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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Gawronski Sues!
Commenters on Engadget are wondering about how the notes might have disappeared. See, if you yourself delete a book on Kindle, any notes would be saved under “My Clippings”… ***Update, the complaint itself states the notes were not deleted, but … Continue reading
I Admire Justin Gawronski
I mean, what an amazing kid. And I don’t just mean ‘cuz he’s apparently the only one to have seen all his notes and annotations from a purchased, unauthorized edition of Orwell’s 1984 disappear. Think about it: 17. Summer before … Continue reading
Now, There’s a Game For Using Google Books Search
You “win” if you, err, search for the desired phrase or whatever in google book search to identify the book. First 20k people get a sticker, and you’re entered in a drawing for a Sony Reader, maybe a 700? I … Continue reading
Something Doesn’t Jibe from BN’s Conference Call
Here, and elsewhere. —The e-book doesn’t work with Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Kindle and Sony Reader. They will add more devices for support in the next month. And —The book format: the industry standard is ePub, and that’s what they will … Continue reading
Err, Anybody Counting Those ebooks?
I got 106 in Barnes & Nobles’ Erotica category, of which four are Dracula. Seems… light. They’re also going to miss Christmas this year. And, it’s not clear that asking a publisher to wait 6-8 months for a device to … Continue reading
Bad Reporting Wins the Day!
Amazon must have a post #amazonfial policy: Keep staffers on hand, late at night, even on weekends, to put out fires. You’ll never again have a purchased pirated book removed from your kindle. Way to go, Pogue-ster! Correction really helped … Continue reading
David Pogue: It’s called the DMCA
I understand never letting the facts get in the way of a story, but geeze: How can anyone who writes for the NY Times not know about the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, and the common carrier provisions contained therein? To … Continue reading
My Push For Ebook Equality at RWA
So yesterday I dropped into Woodley Park for a book signing by the ladies of Smart Bitches, Trashy Books. My copy has a sticker. It was fun to meet them, along with Angela James and others, at the Romance Writers … Continue reading
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Tagged , Angela James, Devices, Ebooks, RWA, Smart Bitches Trashy Books
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Yes, Those Are Valid Free Daisy DTB Files You’re Seeing at Munsey’s
30k of ‘em, to be precise. I’ve tested ‘em. They do convert to audio via the pipeline. A second ‘n third ‘n fourth pass’ll be needed, of course, with perhaps better image alts, but 97+% isn’t bad from me for … Continue reading
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Tagged DAISY, Ebooks, FIOS, Slime-Sucking Pig Bastards, Web Services, XML
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Kindle As Diamond-Age Primer?
Heh, Ireaderreview links to a NY Times story ’bout a Democratic proposal to put the Kindle into every school. It’s the device-in-education theme we all know from Stephenson’s Diamond Age. For those not up on post-Cyberpunk, Stephenson’s novel, first published … Continue reading