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Google Play Books 5.1.9 Adds Audiobook Download Quality Settings, Custom Skip Duration Settings

9 April, 20199 April, 2019Audiobook, e-Reading Software, Google BooksOne Comment

When Google started selling audiobooks last January, the Play Books Android app made the experience so frustrating that only masochists would try it more than twice. Google has slowly...

The Internet Archive Recovers 490,000 Music Files “Lost” by MySpace

5 April, 20195 April, 2019Blast from the PastOne Comment

It's not fair to expect a platform to host content for free forever (cough Flickr cough) but when MySpace deleted a dozen years worth of content last month, users...

Microsoft is Closing Its eBookstore (Again)

2 April, 20192 April, 2019eBookstore, Microsoft10 Comments

For the third time in eight years, Microsoft is throwing in the towel on ebooks. I just got an email from MS informing me that they are shutting down...

Did You Know Google Now Limits Search Results to Only 300 to 400 Links?

27 March, 201927 March, 2019Google5 Comments

Here's something new I learned at the Computers in Libraries conference this week. Google may claim to have indexed a million or more results for the term you're searching...

E-ink Partners With a Japanese Retailer to Develop World’s First Full-Color, ePaper Digital Point-of-Purchase Sign

22 February, 201922 February, 2019Screen TechLeave a comment

Remember about 3 years ago when E-ink announced their ACeP epaper signage? It was supposed to have shipped in 2017, but we have seen neither hide nor hair of...

How to Bring Your WordPress Blog Posts to Alexa as Audio

19 February, 201919 February, 2019Amazon, Web PublishingOne Comment

When Amazon launched Alexa Skill Blueprints last week, they drastically lowered the skill level required to develop new tricks for Amazon's smart speaker. Now anyone can put their work in the Alexa Skills Store...

Bookmate Hacked (?), 8 Million Account Records Stolen (?)

13 February, 201913 February, 2019Security & PrivacyLeave a comment

Mike Cane brought my attention to a story over on The Register: Some 617 million online account details stolen from 16 hacked websites are on sale from today on...

Scribd Reaches 1 Million Subscribers

28 January, 201928 January, 2019ebook sales, Streaming eBooks3 Comments

The only real competitor to Kindle Unlimited continues to thrive in Amazon's shadow. Scribd announced today that they now have one million subscribers paying for their limited ebook subscription...

Viewtag’s E-ink Equipped Luggage Tag Clears the FCC

25 January, 201925 January, 2019E-ink, e-Reading HardwareLeave a comment

For the past six years or so E-ink luggage tags have been just over the horizon; multiple models have been announced but none have made it to a retail...

Kindle Unlimited Per-Page Rate Dips Below Half a Cent in December 2018 while the Funding Pool Grew

15 January, 201915 February, 2019ebook sales, Kindle (platform), Streaming eBooksLeave a comment

Amazon sent ut an email to authors on Tuesday with the news that the Kindle Unlimited funding pool grew to $23.7 million (plus bonuses) in December 2018 , up...

Amazon Drops Product Display Ads, Launches Lockscreen Ads for Authors

7 January, 20198 January, 2019Advertising, Amazon, Marketing6 Comments

Over the past few months I have been hearing rumors of Amazon changing its ad program while at the same time I've been seeing indie titles show up in...

Facebook Helped Other Tech Companies (Such as Amazon) Spy On You Better

19 December, 201819 December, 2018Amazon, Security & Privacy4 Comments

There may not be any honor among thieves, but there is certainly a collegial quid pro quo among tech companies. The NYTimes published a story yesterday that explained just...

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