Comment not an app (Score 1) 65
So does this mean I can now insert a smartphone and get a woman pregnant? No?
Then it's not an app.
Comment Re:There is one already, by Sony, 800$ (Score 1) 195
I've got a similar 13" ereader. I really don't think it's any good for reflowable formats.
A device that size is less an ereader than it is a document display tool, if that makes any sense.
Comment Re:Yes it's too much (Score 1) 195
Son'y device was marked down, and now sells for $800.
And another similar model is up for pre-order.
Submission + - Amazon is now sending postcards to remind Kindle owners to update their devices (the-digital-reader.com) 1
Nate the greatest writes: Amazon's getting serious about a recent required firmware update. Last month Amazon sent out emails, asking everyone to update, and this week they stepped up their game. Several Kindle owners say they've received postcards from Amazon with reminders to update their Kindles. Sure, this is an important update which adds security certificates, but don't you think this is overkill?
Comment um... (Score 1) 105
"The right-hand side of the page will be left free for Google's own Product Listing Ads. "
So the ads in the sidebar ... will be replaced by a different type of advert? That doesn't exactly sound like Google is ditching anything.
So the ads in the sidebar
Comment Re:Public Domain does not apply to trademarks (Score 1) 207
Yes. Here's a post which explains why that is the case: http://the-digital-reader.com/...
Comment Re:What ban? (Score 2) 125
Speaking as a guy who wrote about it at the time, lots of erotica was pulled from the major ebookstores for a time. (I don't think Monster erotica was included, but it could have been.) And to be clear, there was no ban on monster erotica. It was being sold, and is being sold.
Comment What ban? (Score 4, Informative) 125
Uh, Amazon didn't ban monster erotica - or dino erotica:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb...
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb...
The guy clearly doesn't know what he us talking about
Comment Re:what's the problem? (Score 1) 145
Then why not upload them to Amazon's cloud and download them from there?
I'm not faulting you for preferring the offline solution, but there is another option.
Comment Re:Tell me... (Score 4, Informative) 172
Given that the new terms are voluntary and limited to just KU, this will likely be fine for everyone.
What the above summary missed was that the new payment terms only apply to the books authors put into Kindle unlimited, and not to the entire Kindle Store.
http://the-digital-reader.com/...
Amazon made the change to encourage authors to submit longer works to KU. The old terms were based on per ebook read, not page. That favored short works over longer works.
Submission + - How to set up a Pirate eBook Store in Google Play Books (the-digital-reader.com)
Nate the greatest writes: Most ebook pirates simply upload ebooks to a one of many pirate sites, but the entrepreneurial ones have opened storefronts in Google Play Books. They invent an author's name, and then upload dozens if not hundreds of pirated ebooks under that name, The names can range from Devad Akbak to Ispanyolca, but the really clever pirates choose a legit sounding name like Bestsellers — Books USA Press or Fort Press and then start selling ebooks.
Thanks to Google's indifference, the pirates can continue to sell ebooks no matter how many times copyright holders might complain. If Google takes a pirated ebook down in response to a DMCA notice, the pirates simply upload another copy of the same title.
Thanks to Google's indifference, the pirates can continue to sell ebooks no matter how many times copyright holders might complain. If Google takes a pirated ebook down in response to a DMCA notice, the pirates simply upload another copy of the same title.
Comment Need a name? (Score 1) 74
If they haven't named the craers yet, I suggest we call them Mel Gibson's career.
Comment That's not the whole story (Score 1) 292
It turns out that he did have a formatting issue in the ebook:
http://the-digital-reader.com/...
The author coded the ebook by hand and used minus signs in place of hyphens. While that would look okay when you read the ebook, a TTS engine would have issues.
Comment Not -quite- the first (Score 1) 475
There was an outbreak of a mutated form of the Ebola virus in Reston, VA in 1989. Humans were not susceptible, thank god, just the lab monkeys which had been imported from Africa,
: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R...
Comment Anyone notice there's no link to the original? (Score 1) 116
For those who can't find the link to the original article, here it is:
http://librarycity.org/?p=1097...
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