From The Digital Reader, E-book management program Calibre gets an update.
Hewlett Packard is recalling power cords that pose a fire risk, from Ars Technica.
From Make Use Of, A comparison of 4 top ebook subscription services.
Daily Links are interesting links I discover as I go about my online day. The frequency and number of links posted depend upon the daily news.
From Ars Technica, Heirs get digital access in Delaware
Tom Hanks’ typewriter app a hit, from Techcrunch.
From Lifehacker, Paranoid Paul monitors terms of service and alerts you to changes
Apple promote free magazines for UK Bank holidays, from Talking New Media
Daily Links are interesting links I discover as I go about my online day. The frequency and number of links posted depend upon the daily news.
Smartphone Separation Anxiety. I still have a landline, and even I tend to carry my phone with me from room to room. And, I wonder, is there an ereader equivalent of this? I tend not to leave the house without a Kindle, even though I have an app on my phone….
From Lifehacker, Spot a boring Kindle Book by looking at popular highlights.
JK Rowling post a new Harry Potter background story on Pottermore, from The Digital Reader
From Teleread, Almost a year with Scribd. Has anything changed with my reading?
Whispersync comes to the UK with 10 freebies, from The Ebook Reader.
From ReadWrite, In exposing followers, Medium fails readers.
As part of Amazon’s Daily Deals, there are 12 award winning Sci-fi deals, including books by Octavia Butler, Harlan Ellison and John Brunner for only $1.99 each.
Daily Links are interesting links I discover as I go about my online day. The frequency and number of links posted depend upon the daily news.
From Lifehacker: Over 40 free photography e-books (Note: many of these are in a PDF format and require giving your email address)
Do you know what your rights are if customs wants to search your laptop or smartphone? via MakeUseOf
From the Leftsetz Letter: An interesting article on book availability
The Amazon Fire TV is currently on sale for $84.00. That’s $15 off its regular price of $99.
Daily Links are interesting links I discover as I go about my online day. The frequency and number of links posted depend upon the daily news.
Here’s a nice tutorial with screenshots from the folks at Android Central on how to manage your Google Play Books library on your Android device.
The article shows two methods for removing books: one from the Play Books home screen and the other for removing from “My Library.”
Note that this article refers to removing books from your phone or your tablet. The procedure is slightly different for the web version of the Play bookstore.
Amazon is giving away over $100 worth of Android apps in their app store. The apps, which Amazon dubs “Essential,” are free Thursday, July 31, 2014 and Friday, August 1, 2014.
There is a nice variety among the 30 apps offered. These include productivity programs such as an alarm clock, a PDF viewer, a photo editor, a calendar, even workout and travel apps, There are also apps for math and music, games, and language coaching. Instapaper and the Oxford Advanced Learning Dictionary are included among the selections.
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