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Wolverton: A look at the new LeapPad tablet for kids - 09/19/2011 2:48 am
source: Contra Costa Times
… or tablet to play games or read e-books. Hoping to tap into that enthusiasm, … apps consist mostly of children's e-books, educational videos from providers such as the … what Leap Frog calls an "ultra" e-book based on the movie "Cars 2.… - Read More

Kindle over iBooks? It comes down to the desktop - 09/19/2011 2:24 am
source: ZDNet
… its wildly successful iPad and Kindle. While ebooks are great for major literary releases … to the fact that bits are weightless, the ebook format was practically made for … than iBooks — the reason most-often cited by ebook aficionados — it didn’t weigh into … - Read More

Menu Plan for the Week – Let the “Feeding the Masses” Season Begin! *With a Bun Update* - 09/19/2011 12:44 am
source: Yorknewstimes.com
… on. Also, the Butterscotch Bars and Cream Cheese Corn (recipe in Holiday Hospitality ebook and Learn to Cook ebook) were HUGE hits!!! Most exciting of all – we asked the kids to each rinse their plates and cups … - Read More

Taiwan e-paper industry sees strong results in 1H11, says PIDA - 09/19/2011 12:22 am
source: DigiTimes
… Development Association (PIDA) showed. Industry sources said e-book readers are rising to become a … of tablet PCs. Further price cuts of e-book readers can be expected to spur … to clients' releases of new e-book readers. The company expects a total NT$10 … - Read More

Close to you … Age v locals … Daily Tele apology … - 09/18/2011 11:49 pm
source: Crikey Media
… to force journalists to reveal their sources.” — The Guardian In e-Books, publishers have rivals: news sites. “Book publishers … its steadily growing imprints; authors who publish their own e-books; online start-ups like The Atavist and Byliner.” — New York … - Read More

Was the iPhone as important an invention as the steam train on the track of progress? - 09/18/2011 10:19 pm
source: The Herald
… not yet fallen dramatically for consumers even although the marginal cost of each extra electronic copy of an mp3 file or e-book is vanishingly small. This is arguably down to controlling corporations hanging on to economic models based on scarcity rather … - Read More

iBall enters tablet market - 09/18/2011 6:51 pm
source: Channel Times
… excel, MS PowerPoint and PDF attachments. The tablet also has capabilities of Visual search, Voice actions, web browsing, e-mail, chat, social networking, Music and HD video, gaming, e-book, news, weather and several applications from the Android market. - Read More

Septic system checkup - 09/18/2011 6:25 pm
source: Atlantic City Weekly
… you are and what you are dealing with." Tom Kelly's new e-book, "Bargains Beyond the Border: Get Past the Blood and Drugs: Mexico's … , Amazon.com, Sony's Reader Store, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Diesel eBook Store, and Google Editions. - Read More

Better Education Through Open Publishing - 09/18/2011 5:55 pm
source: Print on Demand
… 1.7 million post-secondary teachers in the country.  Luckily, with the help of open publishing platform Lulu and its eBooks and print-on-demand technologies, these teachers and professors can publish their content for free and can be sure their students … - Read More

Debut novel released by romance author Stephanie Queen - 09/18/2011 5:39 pm
source: The San Francisco Examiner
Romance novelist Stephanie Queen released her first e-book this month entitled Between a Rock and a Mad Woman. The … Nook and at Smashwords for all other e-formats. Debut romance novel e-book by Stephanie Queen Credits:  romance novel Examiner Immersed in the … - Read More