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David Rothman posted a blog entry

Stanza review, time travel novel, Nook scoop, TeleRead’s new zip, other bits and bobs you might have missed
The pace at TeleRead tends to be fast—sometimes close to15 posts on busy days. One way to keep up with all the news...

19 hours ago

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home | Topics: E-books and all..., e-book, e-book..., e-book...

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Do I really want to read a friend’s erotica? Clashing literary tastes: The ultimate ‘DRM’ against sharing
So, the publishers are very concerned that if they don’t lock down the e-books like Fort Knox, people will “share” them and this will cut into sales. A recent experience with a friend suggests to me that this concern may be over-rated. There is...

2 days ago

Google Reader | Topics: DRM, E-books and all..., Ficbot, Fictionwise | Add google reader to your profile

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Updated my blog with Review: eBook Pro 6.0 — Secure eBook Publishing System http://tinyurl.com/yg2s5sc

26 days ago

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David Rothman posted a blog entry

Ex-HarperCollins CEO Jane Friedman may back off from DRM: Way to increase profits on her Open Road e-books?
Is ex-HarperCollins CEO Jane Friedman about to change her mind on Digital Rights Management—and avoid it? Or maybe play...

33 days ago

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home | Topics: DRM, E-books and all..., e-book, e-book...

David Rothman posted a blog entry

Sony Reader Daily Edition: Will it matter to you if it comes out in January instead of December?
Does it matter if the Sony Daily Edition Reader comes out in January rather than December? Will this affect your own plans?...

34 days ago

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home | Topics: E-books and all..., Sony, Sony Reader, e-book

capitalcreative posted a blog entry

Updates to our Publishing Division
LittleWhiteEbook.com has been updated - and so has our affiliate program. The Little White Ebook of Homeshoring Jobs has been...

38 days ago

Social Media Marketing 2.0 | Topics: clickbank, social media..., ebook..., littlewhit...

David Rothman posted a blog entry

Amazon woos lit agents worried about e-books undermining p-books
Issues such as prices and delayed publication of e-books came up in the discussions. Did text to speech, too? See Crain’s...

42 days ago

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home | Topics: Amazon, Amazon Kindle, E-books and all..., e-book

David Rothman posted a blog entry

Quick test drive: Kindle for PC looks promising—but is no match for Mobipocket in flexibility. And how about ePub?
I’ve just test-driven a beta of Kindle for PC software (download here). It’s very promising, but not nearly as usable for...

42 days ago

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home | Topics: Amazon, Amazon Kindle, E-books and all..., e-book

David Rothman posted a blog entry

Harlequin launches digital-only publishing house: E-books, short stories, other content—and not just romance
Best of luck to the new Carina Press. But why does the home page show a typewriter-looking gizmo to direct people to the...

43 days ago

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home | Topics: E-books and all..., Harlequin, e-book, e-book...

David Rothman posted a blog entry

GetJar: Almost 57,000 cellphone apps, including the e-book variety
Getjar has nearly 57,000 apps for cellphones—more than any rival other than the iPhone app store. eReader and Wattpad...

43 days ago

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home | Topics: E-books and all..., e-book, e-book..., e-book...

David Rothman posted a blog entry

E-books and P: How will publishers adjust to smaller markets for print books?
Doubt that e-books are a disruptive technology? How about this warning from Mike Shatzkin at the Idea Logical Company? This...

43 days ago

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home | Topics: E-books and all..., e-book, e-book..., e-book...

David Rothman posted a blog entry

2nd gen e-book machine dropped by OLPC—but group will do a paperlike 3rd gen device
One Laptop Per Chlld has “scrapped plans unveiled in May 2008 for an e-book-like second-generation XO laptop, instead...

45 days ago

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home | Topics: E-books and all..., One Laptop Per..., e-book, e-book...

David Rothman posted a blog entry

Freda program reads ePub, TXT and HTML on Windows Mobile 5 and 6 machines
The new Freda program reads nonDRMed ePub, TXT and HTML, and lets you customize fonts and colors. Check out the details and get...

45 days ago

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home | Topics: E-books and all..., e-book, e-book..., e-book...

David Rothman posted a blog entry

E-book hardware bargains for the holidays: Share your finds, whenever you spot ‘em
Tell other TeleRead community members when you spot e-book-related products steeply discounted. Some holiday...

45 days ago

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home | Topics: E-books and all..., e-book, e-book..., e-book...

David Rothman posted a blog entry

eSlick Foxit reader gets new firmware with ePub and eReader
eSlick’s Foxit reader will now be able to read at least nonDRMed ePub and eReader (PDB), not just PDF and TXT. I’m not sure...

45 days ago

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home | Topics: DRM, E-books and all..., Foxit Reader, e-book

David Rothman posted a blog entry

Droid smartphone launch: Better for e-booking than the iPhone, especially as more apps show up?
The Motorola Droid smartphone is out now, complete with a keyboard and a 3.7-inch touch screen, which is slightly bigger than...

45 days ago

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home | Topics: E-books and all..., e-book, e-book..., e-book...

satrap posted a blog entry

Can You Really Make Money Writing And Selling E-books Online?
One of the most popular and sought after online money making methods is writing and selling E-books, and rightly so. E-book has...

