If you can imagine a world where characters like Goku from Dragon Ball Z come to life to interact with the reader in a fierce battle to save Planet Vegeta then you may begin to understand the lure of Virtual Reality (VR). A Holosuite is the extreme version of VR rooms where holograms and real life characters meet in the physical space. These are of course fictional and based … [Read more...] about Revolutionizing the Digital Reading Experience with VR
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The best ebook and e-reading apps for Android – 2018
There are hundreds of millions of people that are using an Android phone, tablet or e-reader. They primarily rely on apps to consume digital content and there is no shortage of them. This list is not going to promote the mainstream apps like Kindle, Kobo or Nook, merely because everyone is already aware of them. Instead, our best apps of 2018 list will focus on e-reading apps … [Read more...] about The best ebook and e-reading apps for Android – 2018
Amazon Updates Its Kindle App
It's been roughly ten years since Amazon launched its Kindle app for a variety of platforms, and today the company has announced its biggest update since that time. The newly revamped reading app brings with it a number of key changes that readers have been asking for. “We’ve built the new Kindle app from the ground up for book lovers, giving readers easy access to … [Read more...] about Amazon Updates Its Kindle App
The Best Android e-Reader Apps of 2017
Android has a vast number of e-reading and e-book apps available, but there are so many to choose from. Where do you start? Good e-Reader tracks all of the emerging and new apps you need to know about. Some of them give you bite sized content on a daily basis to keep you entertained during short reading sessions, while others feature steamy romance or post apocalyptic … [Read more...] about The Best Android e-Reader Apps of 2017
Kindle in Motion Feature Is Cool, But Do Readers Like It?
Amazon has a quirky option for ebooks called Kindle in Motion, and the news has been strangely uneventful. This feature, incorporated into certain titles, places moving graphics in various locations throughout the text. They can be limited to the cover, as in the clouds floating behind the spooky house in Edgar Allan Poe's "Darkness There," or they can be scattered in the text … [Read more...] about Kindle in Motion Feature Is Cool, But Do Readers Like It?
Libraries Unfold Just About Anywhere, But Can It Revive Public Interest?
With libraries like this, there's no need to risk your e-reader. Last week, Good e-Reader posted an article about one of the most innovative redesigns in the US, the award-winning rebuilding of the McAllen, Texas, public library out of an old, abandoned Walmart store. Today, new cropped up online of what might be one of the smallest physical lending libraries on the planet, … [Read more...] about Libraries Unfold Just About Anywhere, But Can It Revive Public Interest?
Apple’s Troubles with DOJ Far from Over
Sometimes, it's just not enough to win, at least in the eyes of the Department of Justice. And when the issue involves anti-trust violations and price fixing, it can seem like it's not enough for the government to slap you on the wrist, if damages in the ball park of $266 million to $500 million can be seen as a little slap. Now that Judge Denise Cote ruled that Apple was, … [Read more...] about Apple’s Troubles with DOJ Far from Over
Seniors Gravitate Towards eBooks
Seniors are rediscovering their love of prose with the rise of electronic books on dedicated e-readers and tablets. One of the main reasons is the contrast and light weight nature of popular readers like the Kindle. Digital Readers tend to weigh less then a hardcover novel, and give seniors the ability to enhance the size of the fonts, making it easier to read. Researchers … [Read more...] about Seniors Gravitate Towards eBooks
e-Reading After a Hurricane
The United States is still reeling from Hurricane Sandy, and I was right in the middle of it! After she passed, I was without power, heat, or water for two weeks. In fact, I still have no internet or cable. I'm typing this on my 4G iPad using the fantastic K760 Bluetooth Keyboard. So how does someone who is an ebook freak get along during a prolonged power outage? I … [Read more...] about e-Reading After a Hurricane
WSJ Reports on Tracking Consumers’ e-Reading Habits
According to an article in today’s Wall Street Journal, e-reading is providing valuable but intrusive information to publishers. While the television and film industries have long relied on screenings and focus groups to provide feedback about the likes and dislikes in those forms of entertainment, participants are generally aware that they are taking part in a study. Tablet … [Read more...] about WSJ Reports on Tracking Consumers’ e-Reading Habits
ebrary Study Demonstrates Higher eBook Use Among UK Students
More than 6,300 students worldwide took part in a library-based study commissioned by ebrary to determine their attitudes towards digital reading. Not only were the numbers higher than expected for that student demographic, the attitudes in favor of digital reading were higher in the UK than for students of a similar age bracket in other countries. Over 85% of the students … [Read more...] about ebrary Study Demonstrates Higher eBook Use Among UK Students
HuffPo Crushes Some Anti-Blog Sentiment with a Pulitzer Win
In the game of us-versus-them, the differentiation between bloggers and journalists has been on-going and unnecessarily furthered, mostly by organizations who consider themselves to be news purists. But today’s awarding of the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting to David Woods of the Huffington Post may be the removal of the final stigma. When HuffPo launched nearly seven … [Read more...] about HuffPo Crushes Some Anti-Blog Sentiment with a Pulitzer Win
Blio eReading App Now Available on Azpen Tablets
With all the press surrounding the major names in tablet PCs, it’s easy to forget that there are a number of devices that not only offer the same quality in a do-it-all machine, but that can sometimes offer even superior performance, especially in e-reading. Baker&Taylor, the largest distributor of print and ebooks worldwide, has partnered with K-NFB Reading Technology … [Read more...] about Blio eReading App Now Available on Azpen Tablets
The New iPad 3 and Why Readers Will Want One
The news out of San Francisco today about Apple’s latest family member left a lot of people with some unanswered questions. When will there be a Sprint-compatible 4G version? What do you mean Siri can speak Japanese? And what are we supposed to call this thing? There are a number of compelling updates to the new iPad that make it highly sought after, but for readers, only … [Read more...] about The New iPad 3 and Why Readers Will Want One