Adobe has been running a fairly popular service for the last few years that has been marketed towards independent authors, businesses and design studios to create enhanced eBook apps for iOS. Adobe has just confirmed that starting in May 2015, these companies will either have to find other options to publish apps, or pay thousands of dollars a month. The Digital Publishing … [Read more...] about Adobe Makes Dramatic Change to iOS App Publishing Program
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Adobe No Longer Sending User Data in Clear Text to Their Servers
Adobe came under fire a few weeks ago when news was brought to light that critical user data was being sent to their servers from anyone using Adobe Digital Editions 4. The most important aspect of this story was that it was being done in clear text, with no encryption. Adobe has just patched ADE 4, to solve this issue. Adobe Digital Editions is used by millions of users all … [Read more...] about Adobe No Longer Sending User Data in Clear Text to Their Servers
Everything You Need to Know about the Lack of eBook Security in Adobe Digital Editions
Adobe Digital Editions is used by millions of libraries and readers to transfer eBooks to their devices. This can include e-readers, tablets or smartphones. Whenever you add an eBook to the ADE library, information is transferred to the Adobe servers in plain text. The data comprises of your User ID, Device ID, IP address, how long it took you to complete the book and … [Read more...] about Everything You Need to Know about the Lack of eBook Security in Adobe Digital Editions
Google Search Results Warn Against Sites With Flash Content
In the early days of the Internet, using Oh Flash was a sign that a website was ahead of the times. It was impressive and sought-after. These days it is akin to a technologically-transmitted-disease --we've all heard about Flash content and we all know of websites that feature it, but for the most part we really just hope to avoid it. Thanks to Google, users searching from an … [Read more...] about Google Search Results Warn Against Sites With Flash Content
Readium for Chrome Receives Major Upgrade
The Readium project originally started in 2012 and was originally billed to be an open source EPUB 3 engine. It is basically a set of reading tools for the development of iOS, Android and Chrome e-Reading apps. There are major players involved in the development of mobile and web-friendly SDK tools, such as Adobe, will be contributing a full-featured EPUB 3 rendering engine … [Read more...] about Readium for Chrome Receives Major Upgrade
Adobe Announces it Will Continue to Support old eBook Formats
Adobe has announced that it will continue to support the older DRM encryption formats for PDF and EPUB eBooks. This flip-flopping on this specific matter was due to the firestorm that erupted due to our recent post on Adobe killing the e-reader industry. We had so much feedback, that Adobe themselves commented on our original story and announced that they will continue to … [Read more...] about Adobe Announces it Will Continue to Support old eBook Formats
Adobe has Killed e-Readers
Adobe has issued a proclamation that starting in July, the vast majority of e-reader apps and hardware devices will not be able to read purchased eBooks anymore. This announcement stems from a massive upgrade to the encryption system Adobe has implemented in their new Digital Editions 3.0 and will have reverberating effects on ePub books all over the world. Unless thousands … [Read more...] about Adobe has Killed e-Readers
Adobe Cracks Down on Piracy with New ePub and PDF DRM
Adobe has just pushed out new Digital Rights Management encryption system for their entire line of publishing products. This was designed to make changes to the security of of ePub and PDF Files. Adobe is claiming that the new changes to one of the most popular electronic book formats in the world is the most secure they have ever produced. The new set of DRM for ePub files … [Read more...] about Adobe Cracks Down on Piracy with New ePub and PDF DRM
Digital First Media Announcement Finalized
As newspapers around the country are struggling to find their places in the digital publishing market, a mid-December announcement that strengthens one outlet became finalized only days ago. MediaNews Group and 21st Century Media first announced their joint combination on December 17th, and finalized the details of the announcement on the 30th. The new entity will operate as … [Read more...] about Digital First Media Announcement Finalized
Adobe to Publish .Folio Tech Specs Under Free License in Q1 2014
Adobe has let it known that they will be coming up with the technical specifications of .folio format for e-magazines under free license sometime in Q1 2014. An inherent benefit of the .folio format is that it will allow newsstands to launch their own viewing apps for users to read digital magazines that have been built using Adobe’s Digital Publishing Suite. This, Adobe claims … [Read more...] about Adobe to Publish .Folio Tech Specs Under Free License in Q1 2014
Digital Magazine Store Magzter Gets $10 mn Series B Funding from Singapore Press Holdings
Magzter Inc. which counts itself among the fastest growing digital magazine store and newsstand that is compliant with multiple platforms announced having secured $10 million in a series B funding. The latest round of funding is aimed at further consolidating their position as one of the largest operators in the field of digital magazine stores besides also venturing into … [Read more...] about Digital Magazine Store Magzter Gets $10 mn Series B Funding from Singapore Press Holdings
Adobe Joins the Readium Foundation to help with EPUB 3
Adobe announced today that the company is joining the Readium Foundation with the intention to make a significant contribution to the development of the Readium SDK project, a full-featured EPUB 3 rendering engine optimized for native apps on tablets and other mobile devices. ”Adobe has been a strong supporter of EPUB since its inception” said Tridib Roy Chowdhury, General … [Read more...] about Adobe Joins the Readium Foundation to help with EPUB 3
Vanity Fair’s iOS Version Sorted by Reading Times
In a nod to the understanding that consumers who read on mobile devices are probably on a time budget, the newly launched full-length issues of Vanity Fair have a new offer: reading times. Originally initiated by Liberty magazine in the 1920s, the reading time feature sorts articles for the reader by how long the article should take, which is perfect for the morning commute or … [Read more...] about Vanity Fair’s iOS Version Sorted by Reading Times
Adobe Releases Report on Viability of Digital Magazines
A report from Adobe, the State of Mobile Benchmark, demonstrated some interesting information about how consumers are utilizing mobile devices for magazine reading and subscriptions. The information specifically relates to readership of magazines produced using the Adobe Digital Publishing Suite, but the news gives insight into how the market as a whole is consuming … [Read more...] about Adobe Releases Report on Viability of Digital Magazines