Daily Archives: September 17, 2010
Kindicted: 10,000 Books on a Kindle 2?
Why have this many books? If Google can do it, why cant anyone? Besides, at the current exponential rate of Twilight book releases, it will only take a few years to reach that number! via Kindicted: 10,000 Books on a … Continue reading
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iDevice Kobo App With DRM-Free ePub
Well, standing here embarrassed as all hell over my huge error in that last post, I’ll come back for more. Here are directions from the Mobileread Kobo Reader Wiki on how to add DRM-free ePub and PDFs to the Kobo … Continue reading
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Kobo Books: Read Adobe DRMed ePub On An iDevice
MAJOR CORRECTION! That’s what the man of Kobo Books just said: @mikecane You’re absolutely right re: Desktop Reader. My error. Side-loading live for iPhone, iPad, eReader, still in dev for Desktop ReaderFri Sep 17 21:01:16 via webMichael Tamblynmtamblyn That is … Continue reading
Filed under Digital Overthrow, eBooks: General, Kobo Reader
The Best Book Trailer EVAR
No rotten canned music. No stock photos of models. No inept narration. No bad text overlays. I kept watching because I was certain the camera would pan up and there’d something else. But no! Short. Simple. Intriguing. Effective. People hate … Continue reading
Filed under Book Creation, eBooks: General, Marketing, Minimalism, Video
Alien Android Tablets Coming To J&R
I have no idea where these are coming from: GIT ICAN 7″ Touch Screen Tablet PC – 80002 Click = big GIT ICAN 10.1″ Touch Screen Tablet PC – 80001 Click = big Aside from screen and device size, the … Continue reading
Filed under Android, eBooks: General, Other Hardware
Just A Brief Note About The Kobo Reader
Lisbeth Salander — heh — reviews the Kobo Reader in Australia: You won’t see any international review of the Barnes & Noble Nook. Because it’s only available in America. And even if you could smuggle one outside, regional book rights … Continue reading
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I’ve Got Your eBook Tweets Right Here
Since Twitter can’t master metadata, I’m trying to remember now to hashtag tweets that are about eBooks with #ebooks. Use this to filter my tweets just down to that. I’m hashtagging only news. So, conversations about eBooks won’t be part … Continue reading
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Britain’s child slaves: New book says their misery helped forge Britain | Mail Online
Supervisors used terror and punishment to drive the children to greater productivity. A boy in a nail-making factory was punished for producing inferior nails by having his head down on an iron counter while someone hammered a nail through his … Continue reading
Filed under Pottersville, Quoted, Reference
