Teachers in the year 2020 have had one heckuva year trying to navigate through remote and hybrid learning. With COVID-19 sweeping the nation, teachers have been tasked with the accelerated process of learning to adopt virtual learning. As a result, OverDrive Education has found that digital reading platforms schoolwide have made the overwhelming shift towards ebooks and … [Read more...] about Ebooks and Audiobooks Usage In Schools Exploded in 2020
Archives for August 2020
Remarkable 2 Hands on Review
The Remarkable 2 is one of the most eagerly anticipated digital note taking devices of the year. The first generation model was crowdfunded and almost immediately available soon thereafter. The Remarkable 2 is being released in a staged format. Pre-orders have been ongoing for almost six months and the initial batch was supposed to come out already, but was delayed two months. … [Read more...] about Remarkable 2 Hands on Review
Remarkable 2 delayed by another couple of weeks
The first batch of the Remarkable 2 was delayed by a couple of months and people were getting excited that pre-orders placed in April and early May were finally going to ship out soon. Remarkable has confirmed with Good e-Reader that the device has been delayed again, but only by a couple of weeks. Remarkable told us "To ensure reMarkable 2, our next-generation paper tablet, … [Read more...] about Remarkable 2 delayed by another couple of weeks
Onyx Boox closes down their forum
Onyx Boox has been operating their online forum for a number of years. The company has shut down http://bbs.onyx-international.com a couple of weeks ago, some people thought it might be temporary, but they have been been officially shuttered. One of the reasons why the forum was shutdown was due to an increasingly amount of spam and customers being angry that the Onyx … [Read more...] about Onyx Boox closes down their forum
Quirklogic Papyr 13.3 inch e-note hands on review
The QuirkLogic Papyr is a 13.3 inch digital note taking device that can edit PDF files and take notes. Many other devices on the market can do this too, such as the upcoming Remarkable 2, Onyx Boox MAX 3 or the Sony Digital Paper. This device does something that all of the others simply cannot match, which is the real time collaborative drawing … [Read more...] about Quirklogic Papyr 13.3 inch e-note hands on review
Amazon discontinues KindleGen
KindleGen is a command line tool used to build eBooks that can be sold through Amazon's Kindle platform. Many people who used Linux or a MAC liked the ability to build ebooks and the tool is best for publishers and individuals who are familiar with HTML and want to convert their HTML, XHTML, XML (OPF/IDPF format), or ePub source into a Kindle Book. It can also generate the APNX … [Read more...] about Amazon discontinues KindleGen
The Kindle e-reader collects a large amount of data
The Amazon Kindle e-reader and their Android apps collect a ton of data from readers. Highlighting or tapping any word will send the requests with the text to Bing Translate and Wikipedia, as well as back to Amazon. Kindle services leverage reading data to offer some nice features that traditional books can't offer: maintaining bookmarks and notes between devices, keeping all … [Read more...] about The Kindle e-reader collects a large amount of data
E INK and TCL partner for digital signage production
E INK is the company responsible for e-paper found in almost every single e-reader and e-note currently available. The company derives 75% of their total revenue from the e-reader sector and they are looking to expand further into digital signage, which is a tremendous growth market. By 2025 it will be worth over $31.71 billion. E INK primarily makes its money producing the … [Read more...] about E INK and TCL partner for digital signage production
Audible is changing their subscription packages
Audible has just launched a new subscription tier called Audible Plus. It will provide subscribers access to 68,000 hours of content from more than 11,000 original productions, audiobooks, and podcasts. The new offering will be available for $7.95 per month. They are also are changing their Audible Gold program and are now calling it Audible Premium Plus, which costs $14.95 per … [Read more...] about Audible is changing their subscription packages