Good e-Reader Radio – B&N Nook Success, Smashwords Data, and Library News
Welcome to the weekend edition of the Good e-Reader Radio Show! Today, we talk in detail about all of the rumors surrounding Barnes and Noble. The company has seen great success with its price reduction in the UK and the US stocks surged on the news while Microsoft was offering one billion dollars for Nook [...]
Barnes & Noble updated Nook HD Android tablets (gallery)
Summary: See if for yourself: With one major software update, the Barnes Noble HD e-reader has been transformed into an excellent, low-end Android tablet. By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for Linux and Open Source | May 7, 2013 — 21:14 GMT (14:14 PDT) Follow @sjvn Previous | Next Image 1 of 5 (Image: Screenshot by Steven J Vaughan-Nichols) [...]
Seniors: Have you considered a tablet?
Tech experts say tablet computers can be a good option for older adults who’d like an easy way to keep in touch with friends and family via the Internet, but don’t need or have space for a desktop or laptop computer. Tablets also can be used as e-readers, and a growing number of apps allow [...]
Kobo Aura HD Review
The Kobo Aura HD was only announced yesterday and will not be available to purchase until the end of the month. Good e-Reader is proud to give you the first exclusive review of this new electronic reader. One of the big hyping factors behind this new model is that it is 6.8 inches, which buckles [...]
Pinterest Now Being Pre-Loaded on Barnes and Noble Tablets
Pinterest and Barnes and Noble have signed a new agreement to have the app pre-loaded on any future Nook HD and HD+ tablets that are sold. Any tablets in the stores will be temporarily pulled to load a new firmware update that will give you Pinterest has a native application. Pinterest joins Facebook and Twitter [...]
UK Government Mulling Author Compensation for eBooks Borrowed from the Library
The UK government is seriously looking into compensating authors when their ebooks are borrowed from public libraries. Culture minister Ed Vaizey announced a decision will be made after a formal review, published last week, concluded libraries must stock digital titles or become “increasingly irrelevant”. The main thought is that authors and publishers will get royalties [...]
Marvel and Comixology Amend the Quirks and Announce 700 Free Comics
Marvel and Comixology announced a few weeks ago that they were giving away 700 first issue comic books. The demand to download them completely overwhelmed the Comixology servers and the vast majority of customers were unable to download even a single digital edition. The two companies have ironed out all of the quirks and have [...]
Google’s Next Nexus 7 Tablet: 6 Things I’d Like to See
Jared Newman / TIME.com Google’s Nexus 7 seems on track for its first annual refresh, with Reuters reporting that a new version of the 7-inch tablet will launch in July. Citing two unnamed sources, Reuters says the new Android tablet will have a Qualcomm processor, a higher-resolution display (1920-by-1200 would be my guess) and a [...]
Flipboard for iOS Updated – Users Can Assemble Their Own Digital Magazines
Flipboard has made one of the biggest updates in their two year history to their official iOS app. The new 2.0 edition there is more content than ever to enjoy, including a new partnership with Etsy. For the first time, you can collect and save articles, photos, audio and video by organizing them into beautiful [...]
Sony PRS-T3 to Be Announced Soon
Sony is developing a followup to the PRS-T2 e-Reader and it is poised to be submitted to the FCC within the next month. The company normally announces new devices in July and releases them in October. The big rumor right now is the deviation from the standard release cycle and getting a new product to market [...]
Good e-Reader Android Sideloading Video Tutorials for the Z10 Are Live–Duplicate
The Blackberry Z10 is seeing a wider release due to its adoption by ATT and many American networks. This new phone is running the latest BB10 OS, and has the ability to load in Android apps to offset the lackluster selection on Blackberry World. It is no secret that we run the worlds largest Blackberry [...]
Good e-Reader Radio Show – March 22nd 2013
The Good e-Reader Radio Show is BACK! New e-Reader and Tablet announcements and publishing events have slowed down the last week, so we are able to bring you guys up to speed on the most essential news of the week. Today, we talk about the German Publishing Industry, Digital Manga and Piracy in North America [...]
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