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May 27 2010

Thursday News Thread: Penguin and Amazon Have Kissed and Made Up

It’s been a while since I’ve posted a news roundup so I’ll try not to overload you with information.   Probably the most important news is that Amazon and Penguin have kissed and made up.   Kindle versions of the April and May books are already appearing in the bookstore.   This news was first announced at PublishersMarketplace. [...]

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CES 2010: The Ebook Hardware Highlights

Jan 17 2010

CES 2010: The Ebook Hardware Highlights

There were a number of eink prototypes at CES, so many that it prompted this article at Gizmodo calling eink readers the spam of the show. There will soon be two kinds of happy ebook-reader owners. The people who paid a fair amount for a reputable ebook reader from one of the companies they already [...]

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My Experience with Reading Digital Books on the New Droid Phone by Gwen Hayes

Nov 22 2009

My Experience with Reading Digital Books on the New Droid Phone by Gwen Hayes

Author Gwen Hayes emailed me that she had recently purchased a Droid phone from Verizon.   A Droid phone is a smartphone that runs on the Google Android system.   I asked her what she thought of the device for reading and she agreed to write a post for Dear Author. (Beware people who email me lest [...]

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