is the first non-black model to be released in Europe since the first generation Kindle that came out in 2007. It is important to note that this is not a new e-reader, this is simply the same entry level Kindle Basic that was released late last year. The only thing that is different … [Read more...] about Amazon Launches White Kindle in Europe