GoodEReader.com has covered a number of highly entertaining downloadable apps, especially ones aimed at the youngsters in the crowd. Having a complete parenting arsenal of entertaining, educational, and engaging features for kids available on portable devices can make the difference between a pleasant atmosphere surrounding a dreaded wait-time and a full-scale meltdown, sure to … [Read more...] about Whatever You Do, Wreck This App
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iPad Internet Browsing Accounts for 2% of all Online Traffic
NetMarketShare recently released a web analytics report that demonstrates the origins of web browsing traffic. They had some interesting information to share regarding the iPad and iPad 2, which shows how prevalent the device is in our lives.The company mentioned that the iPad accounts for 2% of all web browsing done in the USA and 1% for the rest of the world. This is an … [Read more...] about iPad Internet Browsing Accounts for 2% of all Online Traffic
The Music of Ebooks
For indie authors, the work of creating a digital book can be daunting enough. But for authors with the right technical know-how, creating tablet PC-specific interactive ebook files known as enhanced ebooks that contain complete audio, video, and astounding numbers of graphics have made their works stand out from the digital crowd.Now, a different form of ebook experience … [Read more...] about The Music of Ebooks
iPad HD Due out September and iTunes Gets 1080P Videos!
Some recent reports give us some hope for the future of 1080P HD quality movies on iTunes. Apple Insider is reporting that iTunes will be launching a new HD service this fall to run in conjunction with the iPad HD launch.Right now on iTunes HD videos only give you 720P resolution as the maximum. This will all change this September or October when Apple will release the new … [Read more...] about iPad HD Due out September and iTunes Gets 1080P Videos!
24symbols Launches Subscription Ebook Reading
At BookExpo and the IDPF Digital Book Conference in May, we reported that 24symbols, a Spanish digital book subscription site, would be changing the way some people read ebooks. Using a Netflix-like subscription platform in which no books were actually downloaded to a computer or device, 24symbols would instead rely on Cloud-based content storage that allowed subscribers to … [Read more...] about 24symbols Launches Subscription Ebook Reading
HP TouchPad Launches July 1st with iStoryTime App
One of the hotly anticipated devices launching July 1 is the HP TouchPad, a new addition to the ever-expanding family of touch screen tablets slated to use the webOS operating system. Computex attendees were treated to a sneak peek of the tablet, but the full launch is finally here. One of the installed features for launch on the TouchPad may surprise some consumers who are … [Read more...] about HP TouchPad Launches July 1st with iStoryTime App
Asus Eee Pad Transformer Set for July End Debut in India
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer is among the better known Android tablets and a truly viable alternative to the iPad, and is all set to storm into the Indian tablet scene. However, while the company is yet to come up with any official declaration, what has emerged is that around the end of July the Transformers could be seen sharing retail space with other tablet such as the iPad … [Read more...] about Asus Eee Pad Transformer Set for July End Debut in India
Financial Times Web App Sees 200,000 Downloads in Two Weeks
That Financial Times and Apple aren't on the best of terms in no secret. They were in the news earlier for the former's reluctance to comply with Apple's in-app purchasing rules. What Financial Times also did not like with Apple is the way the latter cut 30 percent of the sales revenue while also holding on to subscriber data.In the end, Financial Times decided to walk off … [Read more...] about Financial Times Web App Sees 200,000 Downloads in Two Weeks
Authors Bypass E-Readers to Self-Publish Book Apps
With the new technology available to authors considering digital publishing, a new breed of self-publishing is opening up to authors with a minimum of computer skills: the book as app. Rather than a fairly simple formatted text document, the app book can be considered book overkill, offering interactive features, embedded videos, full-color graphics, real-time audio, and … [Read more...] about Authors Bypass E-Readers to Self-Publish Book Apps
Apple Taking a Risk by Limiting App Store Content
In February of this year, Apple introduced some strict guidelines for content in its App Store, set to take effect at the end of June. These new regulations were effectively going to require all content providers to only sell through the app, granting Apple a 30% share of the purchase price. The biggest name to be affected by this so far would possibly be Amazon.com’s Kindle … [Read more...] about Apple Taking a Risk by Limiting App Store Content
Governor Rick Scott Opens the Door for E-Readers in All Public School Classrooms in Florida
Most consumers think of their e-readers in terms of the convenience they can offer, such as massive storage capacity, instantly downloadable e-books, and go-anywhere portable libraries. Governor Rick Scott of Florida, however, sees a new potential for the many e-reader devices on the market, which is the revolutionizing of public education.Much has been said recently about … [Read more...] about Governor Rick Scott Opens the Door for E-Readers in All Public School Classrooms in Florida
XinXii Now to Support an HTML5-Based Readability
German-based XinXii, a digital content publishing site launched in Europe in 2008, has made some pioneering moves in that short time. As one of the first digital self-publishing sites to operate in several different languages and currencies, it established itself early on as a user-friendly source for buying and selling online books, documents, and audio downloads.Today, … [Read more...] about XinXii Now to Support an HTML5-Based Readability
Inkling Makes E-Textbooks a Reality
Opponents of the more academically-structured functions of e-readers have long sited the awkward accessibility of search features as one of the barriers to widespread adoption of electronic texts in educational settings. The belief that e-readers aren’t the most user-friendly interface for any digital content which requires rapid movement throughout the text have been … [Read more...] about Inkling Makes E-Textbooks a Reality
DC Comics Brings Its Original Heroes to Digital Media
GoodEReader.com posted an article in April 2011 that explained the frustration that graphic novelists and their audiences feel with digital self-publishing, specifically a lack of e-titles compared to the fiction market and difficulty in trying to self-publish comics and graphic novels to tablets and e-readers. However, a remedy may be just around the corner.The comic book … [Read more...] about DC Comics Brings Its Original Heroes to Digital Media
Conde Nast Bringing Subscription Based Magazines to the iPad
Towards the end of May publishing giant Conde Nast will be bringing paid subscription magazines to the Apple iPad Tablet. These new magazines will include Wired, Vanity Fair and the New Yorker. If you are a current subscriber of these magazines in their print form, you get the digital subscription for free!The New Yorker for new subscribers will cost $5.99 per month or … [Read more...] about Conde Nast Bringing Subscription Based Magazines to the iPad
iPad’s E-reader App Makes Key Publishers Cautious
There are devices that can do it all, at least in the eyes of the consumer, and then there are devices that fail to live up to the expectations of the people who are investing the serious money behind the product, the publishers.Conde Nast, publisher of such magazines in the fashion, technology, food and travel sector as Wired, Vogue, Brides, and GQ, just to name a few of … [Read more...] about iPad’s E-reader App Makes Key Publishers Cautious