The link below is to an article featuring the book art of Guy Laramee.
For more visit:
http://www.zuzafun.com/guy-laramees-carved-books
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Article: Amazon’s Whispercast for Kindle
The link below is to an article that looks at Amazon’s Whispercast for Kindle.
For more visit:
http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/amazon-introduces-whispercast-for-kindle/
Time Out
Due to ill health I will not be posting in this Blog until probably Friday. I apologise for the down time.
Article: Oyster – The Proposed Spotify of Ebooks
The link below is to an article about startup ‘Oyster,’ that is trying to become the Spotify of ebooks.
For more visit:
http://gigaom.com/2012/10/10/can-oyster-be-the-spotify-of-books-3m-investment-says-yes/
Article: Chrome – Send to Kindle
Amazon has released a Chrome extension for sending articles on the web to read later on the Kindle.
For more visit the following link:
http://thenextweb.com/gadgets/2012/08/15/amazon-releases-send-kindle-extension-chrome-says-firefox-safari-support-way/
Article: The Lost Ebook Backlist
The link below is to an interesting article on the book treasures that are on the digital backlist – somewhere.
For more visit:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/oct/14/ebooks-backlist-titles-bloomsbury-reader
Article: History of the Nook Ebook Reader
The link below looks at the history of the the Barnes and Noble Nook ebook reader.
For more visit:
http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/the-history-of-the-barnes-and-noble-nook-and-their-ebook-ecosystem/
Article: Bad Books and Reading
The link below is to an article that looks at the relationship between bad books and reading.
For more visit:
http://therumpus.net/2012/10/on-the-comfort-of-bad-books/
Article: Google Book Scanning
A lot has been said about Google and its book scanning projects. In one case Google has won a case for scanning books as a search project. Will this also prove useful in their case for scanning books for the Google Books project?
For more visit the article linked to below:
http://gigaom.com/2012/10/11/why-google-is-right-and-the-authors-guild-is-wrong-on-book-scanning/
Article: Kindle Paperwhite Problems
I am a big fan of the Kindle and the Paperwhite looks brilliant. If I hadn’t recently bought my first Kindle (some time ago now I guess) the Paperwhite would be the one I’d buy. However, given that some issues have been voiced about the Paperwhite it is only fair that these are highlighted here.
The link below is to an article that looks at issues with the Paperwhite – however, if you read the comments after the article they don’t appear to be that big of a concern for those who have them.
For more visit:
http://gizmodo.com/5951428/amazon-admits-that-the-kindle-paperwhite-has-some-problems
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