Google has announced that they are doing to be discontinuing Android 2.3 and Honeycomb. Starting in early 2017 e-readers, smartphones and tablets that are running these two operating systems will no longer be able to access Google Play Services or the Play App Store.The lowest OS that will have support for Google Play Services will be Android 4.0 and this is important … [Read more...] about Google is Discontinuing Android 2.3 and Honeycomb
New recommendation service wants you to NOT judge a book but its cover
People often judge a book by its cover and this can make the difference between downloading a free sample or buying it at your local bookshop. A new website wants to dissuade you by focusing on the cover and instead the text within.Recommendmeabook.com is a new e-book discovery engine that primarily focuses on free and open source e-books that do not have a copyright, … [Read more...] about New recommendation service wants you to NOT judge a book but its cover
Here is the shortlist for the Bad Sex in Fiction Award
The Bad Sex Award has been going strong since it launched in 1993 by Rhoda Koenig, a literary critic, and Auberon Waugh, at that time editor of Literary Review. It honors a book that produced an outstandingly bad scene of sexual description in an otherwise good novel. All of the past winners of the award and the summaries of the book are available online for free via … [Read more...] about Here is the shortlist for the Bad Sex in Fiction Award
Should Amazon Release a Waterproof Kindle?
Over the course of the last two years the e-reader industry have been embracing waterproof e-readers. Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Pocketbook, Tolino and a myriad of other companies have engaged in marketing campaigns where users can read e-books anywhere. There is something compelling about not worrying about dumping coffee on your e-reader and ruining it or reading your favorite … [Read more...] about Should Amazon Release a Waterproof Kindle?
Oprah Proclaims Kindle Oasis as her Favorite e-reader of 2016
The Oprah effect can catapult a book to the top of the New York Times Bestseller List, but can it do the same thing for an e-reader? Oprah has just released her favorite things list of 2016 and has selected the Amazon Kindle Oasis as the best e-reader of the year. "I’m always looking for a reading oasis, and now I can find one wherever I go. The latest Kindle is practically … [Read more...] about Oprah Proclaims Kindle Oasis as her Favorite e-reader of 2016
Adobe Acrobat Reader Can Scan Documents with your Phone’s Camera
Adobe Acrobat Reader for Android has just received a massive new update and app will now allow you to take a picture of a document or business card and save it as a PDF file. The app will then automatically detect the edges of a document, making it easy to crop and straighten an image so that it looks like a real scan rather than a photo. Once all of the edits have been made … [Read more...] about Adobe Acrobat Reader Can Scan Documents with your Phone’s Camera
The New York Times Crossword Puzzle is Now Available on Android
The New York Times Crossword Puzzle is legendary and people all over the world are quite enamoured solving them. If you want to do the puzzles as soon as they come out, typically you have to subscribe to the New York Times, but this is easier said than done if you live outside the United States. Crossword lovers now have another option, you can download the … [Read more...] about The New York Times Crossword Puzzle is Now Available on Android
Amazon Prime Membership is only $79 Today Only
Amazon has discounted Prime Membership from $99 to $79 for the next 24 hours. This deal is only applicable to people who have never purchased a subscription before and cannot be used to extend your current plan.This deal exists to promote The Grand Tour, an Amazon show that’s basically a reboot of the BBC hit Top Gear. Also, Black Friday is next week and it makes sense that … [Read more...] about Amazon Prime Membership is only $79 Today Only
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Screenplay is Creating Controversy
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was originally published in 2001 and many booksellers are disgruntled that publishers in Canada, US and the United Kingdom are holding back the original title, because of the screenplay release. Barnes and Noble, Chapters Indigo and Waterstone's were all hoping to sell the older edition because of the upcoming movie, but are forced to … [Read more...] about Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Screenplay is Creating Controversy
E-Ink Q3 2016 Net Profit Declines by 35%
E-Ink has just hosted an investor's conference and told their shareholders that in Q3 2016 they had a 24% increase in revenue, which was a new high. Sadly though, their net profit experienced a 35% decline QOQ. EIH expects royalty revenues from licensing of FFS (fringe field switching) TFT-LCD technology to shrink 15-20% in 2016. EIH in September 2016 shut down its 2.5G LCD … [Read more...] about E-Ink Q3 2016 Net Profit Declines by 35%
Overdrive Simplifies Audiobook and E-Book Lending
Overdrive is the company primarily responsible for powering 90% of all US libraries audiobook and e-book collection. They have just released a new website and it has dozens of innovative features including enhanced security to attract new users to the library. The ease-of-use simplifies the borrowing process and enhances discoverability so readers don’t leave … [Read more...] about Overdrive Simplifies Audiobook and E-Book Lending
Audible Send This Book Is Now Available in the UK
Audible has a program called Send This Book and it has been available to US residents for the past six months. Send this Book allows you to send the audiobooks in your library to friends and family. It is free for you to send. And if it is your recipient's first time accepting an audiobook through this feature, it will be free. This program has been a quiet success for Audible … [Read more...] about Audible Send This Book Is Now Available in the UK