Hardware/software developer @printminion has just shared a few photos and a video for his latest project. he's created a 3d-printed case to wrap around a Raspberry Pi and a...
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Anti-Piracy Service Blasty is Back Online After a Week’s Downtime
Since 2015 Blasty has been offering an anti-piracy service where they automatically scanned the web for pirated copies of an author's work and gave authors the option of automatically...
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Morning Coffee – 22 March 2019
Here are a few stories to read this Friday morning. Judith Briles has the latest word on Amazon's book review policies. Katy Waldman looks at the so-called YA Twitter...
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If You Use the Social Warfare Plugin on a WordPress Site, GO TURN IT OFF RIGHT NOW
If you use the popular social sharing plugin Social Warfare, go turn it off. Go turn it off immediately, and then read this post to learn why. I need to...
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Google is Sending Out Reminder Emails About Google Plus
Google has been warning users for a couple months now that they plan to shutdown their social network on 2 April, but I guess not everyone has gotten the...
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NZ Bookstore Chain Whitcoulls Bans Jordan Peterson’s Books Following Mosque Attacks
Whitcoulls in New Zealand has stopped carrying books by Jordan Peterson. According to a customer service email posted to Reddit and shared via Twitter, the retailer took this step...
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Kindle (2019) Has a Frontlight, Costs $89, and is a Terrible Value
Amazon launched their newest Kindle today, and it looks like this is going to be their biggest mistake since the Kindle Voyage. The new Kindle gains a frontlight (at...
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Morning Coffee – 20 March 2019
Here are a few stories to read this Wednesday morning. If you thought language nazis were bad today, check out the man brought to trial in 1730 for murdering...
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OverDrive Partners With Libreka to Bring Library eBooks to German-Speaking Countries
Overdrive announced on Tuesday that it is partnering with the German digital distribution service provider Libreka to bring its ebook and digital audiobook catalog to public libraries in Germany, Austria...
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JellyBooks Launches a Cloud Reader
The reader analytics firm JellyBooks has quietly launched a new cloud Reader app for the web browser. It is based on Readium 2, I am told, and supports English,...
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iPad Mini (2019) Features Pencil Support, A12 Bionic CPU, Costs $399 and Up
On Monday Apple announced the 5th-gen iPad Mini. The 2019 received a much needed specs boost; it now runs on the same A12 Bionic chip found in the new...
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Apple’s New iPad Air Costs $499, Sports a 10.5″ Screen
Apple disappointed analysts in their recent quarterly report, and today they responded in their usual fashion. They launched a new tablet model. The new iPad Air is a 10.5"...
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Walmart is Planning to Launch Its Own Budget Android Tablet
An FCC filing has revealed, and Walmart has confirmed to Bloomberg, that the world's largest retailer is getting ready to launch a budget tablet under its ONN brand. According...
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Morning Coffee – 18 March 2019
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Here's a new Epub making tool that is based on the static site generator, 11ty. Netflix is planning more interactive...
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A Dozen Tools for Managing Your Kindle Notes and Highlights
Amazon's Kindle is a great reading platform with a number of useful annotation features, but sometimes it's not enough. I recently updated my four-year-old post on Kindle annotation tools, and...
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