Technology Makes More Sophisticated Propaganda
November 10, 2009 | Filed Under Public Domain Books | No CommentsTechnology can be used for good and for evil, so let’s use it for good.
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Google to roll out online bookstore by 2010
October 25, 2009 | Filed Under Public Domain Books | No CommentsRight now, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is probably peering anxiously over his shoulder, waiting for the Google monster to pull fully into view. And why not? Today, Google confirmed that it was planning to launch an online bookstore called Google Editions, which will go live early in 2010. First things first: Google Editions is not Google Book Search. The two are very separate. Editions, for one, is a for-profit enterprise. The project will launch with approximately 500,000 titles from a range of p
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The Barnes & Noble eBook Reader Will Be Called the Nook, Will Allow Users to Lend Books
October 25, 2009 | Filed Under Public Domain Books | No CommentsFrom a NY Times Article: The device features color touch-screen controls and a gray-and-white reading display. It will cost $259, matching Amazon.com’s most recent price cut for its latest edition of the Kindle. According to an advertisement that Barnes & Noble placed in the Oct. 25 issue of The New York Times Book Review and which was distributed to publishers on Monday, the [our emphasis] Nook will permit readers to lend their digital books to friends and download books wirelessly
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Barnes & Nobel Ready to Release E-Reader
October 24, 2009 | Filed Under Public Domain Books | No CommentsOctober 20, 2009 — Ron Chusid The Wall Street Journal reports that Barnes & Nobel is ready to release its ebook reader this week:Barnes & Noble, the nation’s largest bookstore chain as measured by revenue, is playing catch-up with Amazon in digital books, one of the few growing segments of the publishing industry. Over the summer, Barnes & Noble introduced its own e-book store, which now features over a million free public domain books from Google Inc. Its e-books can be read on devices includ
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Barnes & Nobel Ready to Release E-Reader
October 24, 2009 | Filed Under Public Domain Books | No CommentsThe Wall Street Journal reports that Barnes & Nobel is ready to release its ebook reader this week: Barnes & Noble, the nation’s largest bookstore chain as measured by revenue, is playing catch-up with Amazon in digital books, one of the few growing segments of the publishing industry. Over the summer, Barnes & Noble introduced its own e-book store, which now features over a million free public domain books from Google Inc. Its e-books can be read on devices including Apple Inc.’
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Easy Ways to Online Book Marketing for Pleasure & Profit
October 23, 2009 | Filed Under Public Domain Books | No CommentsThe best way to look at online book marketing is to think about creating relationships. This is an integral part of authoring books of any type and it is not really enough to be simply an expert writer. Marketing of books is all about creating attention to them, to try and convince prospective readers to buy. Put simply, the basic truth about marketing a poorly written and edited book is that it can be embarrassing, causing returns and refund requests. You would be advised to use a well writ
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enTourage eDGe Dualbook/Tablet Netbook/e-Reader Runs Google Android
October 22, 2009 | Filed Under Public Domain Books | No CommentsThe new enTourage eDGe is a curious little device developed by Entourage Systems. It’s being called a ‘dualbook’ – something in between e-readers and netbooks with a 360 degree tablet -style screen. It allows users to “write notes or highlight text, send emails and instant messages, browse the Web, take pictures, record and play audio as well as video content.” It was a top finalist in the Consumer Electronics Association’s i-Stage event. One interesting feature of the machine is the method
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Remains of the Day: 10-Finger Multi-Touch Concept Video Edition [For What It's Worth]
October 21, 2009 | Filed Under Public Domain Books | No CommentsWe take a look at a 10-finger multi-touch concept video, another concept video demonstrates how nicely Cover Flow and Exposé could integrate with the iPhone, and Firefox 3.6 knows the tilt of your screen. 10/GUI: One Very Slick Desktop Multi-Touch Concept (Video) It’s a multi-touch concept for all ten of those digits. [TechCrunch] Amazon adds over 18,000 free public domain titles to Kindle Store It’s good news if you’ve got a Kindle, but it’s also nowhere near the half a million publ
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