46 days ago

BlogStash | Topics: Make Money..., Money Making..., E-book, E-book...

David Rothman posted a blog entry

Bookless libraries?
When does a library cease to be a library?This was the central point of a debate about the fate of educational...

46 days ago

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home | Topics: E-books and all..., Library links, Uncategorized or..., e-book

David Rothman posted a blog entry

$89 e-reader can display zillions of books from Google, Feedbooks, Manybooks and Gutenberg—aided by Calibre
Just in case you haven’t noticed, eBookwise is selling the model 1150 for just $89.95 and shipping (as little as $10 in the...

48 days ago

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home | Topics: DRM, E-books and all..., e-book, e-book...

David Rothman posted a blog entry

‘Darn it, Santa, I want to watch my parents’ budget!’ A few words on teens, e-books and affordable prices and all that
Darn It, Santa, I said Leave a BOOK Under the Tree, NOT an E-Ebook is the catchy headline in Richard Curtis’s E-Reads...

48 days ago

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home | Topics: E-books and all..., e-book, e-book..., e-book...

David Rothman posted a blog entry

You can fight for your country but not buy an e-book?
That is the situation one soldier finds himself in, according to this MobileRead thread. A US soldier stationed in Iraq has...

48 days ago

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home | Topics: Chris Meadows, E-books and all..., Sony, e-book

David Rothman posted a blog entry

When Kindle e-reading apps show up on better handheld displays, will the iPhone seem quite so hot?
The iPhone/iPod Touch have had the advantage of being the sole handheld devices with an e-reader that could access...

50 days ago

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home | Topics: Amazon, Amazon Kindle, E-books and all..., Kindle for...

David Rothman posted a blog entry

FTC won’t protect us from DRM fraud—but wants to crank down on mom-and-pop book reviewers
You don’t own your books for real when you buy ‘em with DRM, as Amazon’s 1984 recall showed us. When will the Federal...

75 days ago

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home | Topics: Amazon, Amazon Kindle, DRM, E-books and all...

David Rothman posted a blog entry

ePub-related briefings at Frankfurt Book Fair—including info on new devices from iRex, ECO and Cybook
IDPF news release, slightly edited… Booksellers, publishers, and technologists attending the Frankfurt Book Fair will be...

75 days ago

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home | Topics: E-books and all..., e-book, e-book..., e-books

David Rothman posted a blog entry

Power of ‘free’: Audio freebie whets prof’s interest in my novel—and meanwhile Google giveaways are helping pubs
While so many people fixate on e-book piracy, I’m more excited about something else—writers and publishers making money...

79 days ago

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home | Topics: E-books and all..., Google, Google Book..., e-book

David Rothman posted a blog entry

Is Sony’s eBook Library suite a turkey? Brad Vertrees thinks so
The e-book reader within the Sony eBook Library suite is vastly underrated. But now I’m curious about a not-so-delightful...

79 days ago

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home | Topics: Calibre, E-books and all..., Sony, Sony Reader

David Rothman posted a blog entry

Three kinds of e-book illegals: Felix Torres’ tutorial for NYT columnist Randall Stross and publishers
Editor’s note: Who’s downloading e-books illegally, and how much are publishers really losing? Is every illegal download in...

79 days ago

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home | Topics: DRM, E-books and all..., New York..., e-book

David Rothman posted a blog entry

New York Times columnist fears ‘napsterization’ of e-books
The New York Times has yet another article about the “napsterization” of e-books. Shock, horror. Alarums and...

79 days ago

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home | Topics: Chris Meadows, E-books and all..., Free e-books, Free ebooks

David Rothman posted a blog entry

Jane Friedman to be interviewed on her new ebook venture
Jane Friedman, former CEO of HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide, will be interviewed at a free virtual conference called...

82 days ago

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home | Topics: E-books and all..., e-book, e-books, e-books and other...

David Rothman posted a blog entry

Could ‘social media tablets’ work for interactive e-books, not just Facebook and Twitter?
The Kindle’s tiny chiclet-style keyboard takes up space—but isn’t terrific for fast typing. But what if Amazon...

84 days ago

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home | Topics: Amazon, Amazon Kindle, E-books and all..., Kindle DX

David Rothman posted a blog entry

Kids’ e-book subscription plan from Disney
Could Disney get kids excited about books by offering a subscription plan?DisneyDigitalBooks.com will offer 500 e-books for...

84 days ago

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home | Topics: E-books and all..., e-book, e-book..., e-book...

David Rothman posted a blog entry

‘Ten reasons why tablets will succeed’: Multiuse tabs to be a major way to read e-books?
The Tablet PC idea—that’s an HP Compaq incarnation to the left—was a big flop for Bill Gates and Microsoft. ...

85 days ago

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home | Topics: Amazon, Amazon Kindle, E-books and all..., Kindle DX

David Rothman posted a blog entry

‘Arguing with Idiots’: If book chains want to save paper books from the Kindle, why are they so stupid about local needs?
Jobs might be lost if I’m not careful. So I won’t even say which book chain it was—just that this little chat...

85 days ago

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home | Topics: Amazon, Amazon Kindle, E-books and all..., Kindle DX