Good e-Reader Magazine – June Edition
We hope you enjoy this month’s edition of the Good e-Reader Magazine! It covers IDPF and BEA 2013. It also sums up the most essential stories of the last 30 days! Click to view Good e-Reader Magazine – June 2013 on GLOSSI.COM Michael Kozlowski (3003 Posts) Michael Kozlowski is the Editor in Chief of Good [...]
Good e-Reader App Store for Android – Updated
For the last few years we have quietly been developing one of the largest independent app stores in the world. The priority with the Good e-Reader App Store was to give people who did not have access to Google Play the ability to easily download apps to their Kindle Fire, Nook HD, smartphone, or any [...]
Amazon Opens up Merchant Solutions in India
Amazon has opened up their e-Commerce marketplace today in India and will now allow for the sale of books, movies and television shows. This will also serve as a platform for merchants to sell their wares and setup a virtual shop. “This marketplace will provide Indian customers with a shopping destination to purchase products from [...]
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 [...]
New Blackberry Z10 10.0.10.822 Firmware Blocks Sideloading Apps
There is a combination of leaked firmware and overseas firmware updates for the Blackberry Z10 that disables the ability to load in your own Android apps. UK providers such as Orange and mobile carriers in Germany are pushing out a new firmware update today. Many customers in North America have also tried out the new [...]
Sony Launches Discover Map Feature on Its Reader Store
Sony has been working very hard over the course of the last few months, totally revising its online experience. In the last few weeks, the company unveiled its new ebook store redesign and recently debuted its Kids Corner with EPUB3 interactive books. Today, Sony has announced a new discover map feature that will help you discover new [...]
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 [...]
Barnes and Noble Partners with Fortumo for In-App Purchases
Barnes and Noble has announced by April 2013 that the company will introduce a new in-app payment system for Android apps housed in its app store. The company plans on introducing new developer tools that will allow customers to purchase in-app currency, boosts, and anything else that tickles their fancy. BN only has 10,000 apps [...]
Worldreader Expands Ghana Footprint with a $300,000 Grant from USAID, World Vision, and AusAID
Worldreader has been one of the biggest success stories for non-profit companies promoting digital reading in third world countries. The company tends to hook schools and other institutions up with Kindle e-Readers and even managed to get $500,000 from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Today, Worldreader announced the formation of a new project in Ghana titled [...]
Kobo Lowers Commission Rates on Affiliate Program
Kobo has officially announced that they are lowering their commissions on their affiliate program across the board. They are decreasing it from 8% to 5% from this day forward. The company is also scraping its tiered system, that allowed people who grossed over $1500 in sales, to be bumped up to 15%. Brad Scott, the [...]
e-Ink Technology Transitions from eReader Screens to Keyboards
e-Ink Holdings is best known for producing the easy to read screens found in your favorite e-readers. Everything from the Kindle Paperwhite to the Kobo Glo, all use these screens. They draw less power and are able to display images without hampering battery life, typically an e-reader lasts months without a re-charge. Concept design firm [...]
Plastic Logic Shows Off Concept e-Reader Screen–Duplicate
Plastic Logic Research and Development labs have just released a new video that shows off their new flexible display screen for e-readers. It features dual nine inch screens with 150 dpi. This is a new breed of e-paper that is quite the stark contrast from most other displays on the market. Although Plastic Logic consistently [...]
