Category Archives: Devices

Sony-Google Deal Adds 500k Public Domain Books to E-Reader

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Mac Slocum

Sony is adding 500,000 public domain EPUB-based titles to its Reader catalog through a partnership with Google. Paul Biba at Teleread examines Sony’s rationale: Sony’s apparent intent, meanwhile, beyond… Continue reading →

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Coming to Grips with the “Unthinkable” in Publishing

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Andrew Savikas

While much of the Twitter chatter this past weekend was about the annual South by Southwest festival and conference, there was quite a bit of “retweeting” of links to a… Continue reading →

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Jakob Nielsen: Kindle Content Must be Kindle-Specific

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Mac Slocum

Jakob Nielsen offers an in-depth look at Kindle formatting best practices: For Kindle, it’s certainly unacceptable to simply repurpose print content. But you can’t repurpose website content, either. For… Continue reading →

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Kindle Comes to the iPhone

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Mac Slocum

Users of the iPhone and iPod Touch can now tap into Amazon’s Kindle store with the free Kindle for iPhone application. From The New York Times: The move comes a… Continue reading →

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Hearst Gets Into the E-Reader Game

Posted on February 27, 2009 by Mac Slocum

Hearst Corp. is developing its own wireless e-reader that may debut this year. From Fortune: According to industry insiders, Hearst, which publishes magazines ranging from Cosmopolitan to Esquire and newspapers… Continue reading →

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On the contentious subject of ebook pricing

Posted on February 14, 2009 by liza

I had meant to include this as a slide in my e-reader talk but didn’t have time.
I think we can all agree that this is a don’t.

(There’s a free sample though!)
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Video: Android meets Eink

Posted on February 13, 2009 by Andrew Savikas

Keeping with the “labs” theme for recent posts, via a tweet from George Walkley: Lots of talk about devices at TOC – now just saw this, Android + e-ink http://vimeo.com/3162590… Continue reading →

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Photos from New York Times R&D Lab

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Andrew Savikas

Nick Bilton was a hit yesterday at the TOC Conference, and during his keynote he talked about what they’re working on with content at the NYT R&D Lab. Nick was… Continue reading →

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At TOC: Video from Yesterday’s Kindle Announcement

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Andrew Savikas

Courtesy of Phil Torrone at makezine.com, here’s video from yesterday’s Kindle announcement:… Continue reading →

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At TOC: A Different Way of Doing Booth Books

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Andrew Savikas

At most of our conferences, we sell books from our booth, and last year’s TOC Conference was no exception. This year we’re trying something a bit different — including a… Continue reading →

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