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Fire OS 5.4.0.1 Now Downloading to (3-year-Old) Fire Tablets

23 September, 2017 // 3 Comments

Amazon just gave me another reason to pass on replacing my fire tablet. When I booted my Fire (2014) tablet this morning I was greeted by a new home screen. According to the notice in my [Read More ...]

It’s Official – B&N Has Thrown in the Towel on the Nook

22 September, 2017 // 8 Comments

Len Riggio has just dashed the hopes of everyone who had been praying for a Nook turnaround. According to Publishers Weekly, Riggio told the attendees at the B&N annual meting that the retailer [Read More ...]

Morning Coffee – 22 September 2017

22 September, 2017 // 1 Comment

Here are a few stories to read this morning. BiblioTech continues to grow digital reach in fourth year of operation (San Antonio Express-News) The Great British Plea to Booksellers and Publishers [Read More ...]

Wizards of the Coast to Launch Dungeons & Dragons eBook App

21 September, 2017 // 1 Comment

Hasbro’s Wizards of the Coast is finally relenting after years of selling their D&D player manuals as print-only. Polygon reports that they're releasing an ebook app called D&D Reader. No, [Read More ...]

Lies, Damn Lies, and Book People Statistics

21 September, 2017 // 7 Comments

When Mark Twain popularized the phrase "lies, damn lies, and statistics", he was referring to the way that one can selectively report statistics and tell just about any narrative desired. We see this [Read More ...]

Morning Coffee – 21 September 2017

21 September, 2017 // 3 Comments

here are a few stories to read this morning. 7 questions we should ask about children’s literature (OUPblog) Self publishing on Amazon (AMZN): How an author can hack a book's success, sales and [Read More ...]

Onyx Boox Chonos Runs Android 4.2, Costs $346

20 September, 2017 // 2 Comments

Onyx just launched the next "why even bother ereader in Russia. The Boox Chronos has a 9.7" Carta E-ink screen, and costs 19,990 rubles (about $346). The Chronos is the first ereader to use a 9.7" [Read More ...]

Boyue Likebook Plus 7.8″ Android eReader Now Listed on Aliexpress

20 September, 2017 // 10 Comments

The Icarus Illumina XL HD is a 7.8" ereader that runs Android 4.2 and uses the same sized screen as the Kobo Aura One. It was supposed to ship last month, but hasn't yet. Fortunately, we now have [Read More ...]

Morning Coffee – 20 September 2017

20 September, 2017 // 3 Comments

Here are a few stories to read this morning. High School Reading as an Act of Meaningful Aggression (The Millions) Analysis: Historian outlines fight over 'radical' textbook (San Francisco Chronicle) [Read More ...]

Barnes & Noble is Dead, And Len Riggio Killed it

20 September, 2017 // 22 Comments

If you waterboard a Book People you might be able to get them to discuss what might happen _if_ Barnes & Noble goes bankrupt: it will be bad for old guard publishers. What you won't hear them say [Read More ...]

Amazon Updates the Fire HD 10 Tablet with a Lower Price and a 1080p Display

19 September, 2017 // 10 Comments

For the past several years Amazon has been shaving the price of their new Fire tablets without significantly improving the specs. They bucked that trend today with the launch of the new Fire HD 10 [Read More ...]

Google Added Local Library eBook Listings to Search Results

18 September, 2017 // 5 Comments

Google just made it a little bit easier to check ebooks out of your local library. Google announced today that they have integrated public library catalogs into their search results. I can't see the [Read More ...]

Morning Coffee – 18 September 2017

18 September, 2017 // 0 Comments

Here are a few stories to read this morning. F*ck All the Publishers? (Harrison Kitteridge) "The Notch" and CSS (CSS-Tricks) Hate Comic Sans? You don’t know anything about typography (Prototypr.io) [Read More ...]

What the “Book People” Won’t Tell You: Print is Dead

17 September, 2017 // 20 Comments

When I wrote that post on Friday about the Pod Book People who either can't or won't speak the truth about the current state of the industry, I was planning just to leave it at the level of patting [Read More ...]

Remarkable E-ink Writing Slate Reviews – Great Tablet, But Not Ready for Prime Time

17 September, 2017 // 2 Comments

If that early buzz for the $600 Remarkable tablet had you wishing that you had gotten in on the early pre-orders, I have good news for you: It's not ready yet. A handful of reviews were posted on [Read More ...]

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Mark Williams Int. on Lies, Damn Lies, and Book People Statistics"Anyone, unless they reside in a “Kindle-Free” country, Egypt say, can register and buy ebooks from Amazon.com." Incorrect. I live
Mark Williams Int. on Morning Coffee – 22 September 2017"Here are a few stories to read this morning. BiblioTech continues to grow digital reach in fourth year of operation
Reader on Fire OS 5.4.0.1 Now Downloading to (3-year-Old) Fire TabletsI have Fire HD 8 6th generation,which according to the Amazon website, is still up-to-date with Fire OS 5.4.0.0. (I
Celeste M. Bath on It’s Official – B&N Has Thrown in the Towel on the NookThey're going to let KOBO run it? There goes my income stream. Kobo bans X and lots of kink erotica.
RL on It’s Official – B&N Has Thrown in the Towel on the NookUnlike Amazon, B&N just had to focus on physical and electronic book sales. They did not have to sell tablets,
Nate Hoffelder on How to Get the Most Out of Your Dasung Paperlike, or Other E-ink MonitorsFirst, the nice thing about an E-ink screen is you can put it almost against your nose without harming your
Gordon on How to Get the Most Out of Your Dasung Paperlike, or Other E-ink MonitorsI was wondering, isn't the PPI (150) a little low for text to be readable at this small screen size,