Soon library patrons throughout the United States and United Kingdom will be able to access hundreds of digital magazines and newspapers for free through public libraries using the OverDrive platform. Today OverDrive and Nook Media announced that they’ve collaborated to start a new partnership that will bring the most popular digital magazines and newspapers from […]
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Google Currents App Released for Reading Online Magazine and News Articles
Earlier in the week Google introduced a new news reading app called Google Currents. The app works with Android phones and tablets, as well as the Apple iPad and iPhone. Google Currents is a free app, as are the 180+ subscriptions that it offers from Google’s publishing partners. The Google Currents app is also setup […]
Philly Newspapers Offering Archos Arnova 10 G2 Tablet for $99 with Subscription (Video)
Buy a digital subscription to The Inquirer and Daily News and get a 10″ Archos Arnova 10 G2 tablet for $99 to read them on. That’s the gist of a new experiment by the Philadelphia Media Network, which consists of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and philly.com. The bundle package works two different ways. […]
Do Barnes and Noble’s Digital Magazines and Newspapers Have DRM?
I noticed something odd today while working on the review for the Pandigital Nova. I was able to open newspapers and magazines from Barnes and Noble with the Aldiko Android app. After further testing with other Android apps and on a computer with EPUB readers, all my newspapers and magazines from Barnes and Noble are […]
PressReader Released for Android with 1700 Newspaper Subscriptions
If you read a lot of newspapers then you might try checking out the new Android app called PressReader. There’s an app for the iPhone and iPad as well as Mac and PC computers. With PressReader you can subscribe to over 1,700 full-content newspapers from 93 countries in 49 languages. Newspapers cost 99 cents per […]
The Best Wireless eReader for Newspaper Subscriptions
I decided to do a test between the Kindle 3, Kobo WiFi, and Sony Daily Edition to compare which offered the best newspaper reading experience. I subscribed to the New York Times on all three devices and here’s the results.
How to Get Kindle, Nook, Sony e-Subscriptions for Free
Before you buy a newspaper or magazine subscription for your Kindle, Nook, Sony, or other ebook reader, you should try using Calibre’s news fetch feature first. While reviewing the Graphite Kindle DX this past week, I download the Kindle Edition of USA Today and compared it to Calibre’s free version—the results were surprising. First off, […]