Readers - Archives

• eBooks will flop, but print-on-demand and digital textbooks will thrive, predicts Forrester Research
  Challenging book publishers' expectations, a new Report from Forrester Research forecasts slow growth for both eBooks and eBook reader devices. However, strong projected sales of custom-printed trade books and digitized textbooks will force publishers to dramatically restructure their processes and technologies.
  Author: Mary Rodgers - Date: April 8, 2004



• Texterity announces catalog of Microsoft Reader eBooks
  Texterity, Inc., a leading provider of electronic publishing services, today announced the availability of a comprehensive online catalog of Microsoft Reader eBooks. The catalog, which was developed with Microsoft Corporation, is available at http://www.mslit.com, and is integrated into the Reader section of microsoft.com.
  Author: Mary Rodgers - Date: April 8, 2004



• Palm Reader Pro with built-in Webster's New World Dictionary gives eBook readers instant access to thousands of words
  Palm, Inc. today announced Palm Reader Pro, the next generation of its award-winning eBook reader that puts a built-in Webster's New World Dictionary at readers' fingertips. Palm Reader Pro also enhances the user's reading experience with a new collection of fonts from Agfa Monotype Corporation, one of the leading providers of digital content for graphics professionals.
  Author: Mary Rodgers - Date: April 7, 2004



• Qvadis releases free version of popular palm eBook reader
  Qvadis today unveiled Express Reader Lite for Palm-powered devices, making the handheld ebook reader available for free to millions of Palm device users around the world.
  Author: Bruce Langdon - Date: April 7, 2004



• AFB and Time Warner AudioBooks partner in eBook technology
  AFB Talking Books, the audio publishing arm of the American Foundation for the Blind and Time Warner AudioBooks, with the permission of Intellectual Properties Management, exclusive licensor of Dr. King's writings, have joined forces to produce the first audio eBook sampler from a major publisher using NISO/DAISY technology: a brand-new, digitally synchronized audio and text program that is compatible with both computers and eBooks, offers unique navigational features, and displays the book's text on screen or in braille, fully synchronized with the narrator's voice. To download the free demonstration of the "I Have a Dream" speech, visit AFB's accessible Web site (www.afb.org).
  Author: Mary Rodgers - Date: February 12, 2006



• Interactive eBooks use real world examples from Lennar Industries and Amazon.com to present financial concepts in condensed, easy to read format
  Ballantine & Company, Inc. today released the first two QuickTopics eBooks in its Finance Series Understanding Financial Statements. The eBooks are written for nonfinancial professionals who need a quick and easy way to understand the fundamentals of financial management. Each QuickTopics is a short eBook that provides interactive, compact and easy to read information on a key business topic.
  Author: Grace Milden - Date: April 6, 2004



• 5 Steps to Creating an 'Anticipated' Ezine
  Everyone and their brother seem to be getting into the ezine (Electronic Magazine, or newsletter) business. Competition for subscribers is getting fierce. Getting subscribers is not too hard. But KEEPING them is a challenge!
  Author: Gail Hornback - Date: December 5, 2001