Today was a big, big day for eBook fans! The Department of Justice agreed with everyone who has been screaming for three years that the “agency model” was unfair, anti-competitive and anti-consumer. They settled with several publishers, though Apple and Macmillan are still fighting the DoJ in court. So, what did the settlement today do? [...]
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Department of Justice Sues Apple and Several Publishers Over eBook Prices
(image courtesy mass effect wiki) (See end for updates) Huge ebook news this morning! The US Department of Justice has officially filed anti-trust lawsuits against Apple and Hachette Books, as well as some sort of legal action against MacMillan, Harper Collins, and Penguin. All of these charges are related to the Agency Model, where prices [...]
Google Books Plans to Drop Independent Bookstores
Google books has never been a major player. They have a few fringe ebook readers, and they do have a few apps, but even on Android Google books is outclassed dramatically by the competition. I am very vocal about how much I dislike iBooks, but at least Apple packs the app full of features to [...]
Grab the Entire Synapse Magazine Archive Online for Free!
For so many magazines, unless you kept a copy for your archives the past is gone. Countless magazines and publishers have struggled and gone under in the internet era, and particularly in the latest economic downturn. So it is great when you find an online archive … and even better when it is a legitimate [...]
Using Tech for My Bible Study
I never really thought about it much, but I do something that for some who practice my faith, might be alien. Much like my friend Dan, I use either apps or eBooks to do most of my Bible studies. Why It’s Better The app that I use the most when doing my Bible reading on [...]
Amazon Kindle Newsstand Versus Zinio on iPad
I took the plunge recently and bought a new iPad! One of the first things I looked into was Zinio, based on the exuberant reviews of the other Gear Diary editors. Then I realized I hardly read magazines. So while I peeked at a few prices and poked around, I didn’t really give digital magazines [...]
Get The Entire Hunger Games Trilogy for ~$3 on Kobo!
It has been hard to escape all of the hype surrounding the Hunger Games lately – the books earned acclaim and rampant popularity, and the movie racked up nearly $155 million in ticket sales in the first weekend. Perhaps you’ve been sitting on the sidelines watching the spectacle, wondering if you should check out the [...]
Hey Amazon, Can You PLEASE Let Me Change the Paragraph Justification in Your Apps?
Image courtesy of (believe it or not!) furnitureconsignment.com So as you’ve probably heard–Michael posted about it, for example–J.K. Rowling’s latest cash cow, the Pottermore web site, finally went live today (a mere 6-9 months after it was originally promised, but that’s a whole different ranty post). For me what this meant was that, finally, I [...]
Barnes and Noble Announces Educator Appreciation Week
My mom is a teacher. She works hard. From 5am until she heads to bed, often after 11pm, she doesn’t stop moving. When she isn’t actively teaching her students she is grading papers, working on lesson plans, and helping them with their extracurriculars. She loves her job, and her students love her. So it thrills [...]
Pottermore Store Now Open, Harry Potter eBooks on ‘Sale’!
In what is a huge surprise (as it isn’t yet April), the Pottermore Store opened up today to the public including ebook versions of all seven Harry Potter books. As noted at the WSJ, the ebooks will spread to the Kindle, Nook, Sony and Google Play shops (but not Apple): By selling the e-books on [...]
Einstein’s Life Goes Digital!
I was fascinated by Albert Einstein as a kid. I didn’t really grasp the details of his work, and to this day my grasp of physics is a bit shaky, but I still thought he was awesome. Call it nerd hero-worship. Learning more about what made him so awesome involves learning more about the man [...]
Does B&N Have an International Strategy?
B&N confuses me greatly. There are moments when it appears they have a master plan, with a clear strategy and vision, such as the release of the NOOK Simple Touch. Then they completely ignore the international markets, only to hold a “Hey, we’re…here…but not” meeting like they did this week in London. Techcrunch had some [...]
Guinness World Records 2012 for Kindle $0.01 at Amazon!
I remember years ago grabbing the Guinness Book of World Records and checking out all of the crazy stuff it included. With the internet much of the allure is gone, and I haven’t touched one in years – but at THIS price I know I will at least have it on my Kindle Fire! From [...]
Prepare for The Hunger Games With the Book Trailer for … The Hunger Pains!
If your family is like mine, everyone has read the Hunger Games trilogy and is anticipating the film release next week. Perhaps you have even re-read the first book more recently to refresh your memory (though you also likely skipped the last book to leave the memory of THAT rushed mess out of your mind), [...]
The End of a 244-Year Era As Encyclopedia Britannica Goes Out of Print!
For anyone under the age of 30, the concept of needing a set of encyclopedias in your home is at best archaic. I remember consulting the books as a regular part of doing homework in social studies and geography classes in particular, but also to feed curiosity for dinosaurs, biology, space, physics and more. Well, [...]
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