The link below is to an article that takes a look at the new partnership between Samsung and Amazon, which includes a new Kindle app and a free book service called ‘Samsung Book Deals.’
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http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/samsung-amazon-team-on-new-ebook-club_b84916
Dropbox has acquired the iOS (s AAPL) and Android (s GOOG) ebook reading app Readmill, and the app will be shut down. Readmill confirmed the news on its blog Friday following a TechCrunch report Thursday.
Readmill was a Berlin-based startup that had become popular for the clean, streamlined ebook reading service it provided; its support for Adobe (s ADBE) DRM meant readers could buy ebooks from platforms like Kobo and Nook (s BKS) and then read them on Readmill’s apps. In recent months, Readmill had added a book discovery feature and partnered with the Guardian, the Atavist, startup Livrada and nearly 100 other independent publishers and digital bookstores to let them sell ebooks directly through their websites.
That’s not the part Dropbox was interested in, though. Readmill’s technology also allowed users to share and leave notes for each other within ebooks and it sounds as if that’s the reason for…
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The link below is to an article that takes a look at Rooster, an app which delivers reading portions to your iPhone.
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http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2014/introducing-rooster-bite-sized-literature-delivered-to-your-phone/
The link below is to an article that takes a look at an Android app called ‘Readfy,’ an add-supported ebook subscription app.
For more visit:
http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2014/readfy-advertiser-supported-spotify-for-ebooks/
The link below is to an article that takes a look at the iPhone app ‘Stories Etc.’
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http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2014/stories-etc-launches-app-for-families-to-turn-memories-into-ebooks/
The link below is to an article that looks at the ebook sharing app ‘Ownshelf.’
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http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/ownshelf-ebook-sharing-app-is-on-kickstarter_b83188
The link below is to an article that looks at using Evernote in writing fiction.
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http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2014/02/how-to-use-evernote-for-writing-fiction/
The link below is to an article that takes a detailed look at Audible.
For more visit:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/reviewed-audible-audiobooks-windows-phone/
The link below is to an article that takes a look at Pocketbook’s new iPad and iPhone app – Pocketbook Reader.
For more visit:
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2014/02/20/pocketbook-releases-new-reading-app-iphone/
The link below is to an article that takes a look at mixPaper for Facebook, an app that will soon be selling ebooks via Facebook.
For more visit:
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2013/11/18/fantasista-launches-ebookstore-facebook/
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