People's sense of psychological ownership is affected by three primary factors: whether they feel as if they have control over the object they own, whether they use the object to define who they are, and whether the object helps give them a sense of belonging in society. There no true ownership when it comes to ebooks, … [Read more...]
Amazon Kindle and Kindle Paperwhite on sale
If you want to get the latest generation Kindle e-readers before they are discontinued and new models come out, Amazon is having a 25% off sale. The Kindle Basic Touch is only $59.99 and the Kindle Paperwhite is available for $99. Amazon tends to discount both of these e-readers during special holidays, such as … [Read more...]
Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet 7 on sale for $29
Barnes and Noble has marked down their Nook Tablet 7 tablet by 40% and is now selling it for a paltry $29. It is available online and in most of their bookstores in the United States. This could be an indication that they are working on a new device that might be announced in the next few months. Barnes and Noble … [Read more...]
Alibaba launches new ebook app called Tmall Reader
Alibaba is leveraging their Literature unit and has just released a new e-reader app called Tmall Reader. It is now available for download from both iOS and Android app stores, offers access to titles, ranging from business and children’s stories to Chinese translations of popular foreign authors. There are thousands … [Read more...]
Alexa and Google debut Stephen King book recommendation tool
Simon & Schuster has just developed the first the first voice-activated book recommendation tool. If you have a device running Amazon Alexa or Google Voice Assistant will be able to recommend King books tailored to users reading tastes from a selection of 56 titles. The program, S&S said, will ask users a … [Read more...]
Rogers slashes 75 jobs in their print and digital publishing division
Rogers has just slashed 75 full-time employees, reducing the size of publishing team to about 150 people in Toronto. The job cuts are primarily due to the dwindling subscriber base of Maclean's, Today's Parent, Hello! Canada, Flare, MoneySense, Canadian Business and Chatelaine. Rogers says it has reorganized its … [Read more...]
Kobo Clara HD VS Amazon Kindle Oasis 2
The Kobo Clara HD and Amazon Kindle Oasis 2 represent the latest generation e-readers. The Clara HD came out a few weeks ago and the Oasis 2 debuted late last year. The one thing the new Kobo has going for it is the Comfortlight PRO technology, which adds color temperature control. Whereas the Oasis has a larger … [Read more...]
The President Is Missing is having a huge first week
The President Is Missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson is having a massive first week. 147,000 hardcover copies of the thriller were sold in bookstores and 113,000 audiobook and ebooks were sold from retailers such as Amazon, Apple iBooks, Barnes and Noble and Kobo. The plot centers on a fictional president … [Read more...]
E Ink bus stop signs now available in Sydney
Visionect has just launched a pilot program in Sydney Australia for a series of E Ink bus stop signs. These bus stops are the result of their cooperation with the Australian company Mercury Innovation - these were their partners from a few years ago when they launched a series of e-paper traffic signs in Sydney. The … [Read more...]
MSN News rebrands itself to Microsoft News
MSN News received a major overhaul in January and the revamp included the ability to keep your news interests in sync across all devices, a dark theme, and continuous scrolling from one article to the next. Within the next few weeks the app will be rebranded to Microsoft News and the update will be pushed to Android … [Read more...]
You will no longer be able to install Chrome Extensions
You will no longer be able to install Google Chrome extensions from outside of the main Chrome Store anymore. This will prevent people from offering extensions on their own site and getting users to sideload them. This is partly done to have everything under one roof, but it is also for security. Google announced … [Read more...]
Apple has just shared a preview of the new iBooks app
Apple is going to release a new version of the iBooks app this fall when the new iPhones are released. The company has just shared a preview of all of the features, including how the new curation system will work and what users can expect out of the entire e-reading system. The new Reading Now tab is home to the … [Read more...]