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Worlds First Braille Smartwatch Also Lets You Read Ebooks
All the way back in 2013, we reported on a mobile phone being created by an Indian start-up that would be the world’s first braille phone. Now in the world of wearable tech, say hello to the first braille smart watch. Dot, as it is titled, is the world’s first…
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Amazon to Pay Authors Per eBook Page Read
Amazon will soon implement a plan which will essentially sell eBooks page-by-page, paying its authors for every page read. From 1st July, authors who self-publish through the Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing Program – an eBook only outlet that gives authors 70% royalties on their works – will earn money for…
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Ebook Piracy Sites to Be Blocked by UK ISPs
Yesterday, the UK’s High Court ordered that websites carrying pirated ebooks should be blocked by the country’s internet service providers. The court ruled that an application made by The Publishers Association grants that the sites be blocked under Section 97A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (1988). Within the…
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Kindle Convert: ‘Rip’ Books to Your Kindle
04 We’re all familiar with the practice of ‘ripping’ CDs. You stick a disk into your computer and copy the songs onto your hard drive. From there, you have the option of putting them on your phone, tablet, MP3 player, etc. But what about eBooks? Since it seems that books…
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Adobe Collecting Mass Amounts of User Data from eBook Software!
In a digital world that is (rightly) obsessed with online security and privacy, Adobe seem have have taken the risky and rather silly move of spying on users of their Adobe Digital Editions (V.4) software. Reports have been surfacing that Adobe are tracking vast amounts of detailed information on user…
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