Technology Review: Blogs: Mims’s Bits: ‘Liquid Journals’ Use the Web to Upend...
Just as news, books and all other forms of printed material are undergoing their own revolutionary transformation from dead-tree media to the infinitely more malleable formats made possible by...
View ArticleThe eBookworld Earthquake Begins Today!
First comes news that Borders will slash the price of the Kobo Reader to $129 and the Aluratek Libre to $99.00. That puts the USB-cable syncing Kobo at $10 less than the WiFi-only Kindle 3. I don’t...
View ArticleAnother Way to Look at the iPad vs. Kindle Debate – NYTimes.com
Because both Amazon and Barnes & Noble offer excellent e-book reading apps for the iPad (for their own proprietary e-books), the size of Apple’s e-book library is essentially irrelevant. via...
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Brazil’s eBook Reader: Positivo Alfa
Not too many people have seen this device. A review of it popped up today, but first let’s look at some pictures: Just about as thin as a Kindle 2! And it has a touchscreen! There are more photos here...
View ArticleHow Our Professional Elites Are Hired – The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
Apparently this is enormously appealing to companies, which makes sense, given that law firms and especially consulting firms are often used as a kind of responsibility deferral system, allowing...
View ArticleEmotion Markup Language (EmotionML) 1.0
Emotion Markup Language (EmotionML) 1.0 Ooh! Markup for metacontent!
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Haterz Gonna H8!
May have to unfriend you. I can’t be a part of your shameful downward spiral down the K-hole. @mikecaneTue Aug 31 15:47:03 via webJen Bjenthegingerkid
View ArticleAngry Robot Books Now Has eBooks
Angry Robot Books was once an imprint of HarperCollins but is now an independent press. They’ve just put out nine titles in eBook format available from several retailers. From their FAQ: What about...
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Wrong-Way Archos
When Steve Jobs returned to Apple, the first thing he did was slash the product line. That made buyer choice far less confusing and focused Apple’s energies. It also preserved Apple’s dwindling capital...
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Ken Bruen: A Writer’s Writer
I’ll say it again: It was Ken Bruen and the cover design of The Do Not Press that got me reading crime fiction. Browsing the shelves of the NYPL, there was the distinctive cover branding, blue … … with...
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