Daily Links: jet Blue and Harper Collins

jetblueFrom Digital Bookworld, Books take flight: HarperCollins partners with Jet Blue.

Rumors of a Kindle Unlimited launch in Brazil in early 2015, from The Digital Reader.com

From CNN, The new Taiwan nightclub competitor: A bookstore! 

A holiday shopping warning: Sony ebook gift cards still being sold online. from The Ebook Reader.

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.

Daily Links: Aereo files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

Aereo_logoFrom Talking Media, Aereo files for Chapter 11.

Oyster starts its own web magazine, from Digital Book World.

From Teleread, news on collections in the latest Kindle Paperwhite update.

Adobe plans on bringing Photoshop to the cloud, From Ars Technica.

Also from Talking Media,  subscription service Readly adds 50 new titles, including Rolling Stone.

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.

Daily Links: Setting up Profiles and Family Sharing on the Kindle

kindle_voyageFrom The Ebook Reader, How to set up profiles and family library sharing on Kindle and Fire Tablets. 

Scribd welcomes Chronicle book titles, from the Scribd Blog

From The Digital Reader, A hands on look at new and old Washington Post apps.

Indiewire share top film scripts for free download, from Teleread.

The Fire HD 7 is on sale for $119 as part of Amazon’s Black Friday promotions. I have the previous generation of this and it is a nice little tablet. I use mine for movies, games and reading book where color is important (gardening and cooking).

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.

Daily Links: Germans want reduced taxes on ebooks

file8851243269241From The Digital Reader, Germans call for reduced taxes on ebooks.

Barnes and Nobele has launched their new audiobook app( with free ebooks), via The Ebook Reader.

From Publishing Perspectives, Book Dash uses crowd-sourced publishing to tackle book poverty in Africa.  

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.

 

Daily Links: Airbnb launches own print magazine

airbnb_horizontal_lockup_webFrom Talking New Media,  Airbnb launches a quarterly print magazine for hosts and guests called Pineapple. 

Goodbye, phone booths! New York City to offer free gigabit wi-fi in 2015, from Recode.

From Teleread, a nice write-up about the addition of audiobooks to the Scribd service.

Amazon’s Daily Deal today is a Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 (Previous Generation-3rd). It is available in 16, 32 or 64 GB configuration, with either Wi-fi or 4G connectivity, The today-only prices start at $259.This is seems to be a new device, not a refurb.

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, different links of interest on the Google Plus eBook Evangelist Page.

Daily Links: Grooveshark Guilty of Mass Copyright Infringement

From Digital Music News, Grooveshark has been found guilty of massive copyright infringement. The details of what the company did are pretty shocking. I am the wife of a talented musician whose music was illegally used by Grooveshark, We not only lost music sales income, but had to go as far as to hire an attorney to deal with the company’s infringement. Here’s a link to his wonderful holiday jazz album.  🙂

The FCC is considering rules that will change Television, from Mashable. This has the abiltiy to breathe new life into a company like Aereo. I don’t know about you, but I haven’t been able to get certain channels since they made the change to digital broadcast!

From Teleread, R.I.P. Eugie Foster. The Nebula award winning writer and editor died on September 27, 2014. Here is a link to her books. 

The Kindle app for IOS has been updated for the iPhone 6, from The Digital Reader. http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/09/29/kindle-ios-updated-iphone-6/

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.

Daily Links: Kobo downloads, Bendgate, more

From the Digital Reader, How to download Kobo books (including the ones they don’t want you to).

Apple apologizes for IOS 8.0.1, from Mashable and then denies the “Bendgate” problem, fromRecode.

From The Next Web, Google’s latest Chrome build has a hidden game that to play offline.

Cosmixology celebrates Nation Comic Book Day by giving away 25 free comics, from The Digital Reader.

From The Ebook Reader, How to export and edit those Kindle notes and highlights.

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.

 

 

Daily Links: KU and Google Play expand overseas, more

From Teleread, the Amazon Kindle Unlimited program finally launches in the UK.

Google Play Books launches in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine, from The Digital Reader.

From Publishers, weekly, Mother of Columbine Shooter sells her memoir to Crown books; the proceeds are going to charity.

You may have heard that Barnes and Noble no longer allows you to download your e-book purchases via the web. The Digital Reader offers a work around here.

And from Recode, This new IOS update is causing problems. Here’s a survival guide.

Worse than Heartbleed? There a bug in the BASH shell that affects Linux, Unix, even  OS X.

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.

 

 

Daily Links: Calibre

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.

 

 

 

Daily Links: Heirs get digital access to accounts

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.