Digital reading app Copia is known for introducing innovative information at large-scale industry gatherings, such as last year's demonstration of its social reading feature that allows students to annotate inside a digital textbook in order to share and collaborate on notes. At this year's Digital Book World, Seth Kaufman, Vice President of Merchandising & Marketing for … [Read more...] about Copia and the Globalization of Digital Reading
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Social Reading Just Got Real
There are a number of platforms out there that let readers participate in "social reading," which essentially serves as a virtual book club in which the readers don't have to know each other to form thoughts and share ideas on a book. Anyone who opts into a particular discussion is allowing other readers to annotate their books, ask and answer questions, and more. While social … [Read more...] about Social Reading Just Got Real
Readmill’s CEO Henrik Berggren at FutureBook
Over the course of the past several years, social reading platforms have sprung up almost as fast as digital ebook distribution platforms. While each platform has its standard features, newcomer Readmill offers an unique insight into what the possibilities for social reading are. With so much focus this year at FutureBook on the emerging ebook markets in foreign locations, … [Read more...] about Readmill’s CEO Henrik Berggren at FutureBook
Citia Changes the Way Digital Books Are Read
One of the continuing criticisms of ebooks is that they haven’t really changed that much from their print counterparts. By digitizing, we haven’t really improved upon the concept of words on a page. Citia’s new iPad app is hoping to change how the words are actually used. By adapting non-fiction titles for optimized viewing and information chunking, the app organizes … [Read more...] about Citia Changes the Way Digital Books Are Read
ReadSocial Powers with Float Mobile to Add Backend API
While social reading is on the rise among ebook developers, especially those who see the merits in the ability to let readers interact with each other within the confines of an academic work or textbook, the limitations of the services currently on the market left more than one API creator wanting to take social reading to the next level. ReadSocial, which allows any content … [Read more...] about ReadSocial Powers with Float Mobile to Add Backend API
Book Pulse and Real-Time Facebook Annotations to Ebooks
BookPulse granted an interview to GoodEReader while on location at the Digital Book World conference this week, detailing the method the company has created for readers to interact through ebooks on Facebook, so if a reader comments or annotates a page in a synced ebook, the comment will automatically appear on that book’s page on Facebook. Additionally, and perhaps more … [Read more...] about Book Pulse and Real-Time Facebook Annotations to Ebooks
Has Amazon’s Public Notes Gone Too Public?
Earlier this year, Amazon.com launched its own social interactive reading platform, Public Notes. As the name readily implies, users can choose to follow other Public Notes users and see their highlighted passages and notes in the virtual margins for any book that users choose to make, well, public. The entire premise of social reading was conceived as a great worldwide web … [Read more...] about Has Amazon’s Public Notes Gone Too Public?
Copia demonstrates Social Media Reading at CES 2011
Copia had one of the most elaborate booths at CES in the main hall that advocated their new social reading platform for Android, Apple, Windows Tablets, Windows Phone 7 and others! The main premise of the service is to combine social reading along with purchasing ebooks, without being locked into a specific device such as the Kindle. The Copia platform allows people to share … [Read more...] about Copia demonstrates Social Media Reading at CES 2011