The Windows 8 app store may have over 30,000 apps, but the pickings for comics fans are pretty slim. At the moment, there appears to be only one dedicated comics app in the store, although there are several ways to read comics using other apps. One app is the behemoth of the digital comics world, Comics by comiXology, which carries over 30,000 titles from every major comics … [Read more...] about The Best Digital Comic Apps for Windows 8
File Scanning Service 1DollarScan Causes Fear of Piracy
On the surface, the concept behind San Jose-based file scanning company 1DollarScan is both simple and practical. Send a piece of print material to the company, and upon signing the user agreement and making payment, the company will send back a PDF of the material sent. This is an ideal service for companies with large volumes of documents that need to be stored, newspapers or … [Read more...] about File Scanning Service 1DollarScan Causes Fear of Piracy
DCL and DITA Strategies Host Digital Publishing Webinar
Data Conversion Laboratory is hosting a webinar tomorrow on the neutral XML platform, led by Amber Swope of DITA Strategies. GoodeReader spoke to Swope about what the platform itself entails and what it can ultimately mean for consumers. “Content is [the publishers’] product, and if it’s locked into any one delivery medium then they can’t use it for all readers. The … [Read more...] about DCL and DITA Strategies Host Digital Publishing Webinar
PDF File Viewing on the New Amazon Kindle 4
Welcome to another Good e-Reader Video Review! Today we look at the full PDF capabilities in the new Amazon Kindle 4th Generation. We evaluate many different kinds of PDF files in our review. There are three different types of print we are looking at today; Magazines, Newspapers, and PDF eBooks. Witness the pros and the cons and the different settings in the e-reader to … [Read more...] about PDF File Viewing on the New Amazon Kindle 4
Ebook of the Week: Wren Emerson
This week’s GoodEReader.com Ebook of the Week is the YA paranormal work I Wish… which beguilingly unveils an entire town of witches, an eccentric author-grandmother, a pink RV, and a family on the run attempting to hide in plain sight. When Thistle Nettlebottom discovers that the matriarchal town of Desire has a hierarchy based on supernatural power aptitude and that she has … [Read more...] about Ebook of the Week: Wren Emerson
Books-A-Million Reader from Bluefire brings e-books for mobile devices
Books-A-Million, Inc., the third largest book retailer in the United States have now joined forces with Bluefire Productions LLC to make good use of their extensive e-book library resources. What Bluefire Productions have actually done is they have developed an e-book reader application - Books-A-Million (BAM) Reader that would easily connect to the wide variety of books … [Read more...] about Books-A-Million Reader from Bluefire brings e-books for mobile devices
Amazon’s Firmware Update 2.5 begins filtering in
Its time now for Amazon to come up with the software update that it had promised in Late April – that the 2.5 version of its software will make its way to your Kindles within a month. Well, this is the time for the update to roll in with the latest e-reader news coming in suggest the process has already started. Or maybe its already delivered to your device as has happened … [Read more...] about Amazon’s Firmware Update 2.5 begins filtering in
Bookeen Launches Colorful Opus E-Reader
If you are looking for a colorful e-reader, here is one more choice for you – the Bookeen Opus e-book reader named Opus Color. It is the color version of the Cybook Opus and is the latest e-reader to join the colorful e-reader bandwagon. The Opus Color has a 5 inch screen with a resolution of 800x600 pixels and makes use of the print imitating monochrome e-ink technology. … [Read more...] about Bookeen Launches Colorful Opus E-Reader