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Free Comic Book Gay: Stupid Kindle Fire ComiXology...HELP?

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:01:02 -0400

Free Comic Book Gay: Stupid Kindle Fire ComiXology...HELP?:

Does anyone know the answer to this? Does anyone know if there even IS an answer to this?

I have an iPhone…and my mom bought me a Kindle Fire two years ago for Christmas. The first thing you have to do with a Kindle is establish your Amazon ID. Then everything you put on your Kindle comes from…

luckysipe: The Xbox One won’t play any existing Xbox 360 games,...

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:34:00 -0400

luckysipe:

The Xbox One won’t play any existing Xbox 360 games, said Microsoft’s Marc Whitten in an interview with The Verge. The lack of backward compatibility results from the new console’s hardware architecture, which is a significant departure from that of the Xbox 360. “The system is based on a different core architecture, so back-compat doesn’t really work from that perspective,” said Whitten, corporate vice president of Xbox Live. The Xbox 360 does support certain original Xbox games through software emulation — more than 450 titles, almost half the console’s library — although backward compatibility can be spotty, depending on the game in question. (via Xbox One not backward compatible with Xbox 360 games | Polygon)

Backward compatibility is a concern for ebooks as well, painfully aware early adopting publishers struggling to keep up with enhanced, fixed layout, and other format evolutions can attest to. Many books now have more epub revisions that reprints.

Listen boy, good books don’t just grow on trees… oh...

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:12:22 -0400

Listen boy, good books don’t just grow on trees… oh wait, never mind.

bibliolectors: Library / Biblioteca (ilustración de Penny...

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:42:15 -0400

bibliolectors:

Library / Biblioteca (ilustración de Penny Candy)

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Sun, 19 May 2013 23:05:16 -0400

Congratulations to Tor.com on thier the 2012 Nebula Award Winners

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:12:23 -0400

Congratulations to Tor.com on thier the 2012 Nebula Award Winners :

Tor.com A long time leader in digital publishing of science fiction and fantasy was eye-wideningly honored to be represented so heavily in the Novelette department of the prestigious Nebula Awards by Brit Mandelo for “The Finite Canvas,” Meghan McCarron for “Swift, Brutal Retaliation,” and Rachel Swirsky for “Portrait of Lisane da Patagnia.” All three novelettes can be read for free in the above links. Tor Books was thrilled to have two nominees in the Novel division, Tina Connolly’s Ironskin and Mary Robinette Kowal’s Glamour in Glass.

Congratulations!

Pebble Nabs $15M In Funding, Outs PebbleKit SDK And Pebble Sports API To Spur Smartwatch App Development | TechCrunch

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:48:20 -0400

Pebble Nabs $15M In Funding, Outs PebbleKit SDK And Pebble Sports API To Spur Smartwatch App Development | TechCrunch:

futuretechreport:

WIth the SDK open to developers to incorporate into apps on both Android and iOS apps, this watch is about to get a whole lot smarter.

Grab the SDK and get going developers! Can’t wait to do more with this wearable device!

Get ready for a whole lot more Pebble. The smartwatch company just announced several software enhancements for the Pebble and a $15M Series A led by Charles River Ventures. Pebble is not going to sit around, scared of iWatch rumors. They’re plowing forward on their own accord and committed to..

Building A Faster Horse

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:36:46 -0400

Building A Faster Horse:

parislemon:

Farhad Manjoo on the new Square Stand:

Translation: Credit cards will be here for a good long time. This isn’t a novel admission; Dorsey has always said that he doesn’t think plastic will go away anytime soon. But the launch of the Square Stand—a device engineered to improve the credit card experience—shows how deeply Square is betting on credit cards. It’s as if, after building the Model T, Henry Ford also spent a lot of money to build a faster horse, just to hedge his bets. In this way, Square Stand prompts a deeper question: What if, as wonderful as Square Wallet is, we just never move beyond credit cards? What if people find faster horses good enough?

bluesyemre: A Librarian’s Response to ‘What’s a Library?’ by...

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:24:17 -0400

bluesyemre:

A Librarian’s Response to ‘What’s a Library?’ by Rita Meade

The paint on my worn out ol’ library soapbox is getting rather chipped these days, but I’m about…

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nowherefinerthancarolina: Starting to get really unhappy because I can’t get ebooks that are on my...

