TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Paul Biba, Co-Editor of TeleRead, announced today that he has entered into a state of rebellion against PR firms and their rampant capitalization, or non-capitalization, of letters in names. In a discussion with Dan Bloom, based in Taiwan, as to whether to capitalize the B&N Nook, or type it as nook, Biba said: For me [...]
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Editor’s Note: another user contribution today, great! This time it’s from Justin Loutsch who reports from South Korea. Paul Biba Hi there, I’m in South Korea, and figured I’d go check out the Iriver Story at the only bookstore that sells it and then tell you guys a bit more about it. Feel [...]
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Editor’s Note: Herewith a thoughtful piece from Alex Sanchez. Contributions from our readers are always welcomed. Paul Biba There has always existed an intense debate regarding Adam Smith’s pivotal work “The Wealth of Nations.” Those on the left have insisted that Mr. Smith advocated a form of Capitalism that was predicated on “fair [...]
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Editor’s Note: the following is from Joe Wikert’s Kindleville Blog: All Kindle, All the Time. Paul Biba Author Francis Hamit emailed me recently about a major frustration he recently ran into with Amazon. Although Amazon generally offers a terrific customer service experience, Francis’ story sheds light on the challenges faced by authors and other [...]
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Editor’s Note: Herewith a piece by contributor Alex Sanchez. He describes a place for ebooks, and a national ebook library, which I never would have thought of. It’s also moving enough that I decided to put the full text on the home page rather than do our usual break. Paul Biba It [...]
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Editor’s Note : The Digital Publishing Group is a New York City Meetup group that has put on some very interesting meets. I’m a member but, strangely enough, something unexpected has come up on each and every meet that has kept me from going. Odd. Nevertheless, the group is expanding and I received this email from Susan Danziger today. Paul Biba I’m excited to announce the next stage...
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
BookGlutton has a new bookstore. BG’s news release follows. – Paul Biba BookGlutton.com, an online reading website that integrates community with books, has launched an online bookstore featuring technology publisher O’Reilly Media’s newest titles. Beginning today, visitors to the site will be able to browse over 500 O’Reilly titles, read them online together,...
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Editor’s Note: The following is from Sue Polanka’s No Shelf Required blog. Reprinted with permission. Sue is Head of Reference,Wright State University Libraries, Chair, Editorial Board, Reference Books Bulletin, Paul Biba Bowker and AAP sponsored a webinar today on US Consumer Book Buying. It was incredibly well organized and full of good data. My notes and comments [...]
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
News release from Adobe follows. Please note the quotes in the headline. DRMed ePub is not "open." And now the big question: Will Amazon do ePub soon, now that B&N has moved forward? And with Adobe DRM or an Amazon flavor? For info on the Nook e-reader from B&N, see the basics plus Paul Biba’s [...]
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Related: Friend-to-friend lending, Android operating system and other Nook details, with links to the B&N site. Also see Paul’s info ahead. Turns out that that B&No is switching over ePub—presumably with the same flavor of Adobe DRM that Sony and others will use. The best DRM is none. Still, this is progress. – D.R. By PAUL BIBA NEW [...]
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Feature comparison vs. Kindle. Also see other feature info and ordering page from B&N. Plus tech specs, accessory list and B&N e-book blog, as well as support information. More to come. Paul Biba is at the news conference. Other features: 6 inch E Ink screen, 3.5 inch color touch screen, direct PDF-reading. Your reactions? About what we [...]
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Editor’s Note: here is an opinion piece from Alex Sanchez. It’s appropriate to print it now as the big announcement will be tomorrow. Paul Biba I am like most of you out in the blogosphere awaiting the arrival of the Barnes and Noble e-reader with bated breath. The amount of change that has occurred over [...]
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Editor’s Note: Danny Bloom is a freelance writer based in Taiwan. He blogs about “screening” issues and welcomes all comments pro and con. Paul Biba TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Are you reading this commentary — or — are you screening this? Or screading it, even? How you answer the question will determine whether you get to the [...]
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
... DRM at the plain-English level). Note: For info on the Nook e-reader from B&N, see the basics plus Paul Biba’s report from the press conference announcing the product . Related: TeleRead on social DRM . Digg us. Slashdot us. Facebook us. Twitter us. Share the news.
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Editor’s Note : This is from Johannes Haupt. I really like the idea of AA batteries. I hate carrying chargers and what good do they do you if you are in the Bolivia and you loose the unit (as happened to me). After that I try to use only stuff that contains plain old batteries. You will have no trouble getting an AA battery in La Paz or Port au Prince! Paul Biba Hey: Ectaco announced...
