Monthly Archives: January 2015

Onyx BOOX Afterglow 2 e-reader

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onyx afterglowWhile I love my tablets, I really don’t like reading on them for any length of time. I had been looking for an e-ink e-reader that runs Android, has the Google Play Store and is capable of running the Scribd app. I had seen a few that looked interesting but weren’t quite what I wanted.  When I found the Onyx BOOX AfterGlow 2 at Amazon for $129, I decided to take the plunge and get one. The Afterglow 2 has a frontlight, runs Android 4.2 and comes with the Google Play Store installed on the device. It can read multiple file types, including ePubs, Mobi, and PDF files. It has physical page turn buttons and is even capable of text-to-speech (currently the languages are English and Polish).

Right now, I am keeping it in a JAVOedge Universal eReader Book cover  that actually fits pretty nicely. (This is the cover that didn’t fit the Fire HD 6 I bought a few months back.) I will be doing a full review after I have played with it for a bit, but, in the meantime, here are a few pictures:

onyx box

In the box…

The apps page showing Google play. Note the shadows at the bottom where the frontlight is.

The apps page showing Google play. Note the shadows at the bottom where the frontlight is.

In the Javoedge cover

In the JAVOedge cover

 Stay tuned for the review!

Library Corner: 1-5-2015

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Library corner imageRussia plans to launch national digital library in 2015 (Teleread)

Check it Out with Peter Brantley: Privacy for Library Patrons (Publishers Weekly)

How to Recommend eBooks for Libraries to Add to Their Catalog (eBook Reader)

New Full Text Book (Open Access) Discusses Use of Ebooks in Higher Education (Infodocket)

Digital Archives: Tate Archive Puts Thousand Of Artists’ Artifacts Online (Infodocket)

Want Read-aloud in Kindles and other Readers? Us the FCC’s easy online form by January 9 (Library City)

Franck Bohbot captures the world’s grandest libraries (Teleread)

 

Daily Links: Public Domain Day

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pdd2015Happy Public Domain Day!

January 1st is the day when new titles whose copyrights have expired enter the public domain. Unless you live in the US, that is. Thanks to laws which have extended the length of the copyright term, no new previously published works are entering the public domain until 2019. I THINK THIS IS A TRAVESTY. To read about the titles  by authors such as Issac Asimov, Ian Fleming,  Rachael Carson, and Martin Luther King that could have been freely available, take a look at the Duke University Center for the Study of the Public Domain website. For Canada and countries in the EU with sensible laws, enjoy!

Apple offers EU customers 14-day money-back returns on e-purchases: “No questions asked” digital refunds for iTunes, iBooks, and apps (but not in US) (Ars Technica)

HarperCollins Wipes Israel Off the Map (Digital Reader)

The Interview earns a stunning $15M from online sales:  Sony got close to the $20 million weekend it was aiming for (Ars Technica)

Today in the Amazon bonus Gold Box deal, there are  Over 40 Books to Jump-Start New Year’s Resolutions  for $2.99 or less. These include books on fitness, diet, goal-setting, inspirational  and more.

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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. I also post other links of interest on the Google Plus eBook Evangelist Page.