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:12:24 -0400

nowherefinerthancarolina:

Starting to get really unhappy because I can’t get ebooks that are on my Macbook to transfer to my Kindle Fire HD. Ugh ugh ugh.

How 3D Printing Has Changed Society Forever - PSFK

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:48:06 -0400

How 3D Printing Has Changed Society Forever - PSFK:

How are we as a civiliation to understand the impact of this new technology on our future development.

"“In the next five to ten years, another 5 billion people will join the Internet,” said Schmidt, the..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:36:48 -0400

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“In the next five to ten years, another 5 billion people will join the Internet,” said Schmidt, the company’s chief executive and one of the world’s richest men.

Most of those people will be in places like Asia, Africa and South America. And while newfound access to information will level the playing field to a degree, it will also set the table for the world’s villains as much as the up-and-comers, noted Cohen, Google’s director of ideas, who spent nearly half a decade at the State Department. This coming influx means we’ll keep seeing repressive governments censoring and stifling information and Internet access. And terrorists and hacker groups will continue to battle law enforcement in a fight that seems never ending.

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- Google’s Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen on the New Digital Age (via futuristgerd)

5 Reasons Libraries Will Fail – Published in 1864

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:24:10 -0400

5 Reasons Libraries Will Fail – Published in 1864:

myeverydayephemera:

By the 1900’s libraries will be dead. Discover why!

AWESOME.

"A recent survey of nearly 35,000 eight to 16-year-olds by the U.K.’s National Literacy Trust found..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:46:53 -0400

“A recent survey of nearly 35,000 eight to 16-year-olds by the U.K.’s National Literacy Trust found that for the first time, more kids are reading via electronic devices than traditional books. A full 52 percent preferred reading books on a tablet or other electronic device, while in comparison, only 32 percent preferred traditional books. The remaining 16 percent had no preference or said they don’t like to read.”

- Death of Traditional Books? Kids Prefer Reading Via Screen | Education on GOOD (via infoneer-pulse)

Amazon asks Spanish Publishers to lower ebook prices

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:45:05 -0400

Amazon asks Spanish Publishers to lower ebook prices:

The ecommerce company estimates that new ebooks should become cheaper over 20% on current prices.

La multinacional de comercio electrÃ³nico estima que novedades o `best sellersÂ´ digitales tendrÃan que abaratarse mÃ¡s del 20% sobre los precios actuales.Â Â Amazon reitera que en paÃses de mayores hÃ¡bitos digitales, como Estados Unidos o Reino Unido, esos precios producen que se venda mÃ¡s libros electrÃ³nicos que de papel. . Noticias, Ãºltima hora, vÃdeos y fotos de Literatura en lainformacion.com

Behind the Scenes of Our New iOS Comic Reading Experience | Kobo Cafe

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:12:27 -0400

Behind the Scenes of Our New iOS Comic Reading Experience | Kobo Cafe:

whatmakesuptheweb:

By Kobo Labs:

We recently launched a new update to the Kobo iOS app (version 5.10) which includes support for Japanese content, improved font resizing, and a faster and more responsive reading experience for comics.

We’re particularly excited about this new comic experience, which we think readers are really going to like. It provides a fluid reading experience, complete with seamless loading times so that you can read without any interruptions or delays. The approach we took in developing this new viewer was a bit unconventional, and so for the more technically minded here’s some background from the Kobo Labs team’s lead iOS developer on what went into building it.

ebookfriendly: Have you seen this already? Electrolibrary - a...

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:07:29 -0400

ebookfriendly:

Have you seen this already? Electrolibrary - a paper book that is computer’s interface http://bit.ly/10B0Os7

What's in a name? Webcomics or Digital Comics?

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:04:13 -0400

exlibriscomics:

Something i’ve struggled with is what do you call this thing we’re doing? To me, a webcomic feels and sounds like a traditional newspaper comic strip. It has its own aesthetic, language and subculture that seems separate from indy comic books and graphic…

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millionsmillions: Spotted in Cambridge, MA: a bus stop...

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:48:21 -0400

millionsmillions:

Spotted in Cambridge, MA: a bus stop advertising free, downloadable ebooks.

ebookfriendly: 50 designer iPad cases & sleeves...

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:36:27 -0400

ebookfriendly:

50 designer iPad cases & sleeves http://bit.ly/10pF1aC Which one is your favorite?