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Morning Links: What Is a Book? Pebble Time Review
A Book is a Book: What is a Book? (Dear Author) When you hear the word book, what comes to mind? TeleRead Take: It’s a fair question. eBooks have been challenging the question. I think about it when I...
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Oyster Introduces Lumin, a New Light Adjusting Reading Mode
Oyster is tackling the problem of how light from our tablet screens affect both eye health and our ability to sleep. A lot has been written about the effect the blue light from our tablet screens...
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Kindle Paperwhite Getting Upgrade to 300 ppi
Amazon just announced that they are upgrading the Kindle Paperwhite to improve the screen to the same resolution as the Kindle Voyage. The new Paperwhite will also have the Bookerly font (which I am...
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App Review: Agent for Android. Silence Your Phone Automatically
Half the reason I’m writing this post is because I finally got my HTC One M8 to Bluetooth connect to my Honda Civic. Apparently a recent update the HTC Car app made them compatible with each other. Now...
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Morning Link: eBook Subscription Legal in France. Metadata Good For Book Sales
eBook Subscription Services Are Legal in France (Ink, Bits & Pixels) Kindle Unlimited and its local competitors Izneo, Youscribe, and Youboox were given five months to bring their services into...
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Author’s Guild Proposing Contract Challenges
Now this is a step in the right direction, assuming they follow through on it. The Author’s Guild is proposing an initiative for fair author contracts, and I think they are right on. Authors are among...
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Morning Links: Instapaper Opens API. Gaming the System
Instapaper Opens Its API, Gives Free Users More App Options (Ink, Bits & Pixels) Instapaper announced on its blog yesterday that it was loosening a restriction on the Instapaper API, finally making...
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App Review: iPoe Collection: Enhanced eBook in an App
Remember how I said I didn’t much like enhanced ebooks? I might have to change my opinion if more publishers offered books like the iPoe Collection. I confess to being dubious when the developers...
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Wanted: Your constructive feedback for TeleRead’s podcasters—and some...
The first TeleRead Podcast got off to a good start—stream or download here on the TalkShoe site. Or just click on the audio icon above. As already noted, the debut podcast “touched upon various...
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Morning Links: Apple Receives Helen Keller Award. 1990s Guide to the Web
Apple receives Helen Keller Award for its pioneering VoiceOver feature (Cult of Mac) Organized by the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), Apple was specifically praised for VoiceOver, the iOS...
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Morning Links: Typeface Mimics Dyslexia. Why Apple Might Become a Bank
This Typeface Simulates Reading with Dyslexia (Ink, Bits & Pixels) Daniel Britton doesn’t have to wonder; he’s had the condition all his life, and now he’s found a way to communicate it to others....
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Curious About Learning? Try Curious.com
I stumbled across Curious.com about a month ago and was intrigued by the idea. The site has tons of video lessons on a variety of topics. I was most interested in their classes on technical topics,...
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Morning Links: Wendig on Fixing Kindle Unlimited. Real Price of Traditional...
Here’s How Amazon Could Fix Kindle Unlimited (Terrible Minds) So, Amazon — you and me, we’re pals. We’re cuddlebuddies, right? I’m going to fix Kindle Unlimited for you. I’m going to blow it open and...
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How to Check Out Overdrive Library Books On a Kobo eReader
Note that these same instructions will work for a Nook or other ePub reader, not just a Kobo. I’m just using a Kobo for this example. Before you follow the steps in my post, you’ll need to authorize...
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Morning Links: No Curfew For Adult eBooks. Cord Cutting On the Rise
eBooks Won’t Actually Be Getting a Curfew in Germany (Ink, Bits & Pixels) Yes, that is as crazy as it sounds, but now it appears that German regulators recognize that fact as well. A new story...
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eReader Review: New Kindle Paperwhite (PW3) With 300 ppi Resolution
Let me start by saying that Amazon is a class act. When they offered to send me a new Kindle Paperwhite 3 to review, I was expecting a box with a Paperwhite. Instead I got a care package which included...
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Morning Links: B&N Revenues Down. Hoopla Adds Digital Comics
B&N Reports Revenues Down Across the Board (Ink, Bits & Pixels) According to the press release (which was also filed with the SEC as the 10-K report), the company saw a net loss was $19.4...
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Head to Head: Kobo Glo HD vs Kindle Paperwhite 3
Yesterday I reviewed the new Kindle Paperwhite 3, and I promised a shopping comparison between the Kobo Glo HD and the Paperwhite. Right now they are the closest competitors to each other since I don’t...
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Morning Links: Comixology Subscription Plan? New Movie Anti-Piracy Ads Aimed...
Comixology to Launch “All You Can Read” Subscription Plan? (Ink, Bits & Pixels) There’s an unsubstantiated, unverified, and unsupported (but almost certainly true) rumor going around today that...
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Morning Links: Apple Music First Look. Kickstarter Setting Records
Apple Music First Look: Rich, Robust — But Confusing (re/code) I’ve been testing Apple Music on an iPhone 6 Plus, loaned to me by Apple for about a day. Because of the short testing time, this isn’t a...
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