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Microsoft’s dual-screen booklet shows ‘face’ on web
Redmond concept artists outdo themselves More delicious rumor scraps about Microsoft’s not-yet-announced Courier tablet/e-book/ Girl Tech Password Journal have been leaked to the web.…
Continue reading »Sony serves up Mothers’ Day e-book reader deal
By your ma a viewer, get free books Looking for a Mothers’ Day gift for your literature-loving mum? Sony has a suggestion: a special edition e-book reader ready to be loaded with a female friendly digital library.…
Continue reading »White House embraces e-book readers
Perhaps you’ve been wanting to curl up with a digital copy of the annual Economic Report of the President, but the thought of reading a 400-page PDF on your laptop has kept you away. “If only the White House would release the report in a native format for my e-book reader!” you cry. Those cries have now been heard, as the White House on Friday put up the new Economic Report of the President in three formats: PDF, Amazon Kindle, and an ePub file designed for readers like Barnes & Noble’s Nook and Sony’s Reader.
Continue reading »Google book scanners apologize to Chinese scribes
Sorry for the poor communication – not the scanning Google has publicly apologized to the Chinese Writers Association for inadequate communication with local writers over its Google Book Search project, an effort to digitize millions of texts inside various research libraries.… ?
Continue reading »Publishers Fear eBook Piracy, But Shouldn’t
The list of most pirated eBooks of 2009 is mostly filled with geek manuals, dating tips and self-help guides. At the end of the year, Dan Brown, Stephen King, Stephenie Meyer and J.K Rowling were the only best selling authors that made it into the top 25. One of the explanations for this apparent ‘lack of piracy’ is the fact that eBook readers are still an exclusive gadget.
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