Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. This Vox article on product placement in books missed the two biggest examples: Transformers and GI Joe. Their comic...
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At the Request of Their Union, Screenwriters are Firing Their Agents
An ongoing contract dispute is sending shockwaves through Hollywood, and it's going to have an interesting effect on what stories get told on your favorite show. Variety reported on...
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Alexa Can Now Manage (Some of) Your Audible and Kindle Content
Amazon recently updated the Manage Your Content and Devices page on Amazon.com with a new notice that reads "Using Alexa, you can now send ebooks, audiobooks, personal documents, etc.,...
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Dasung is About to Launch a New E-ink Monitor With Touchscreen and a Frontlight
The Chinese e-ink monitor maker Dasung is getting ready to launch its latest Paperlike model. This time they will be going all out and will be putting both a...
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Morning Coffee – 12 April 2019
Here are a few stories to read this Friday morning. I'm pretty sure we already knew this, but Bloomberg reports that Amazon shares what you say to Alexa with...
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Four Chrome Extensions for Getting the Most Out of Kindle Cloud Reader
When was the last time you used Amazon's cloud reading app? Did you know there were third-party extensions for it? I was updating the Kindle tools posts a few...
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You Tell Me: How Do You Like to Buy eBooks?
My recent post on authors selling ebooks at book festivals got me thinking about the many options we have to do so. We can buy from our computer, phone,...
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Six Default Amazon Security Settings You Can Change for More Privacy
So as you may know, my mother is on my Amazon account. (There is a point to this anecdote, trust me.) We mainly use it to read ebooks; I...
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Library Extension Turns Amazon.com Into a Branch of Your Local Library
A reader has tipped me to a Chrome extension which lets users browse Amazon.com and see if a book or ebook is available at their local library. It's called...
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New Nook eReader Clears the FCC
Why oh why couldn't this next story have come across my desk last Monday; it would have added an extra level of detail to the joke about Author Solutions....
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Morning Coffee – 10 April 2019
Here are a few stories to read this Wednesday morning. A book hoarder wonders whether there is any point to collecting books. Salvador Dalí had a little known side...
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Google Play Books 5.1.9 Adds Audiobook Download Quality Settings, Custom Skip Duration Settings
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...
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Amazon Removes Category Strings From Book Listings
Did you notice there's something missing from book listings? Amazon is no longer listing parent categories in the sales rank section on book listings. They have removed the long...
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Infographic: Top 11 Most Challenged and Banned Books of 2018
Every year the American Library Association tracks which books busybodies don't want you to read. In 2018, the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) recorded 347 challenges to library,...
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Guest Post: Do We Really Own Our Digital Possessions?
Microsoft has announced that it will close the books category of its digital store. While other software and apps will still be available via the virtual shop front, and on...
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