Did you catch the rumor circulating last week about the supposed iPad Maxi? I did, but thanks to being between a couple conferences I didn't get a chance to...
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Bill McCoy is Wrong – Epub3 Isn’t Ready
There's a new article up on the PW website tonight, but I'm not sure it's worth reading. Bill McCoy, the Executive Director of the IDPF, penned a post in...
Continue readingNew Report Reaches the Obvious (And Wrong) Conclusion: There’s No Technical Justification for Incompatible eBook Formats
There's a new report out today from the EIBF, the European and International Booksellers Federation, which says that they could not find any technical reason to justify proprietary ebook...
Continue readingNew iPad Mini Render, Specs “Leaked” Online – They’re Fake
A new leak today shows what is reportedly the next iPad Mini, but I would bet dollars to donuts that it's not real. The Dutch gadget site MobileLeaks.nl reported this...
Continue readingNew Documentary Paints Google as an Evil Conspiracy to Monopolize Knowledge (video)
Have you heard about a movie called Google and the World Brain? It's a new documentary that takes aim at Google's book scanning project. As you can see from...
Continue readingIs Amazon Working on a 10″ Kindle Fire HD? Unlikely
Cnet invented the most delicious rumor on Friday. According to an analyst who is inclined to make unsubstantiated claims, Amazon's next tablet will have a 10 inch screen: Now...
Continue readingNo, WHSmith Didn’t Add DRM to Cory Doctorow’s eBooks
Did you catch the kerfluffle yesterday? In a story covered on TeleRead (and elsewhere) an indie author named Simon Royle accused the UK bookseller WHSmith of adding DRM to...
Continue readingWant Siri to to Turn Your eBooks into Audiobooks? Sorry, Macworld’s Trick Can’t Do That
There's a really cool post over at Macworld UK today that is being passed around, tweeted, and shared. It shows you what looks to be a hidden feature in...
Continue readingThe Telegraph Discovers That Amazon Doesn’t Like Expensive eBooks – Oh, the Horror!
Ever since Amazon started offering a 70% royalty option in KDP they have been very clear on the requirements, and Amazon even posted them on a public website where...
Continue readingThat “super-early iPhone prototype” Probably Wasn’t a Prototype
Who's up for a background story in hardware development? Have you seen the new article over on Ars Technica about the iPhone prototype? They posted a cool-looking gallery of photos...
Continue readingHow Would Google’s Same-Day Shipping Work, Exactly?
Techcrunch reported this morning that Amazon might be getting some competition.Google is supposedly working on a same day shipping service: Google is stealthily preparing to launch an Amazon Prime...
Continue readingRidiculous Rumor: Apple iWatch to Run iOS, Ship Later This Year
Have you ever wondered if it was possible for a gadget to manifest itself simply out of the collective desire of the worshiping masses? As I read the coverage...
Continue readingWhen Numbers Lie: Apple iBooks Revenue Estimated to be Over a Billion Dollars
Apple has never been one to give specific details about how much content they are selling, so when I read today that an analyst with Asymco had released a...
Continue readingGoogle’s Andy Rubin Denies Rumors of Google Retail Stores
The hopes of many tech bloggers were dashed today by the news that Google SVP Andy Rubin can't see why the tech giant should get into retail. Rumors had...
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