Amazon has announced that they have revised their unlimited photo sharing system with a new feature called Family Vault. You can now share your account with 5 family members or friends with an invite code. Each person invited will be able to upload as many photos as they want through the web or via the Amazon Prime Photos app on iOS and Android.Additionally, Amazon has … [Read more...] about Amazon Prime Members Can Now Share Unlimited Photo Storage with 5 People
Archives for October 2016
Amazon Launches Manga Model Kindle in Japan with 32GB of Storage
Amazon is getting serious about manga and the company has just launched a Kindle Manga Model in Japan. This model basically the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, but with 32GB of internal storage which will hold over 700 volumes. Basically you could fit every issue of Naruto, Asari-chan, and Kochikame on the new Kindle.The Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Manga Edition has a e-ink Carta … [Read more...] about Amazon Launches Manga Model Kindle in Japan with 32GB of Storage
Bookeen Cybook Muse HD is a Good e-Reader
Bookeen has just announced a new high resolution e-reader that is going to be available later this week for 129,90€. It is a well designed e-reader that has inertial scrolling, so it functions much like a smartphone or tablet.The Cybook Muse HD features an e-ink Carta display with a resolution of 1448 x 1072 with 300 PPI. The built in frontLight will allow you to read in … [Read more...] about Bookeen Cybook Muse HD is a Good e-Reader
Bookeen Announces the Cybook Muse Light e-Reader
Bookeen is the largest e-reader company in France and they have just announced the Cybook Muse Light e-Reader. It will be hitting the market on October 20th for less than a 100€.The Muse Light features a six inch e-ink carta display with a resolution of 800 x 600 and 167 PPI. It has a front-lit display that will allow you to read in the dark. Underneath the hood is a Cortex … [Read more...] about Bookeen Announces the Cybook Muse Light e-Reader
Amazon is Prioritizing the Manga Experience on the Kindle
Amazon has announced that they are going to be pushing out a new firmware update for the Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Voyage and Kindle Oasis. They intend on dramatically improving the manga reading experience with a critical new feature.Later this month Amazon will be introducing a new enhancement called Ultra-Fast Skimming. It will give users 33% faster single page … [Read more...] about Amazon is Prioritizing the Manga Experience on the Kindle
Playboy Magazine Now Available on iTunes and Google Play
Playbook magazine has launched a nudity free magazine that has been redesigned for an entirely new generation. A few months ago the company signed an agreement with Amazon to have hundreds of classic articles available via Kindle Single Classics and a few days ago Playboy magazine is now available on iTunes, Google Play and the Good e-Reader App Store.The reimagined Playboy … [Read more...] about Playboy Magazine Now Available on iTunes and Google Play
US Bookstore Sales Increased by 2.0% in August
Bookstore sales continued to soar in August, primarily driven by students returning to college. Overall sales increased by 2% and generated $1.66 billion from $1.63 billion a year ago. For the first eight months of the year, bookstore sales were up 4.5% over 2015.US bookstores are doing solid business this year and this is primarily due to the high cost of e-books. … [Read more...] about US Bookstore Sales Increased by 2.0% in August
PBS Announces the Playtime Pad
PBS has just announced a new tablet that was designed for kids. It was designed to take a lot of punishment and comes with easy-to-use parental controls that let them further customize the experience, including the ability to approve or block streaming videos, online games, and installed apps, and the ability to set daily usage time limits and the hours when the tablet can be … [Read more...] about PBS Announces the Playtime Pad
Amazon is Killing off their Kindle App for Windows
When Windows 8 first came out, Amazon developed a customized Kindle App that was available to download from the Microsoft Store. Amazon has just confirmed to Good e-Reader that they are killing off the app and directing users to install Kindle for PC or the Kindle Cloud Reader for Windows Phones or tablets.Amazon will be removing their Kindle app from the Microsoft Store on … [Read more...] about Amazon is Killing off their Kindle App for Windows
Virtual Reality is going to be heavily marketed to book publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair
There are a few serious companies participating in the the virtual reality space. Facebook has Oculus, Samsung has Gear VR, there is also Sony Playstation VR and Google Cardboard. At the upcoming Frankfurt Bookfair, virtual reality is going to be heavily marketed towards publishers.Taiwanese artist Jimmy Liao's picture book, All of My World Is You, will come to life once … [Read more...] about Virtual Reality is going to be heavily marketed to book publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair
Elly’s Choice secures major partners for International expansion
Elly's Choice launched in the Netherlands in 2014 and the company offers a subscription program where users pay 2.99 per month to read 10 e-books. The digital content can be read on users e-readers, smartphones or tablets and Elly's Choice currently has over 40,000 paid subscribers. In order to take their business to the next level, they will be rebranding themselves as Book … [Read more...] about Elly’s Choice secures major partners for International expansion
Where do people buy and listen to their Audiobooks?
The global audiobook industry is currently worth over three billion dollars and is considered to be the fastest growing segment in publishing. Every quarter publishers report that e-book sales are down, but audio sales are up. Statistically, there is not much data on where people buy and listen to their audiobooks, until now.Good e-Reader has conducted a month long poll … [Read more...] about Where do people buy and listen to their Audiobooks?
NetGalley Acquires Book Recommendation Site Bookish
Netgalley is the premier company that allows people to read e-books before they are officially released. They primarily want people to write reviews to generate buzz and they have a very successful business. In order to take things to the next level they have just acquired Bookish.com, which focuses on author interviews, book recommendations and literary … [Read more...] about NetGalley Acquires Book Recommendation Site Bookish
Penguin Boss Admits Their Focus on e-Books was an Error
Penguin Random House is responsible for nearly a quarter of all books currently being published and were an early adopter of e-books. Joanna Prior, the managing director of Penguin’s general books, said the firm jumped the gun and incorrectly pre-empted a major shift towards digital books.“There was a definite moment when we all went shooting out after the shiny app thing … [Read more...] about Penguin Boss Admits Their Focus on e-Books was an Error
Some fun and exciting changes made to the Good e-Reader App Store
Over the course of the past two weeks we have been working on providing our users with a better experience on the Good e-Reader Android and Blackberry App Store. We have migrated away from hosting most of our assets on Amazon S3 because a number of companies were hotlinking them and our bills were getting out of control. We also have made searching more robust and increased the … [Read more...] about Some fun and exciting changes made to the Good e-Reader App Store
O’Reilly is giving away 32 DRM-Free Programming e-books
O’Reilly is one of the first publishers in the United States to go completely DRM-Free for everything that they sell. The company has been quite vocal about selling things directly to the consumer and removing the device barrier. A digital textbook or e-book should be able to be read on your e-reader, smartphone or tablet. Today, O'Reilly has announced that they are giving away … [Read more...] about O’Reilly is giving away 32 DRM-Free Programming e-books