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Javascript ePub Readers (3)
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eBooks have gone mainstream, and right now the open ePub format is getting a lot of attention, being the iPad's book format of choice. Often overlooked in gadget-centric media is the fact that ePub is based on web standards, and therefore amenable to being rendered in the browser, sans plugins. Pure Javascript ePub readers are starting to crop up, and Keith Fahlgren has written about several of them: Just in the last few days, details ...Comment View comments -
La Biblioteca Británica en alianza con el Kindle (1)
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Denken Über (23) permalink
Leer que la British Library va a poner en el Kindle Store más de 65.000 primeras ediciones de clásicos del siglo 19 respetando hasta la tipografía y gráficos originales de cada una de estas pequeñas joyas y que, casi en su totalidad, van a ser gratuitas es una muestra de lo que la tecnología puede hacer por la cultura. Tres detalles dignos de mencionar: 1) el 40% de su acervo es exclusivo o no se ...Shared by Nestosjp (7)Comment View comments -
Amazon's Working on a Full-Color Multitouch Kindle With Wi-Fi [Amazon] (4)
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Gizmodo (2846) permalink
After buying that little multitouch company Touchco last week and merging it with Lab126—their Kindle division—Amazon's now got job listings looking for a Hardware Display manager that knows LCDs, and a Wi-Fi specialist. You do the math.Okay! I'll add some calculus of my own. Like Ammunition's Robert Brunner, who helped Barnes & Noble create the Nook, told Bits, I don't think it's crazy to expect Amazon to have two types of Kindles: An E-Ink and ...Comment View comments -
My Dream iPad Book Application (4)
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Michael Hyatt’s Blog (33) permalink
Recently, Seth Godin blogged on his dream iPad app. I thought I would follow suit and talk about something near and dear to my heart: my ideal iPad book application. Personally, I was blown away by the iPad demo video. The hardware and the operating system are impressive. However, when I watched Steve Jobs’ full presentation and demo, I felt that the iBooks application, while beautiful, was missing some key features. Perhaps Apple is planning ...Comment View comments -
Why (and How) Apple Killed the $9.99 Ebook [Apple] (28)
onPublishers joining Apple's iBooks store are turning their back on Amazon and its vision of the flat $9.99 ebook. Apple forced the music industry to charge 99 cents per song, so why are they helping publishers set their own prices? To screw Amazon. The difference between Amazon and Apple is this: Amazon is very much in the ebook business to sell ebooks. They want you attached to their platform. That's why the Kindle Reader is ...Shared by akempler (39) Anthony (15) Brian (1) Chester Tam (13) Chung (67) Core (13) DaFerret (10) DeadRinga (91) Dileepa (17) DragonI (195) and 18 more »
- felix said: They overlook the obvious fact - they even state in their article, they're in the game to sell ebooks. They need to update their kindle app to work on the iPad and then every iPad becomes another potential client for the much bigger Kindle book store.
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All about EPUB, the ebook standard for Apple's iBookstore (27)
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) (662) permalink
Filed under: Odds and ends, BooksOverlooked in much of the hype about the iPad announcement earlier in the week was a comment by Steve Jobs in the Keynote presentation where he mentioned that the iBooks app for iPad would take advantage of the popular EPUB format for electronic books. Since we're all going to get a lot more familiar with this format in the near future, we felt it would be a good time to ...Shared by _dot_ (50) Alex (13) Alex (49) Chris (1) Dimitrios (15) Eric (21) Erik (24) Gavin (29) Glenn (11) Grey (3) and 17 more »- Michael said: This is helpful for getting your book into the EPUB format used by Apple, Barnes & Noble, & Sony
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