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OverDrive Adds New Help Section to Libraries: My Help

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OverDrive and their partner libraries have seen an enormous growth in e-book downloads since the start of the New Year. In addition to the downloads, OverDrive and its affiliating college, school, and public libraries have had an extreme increase in questions from first-timers and upgraded “old-hands”. First-time users always have questions about how to get […]

Google One Pass: A New Way for Publishers to Offer Subscriptions

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Google One Pass is a new program that offers publishers an opportunity to create complete systems for consumers to access their product. One Pass includes avenues for authentication, payment plans/processing (without the cumbersome third-party set up), and various administrational options (like: “subscriptions, day passes, metered access, pay-per-article, multi-issue packages”). Best feature: “It offers purchase-once, view-anywhere […]

The Growing Threat of eBook Piracy

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David Cornoy of CNET is an aspiring novelist. Recently, his book Knife Music was added to a torrent of 2500 books. At first, he was not worried, because he only made about $0.50 an ebook anyway. But then he started thinking…2500 books is a lot of books, more than most would ever need, and at […]

Get a Nook Color for $199 with this Coupon Code (Ended)

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If you are looking to get a color ereader or Android tablet, a new Nook Color can be had for just $199 with free shipping from Barnes and Noble’s eBay store with coupon code CBARNESDD. The coupon deal expires on March 3rd at 8:00 am Pacific Time or until they sellout, according to the coupon […]

Pixel Qi Review – Pixel Qi Vs E Ink and LCD

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I’ve been testing the Notion Ink Adam’s Pixel Qi display in various lighting conditions to see how it compares to E Ink and other types of LCD displays. Pixel Qi screens are known for using less power than traditional LCD displays because they have transflective and reflective modes that utilize ambient light to illuminate the […]

The ASUS Eee Note, An Electronic Notepad and eReader (Videos)

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First released in Taiwan back in November, and then Europe earlier this month, the Asus Eee Note EA-800 is now headed to North America with a sub-$200 price. The Eee Note is combination of a digital notebook and ereader. It has an 8-inch monochrome touchscreen that supports 64 levels of gray with a resolution of […]

Pandigital Novel App Installation Tutorial (Video)

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One question that I get asked all the time is how to install apps on the Pandigital Novel. Now that Pandigital has opened up their line of Android tablets to install 3rd party apps, the process of installing apps has become a lot easier. You can install them onto the device right out of the […]