The Pulse Reader app from Linkedin is one of the most popular e-reading apps out there. It allows you to quickly add in your favorite news websites and easily check out the top stories. The major selling point was being able to create dedicated pages where you can establish genres. So you could have a page devoted to tech news, another gaming news and quickly switch between all … [Read more...] about Linkedin Pulse Gets Totally Redesigned and It’s Horrible
Oyster Prioritizes Nighttime Reading
Oyster is one of the largest e-book subscription services in the US and they want to encourage you to read at night. Traditionally the bright screens on your smartphone or tablet make this difficult, but the company has just released a new feature called Lumin, which automatically adjusts your device's light levels based on the time of day. The result, they say, is better sleep … [Read more...] about Oyster Prioritizes Nighttime Reading
Amazon Enhances the Resolution of the Kindle Paperwhite 2
Amazon tends to release new e-readers every single year, encouraging people to upgrade their old devices and buy the latest and greatest. The Seattle company is doing something very different this go around, instead of an entirely new device they have upgraded the Kindle Paperwhite 2 in a big way.Amazon has just announced that they have increased the resolution on the … [Read more...] about Amazon Enhances the Resolution of the Kindle Paperwhite 2
Canadian Libraries Band Together Over High e-Book Prices
Canadian Library organizations have banded together to launch a website that wants to bring public attention to high e-book prices.The Toronto Public Library, Canadian Library Council, Â Ontario Library Association and the Canadian Library Association want to bring awareness to the super high prices publishers are charging them for e-books. Â They cite number examples, such … [Read more...] about Canadian Libraries Band Together Over High e-Book Prices
Kobo iOS App Now Allows you Read Samples without an Account
Do you want to preview e-books and read samples without having to register an account? Kobo has just pushed an update to their iOS app that will allow you to do just that. This should go a long way to maybe giving new customers a reason to participate in the Kobo ecosystem and see what the overall e-reading experience is like before they pull the trigger, make an account and … [Read more...] about Kobo iOS App Now Allows you Read Samples without an Account
The Barnes and Noble Nook Brand Can Be Saved
Barnes and Noble has been making dedicated e-readers since 2009 and the majority of their hardware design is done via their R&D center in Santa Clara. The original Nook e-reader was created in secret, in a tiny building that once housed the Palo Alto Bread bakery. In the last few years many customers have been abandoning the Nook ecosystem, due to a series of blunders. How … [Read more...] about The Barnes and Noble Nook Brand Can Be Saved
Read the First Chapter of Ernest Cline’s Armada
Ready Player One is one of the most influential books for those of us that grew up in the 1980's. It has 174060 ratings and 26598 reviews on GoodReads and the audiobook was narrated by Wil Wheaton. He second full length novel is coming out on July 15th called Armada and the book has already been optioned for a movie.The concept of the book centers around a high school … [Read more...] about Read the First Chapter of Ernest Cline’s Armada
Let’s Play Fallout Shelter for iPad
Fallout Shelter is a new iOS app that just became available in the last 24 hours. This title is the first-ever mobile game from Bethesda, set in Fallout’s dystopian post-apocalyptic world.Fallout Shelter is a worker placement game where players take on the role of the Overseer. You'll welcome new members into your vault, build structures inside to care for them and send … [Read more...] about Let’s Play Fallout Shelter for iPad
Amazon Changes the Structure of KDP Select
Amazon has just announced sweeping changes to their Kindle Direct Publishing Select program. Under this new model, the amount an author earns will be determined by their share of total pages read rather than their share of total qualified borrows.Here are a few examples illustrating how the fund will be paid out. For simplicity, assume the fund is $10M and that 100,000,000 … [Read more...] about Amazon Changes the Structure of KDP Select
inkBOOK e-Reader has Carta Screen and Runs Android Apps
The InkBook e-reader was made in co-operation with BOYUE and Arta Tech Onyx Europe. This device has an e Ink Carta display, which gives the same core reading experience as the Kobo H2O and Kindle Voyage.The InkBook features a six inch e Ink Carta display and a resolution of 1024 x 758 px (212 dpi). It has a built in lighting system that allows you to read in the dark. This … [Read more...] about inkBOOK e-Reader has Carta Screen and Runs Android Apps
Podcast: e-Book Piracy and Nook Decline
In this edition of the Good e-Reader Radio Show you will understand e-book piracy, the moral choices we make when engaging in it and how sometimes its done for profit. Additionally, why did Barnes and Noble go from making $910 million a year on Nook to an estimated $150 million in 2015? Get a sense on the key moments in history where they went wrong and started to drive users … [Read more...] about Podcast: e-Book Piracy and Nook Decline
If You Use This Book Opening, You Will Never Be Published
There are certain beginnings of books that are the kiss of death in the publishing industry and I am not talking about 'its a dark and stormy night.' If you are an aspiring author or even one who has written a few books, there is one beginning that you should never use, if you have any hopes about landing a publishing deal.Many agents and publishers have admitted that … [Read more...] about If You Use This Book Opening, You Will Never Be Published
How to Submit Your Website to Apple News Publisher
Apple is getting into the news business and is hoping to disrupt established players such as Flipboard, Buzzfeed and Linkedin Pulse. Apple News is coming out this fall and will be loaded on all iOS 9 devices by default. How exactly do established news websites get their content onto Apple News?Apple News will pay developers 70% of all revenue that their publications … [Read more...] about How to Submit Your Website to Apple News Publisher
Love In The Time Of Autocorrect
Many indie authors often make the mistake of not having a dedicated editor to insure their book is not riddled with spelling mistakes or issues stemming from autocorrect in Microsoft Word. A good editor will normally cost $1,500 to $3,000, which is outside of most peoples budget. Doing your own editing, what could go wrong?The usage of autocorrect inserts confusion into … [Read more...] about Love In The Time Of Autocorrect