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Bluefire Reader v3.1 Adds New Export, Import Options

10 May, 202010 May, 2020e-Reading SoftwareLeave a comment

After almost getting retired for good last summer, Bluefire Reader is now back under development, and a new version of the venerable iOS app was released...

With the Penguin Classics Cover Generator, Anything Can be a Classic

8 May, 20208 May, 2020content creationOne Comment

Remember when Penguin Classics published A Canticle for Leibowitz? Thanks to Nicholas Love’s Penguin Classics cover generator, now you can do just that. This site lets you create your...

Apple Launched a Publishing Portal for Book Authors – And You Don’t Need a Mac to Use It!

8 May, 20208 May, 2020iBooks6 Comments

Apple still doesn’t care if you want to read an ebook you buy from them on non-Apple hardware, but they have finally launched a publishing portal...

E-ink and Innolux Are Developing 28″ Color ePaper Signage

6 May, 20206 May, 2020E-ink8 Comments

Here’s something to keep you interested while we wait for the new color ereaders to ship. A couple days ago E-ink announced they are developing a...

Morning Coffee – 4 May 2020

4 May, 20204 May, 2020Morning Coffee3 Comments

Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. The newly launched Publishers Weakly activist Twitter account was interviewed this week. A survey conducted at...

Review: Epubor eBook Manager

29 April, 20207 May, 2020Reviews4 Comments

Calibre is widely considered the best tool for managing your library of DRM-free ebooks, but it’s not your only option. About 5 years back I reviewed...

The #MurderBot Series is Everything Wrong With TradPub

29 April, 202029 April, 2020Editorials17 Comments

Did you by any chance get the free copies of Martha Wells’s MurderBot series that Tor.com was giving away last week? I did, and in addition...

Morning Coffee – 27 April 2020

27 April, 202027 April, 2020Morning Coffee11 Comments

Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. MS Word now flags two spaces after a full stop as an error. The Washington Post...

Kobo’s Michael Tamblyn To Coronavirus Spammers “Just. &%$*@. Stop.”

25 April, 202025 April, 2020Amazon, Kobo4 Comments

Amazon is well-known to have a problem in the Kindle Store due to their failure to invest in QA processes to keep out the spammers, the...

First Look at the Onyx Boox Poke2 Color (video)

24 April, 202024 April, 2020e-Reading Hardware2 Comments

When Onyx announced their new color ereader earlier this week, all they gave us was a single graphic. I can now report that the new device...

All You Need to Know About the E-ink Kaleido Screen Tech

24 April, 202024 April, 2020E-ink, e-Reading Hardware3 Comments

With several new color ereaders (such as the Onyx Boox Poke 2 Color) launching in 2020, everyone is wondering just what kind of screen tech is...

B&N is Having Money Problems

23 April, 202024 April, 2020Barnes & Noble6 Comments

When I reported last week that B&N was delaying payments, I didn’t know whether it was the result of the office closing or a sign of...

Onyx Boox Poke 2 Runs Android 9.0, Costs $189

22 April, 202022 April, 2020e-Reading Hardware5 Comments

Onyx has captured our attention by announcing a color ereader, but that is not their only new gadget. Earlier today they started shipping a new ereader...

Onyx is Developing a Color E-ink eReader

22 April, 202024 April, 2020e-Reading Hardware4 Comments

With Pocketbook, a couple Chinese companies, and now Onyx announcing a new device, 2020 has turned into the year of the color ereader. Details are still...

Kobo Nia eReader is Coming Soon

20 April, 202020 April, 2020e-Reading Hardware, Kobo5 Comments

Remember how I’ve been saying that Kobo’s next ereader will probably have a color E-ink screen? Well, I think that device may have just cleared the...