April Highlights from the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog
Lately I’ve been poking around on a great directory called the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog (located here), which compiles articles about ebooks published in scholarly journals. In general,...
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iPhone Readers: Wattpad
I’m finding it pretty hard to understand why people are still churning out clearly sub-par reader apps for the iPhone, and harder to believe that they’re seeing any sort of profit from these programs....
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Stanza Maker Gobbled Up By Amazon
image credit: notempire.com In what could be terrible news, Lexcycle, the producer of the best (by far) reader app for the iPhone, Stanza, has announced their sale to Amazon. If Amazon uses this move...
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iPhone Apps: Audiobooks
I’ve been listening to a lot of audiobooks recently. They oprovide a great way to multitask (at work, the gym, driving) while plowing through some new books. Paying hardcover prices on iTunes for...
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iPhone Apps: Xcerpts
Xcerpts is an app that shares a lot of similarities with the IndieBound app. It’s not so much a reader app as a way to browse different books out there and search for new titles that may be of interest...
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iPhone Readers: Eucalyptus
So after hearing all the hype, I bit the bullet and payed $9.99 to download Eucalyptus. And after reading through a book on it, I have to admit it’s worth the relatively steep price. If only you could...
View ArticleWednesday Links 10-7-2009
After a week off, let’s get right to business. First: ereaders. Best Buy and Verizon are teaming up on one of the competitively priced iRex models. Read more here. The Hexaglot supposedly will have...
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REVIEW: The Death of Bunny Munro plus iPhone Readers: Extended Editions
Author: Nick Cave 2009, Faber & Faber Best ebook deal: (I went for the iPhone Enhanced Edition, read more below) Filed under Literary C4 Ratings.....out of 10 Language..... 7 Entertainment..... 5...
View ArticleWednesday Links: 12-30-09
Here’s our last links update of the decade. First though, we’ve updated our eReader Comparison page as well as our Best Ways to Get eBooks, so check them out. Both will be seeing quite a few more...
View ArticleWednesday Links 1-27-10
Basically, nobody wants to shut up about the new Apple tablet (supposedlydubbed the iPad–consider it nominated for this week’s dumbest new ereader name award). It’s slated to be revealed today, so I’m...
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