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RESTON, Va., June 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today announced the launch of Device Essentials(TM), a new service reporting on digital traffic by device, which includes computers and other devices, defined as mobile phones, tablets, music players, e-readers, gaming devices, and other web-enabled devices. Based on comScore's global Unified Digital Measurement(TM) (UDM) data, which utilizes census-level information from...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Wondershare Software Co., Ltd., a world-class developer of Windows® and Macintosh® multimedia and business software applications, today announced the availability of MePub, a Macintosh e-publishing utility that allows authors to publish their works in the popular EPUB format from MS Word, PDF, HTML, CHM, and image files for reading on popular e-readers from Amazon, Sony, Barnes & Nobles, Apple, and others. Wondershare also offers a...

Consumer advocates state that the more reviews consumers read before making a purchase, the more satisfied they are with the product they ultimately buy. However, many so-called "review" sites offer only 2-3 poorly written sentences about the product they're focusing on. When it comes to e-readers, many consumers have been frustrated with the lack of in-depth, serious reviews. However, a newly opened website covers more than 30 top e-readers with comprehensive reviews that consumers...

By Hannah Hickey, University of WashingtonA study of how University of Washington graduate students integrated an Amazon Kindle DX into their course reading provides the first long-term investigation of e-readers in higher education. While some of the study's findings were expected "“ students want improved support for taking notes, checking references and viewing figures "“ the authors also found that allowing people to switch between reading styles, and providing the reader with...

Students and teachers are downloading thousands of books based on their individual interests and are discovering the world New York, NY (PRWEB) January 27, 2011 Worldreader.org, a charitable organization whose mission is to bring books to children and families in the developing world, today released initial reading trends from its iREAD pilot study, where 500 students and teachers are using e-readers in six schools in Kade and Adeiso, Ghana. The digital nature of e-books allows large...

The once-mighty publishing industry has hit hard times. To blame, says Blaine Loomer, is the industry's antiquated business model. He offers a few suggestions on how to revive it"”and promises publishers they're going to "Wubbit"! Cincinnati, OH (PRWEB) January 14, 2011 Once upon a time publishing was a hot industry. Today it's at the bottom of the bargain bin. Over the course of just a few years, the $40-billion industry has hit hard times. Most fingers point to the birth of e-books...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Dec. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- According to the National Retail Federation, holiday sales are expected to approach $450 billion this year. The association also reports that more than 47 percent of shoppers plan to buy books for those on their holiday lists. And this year, many will turn to e-readers for the book lover on their lists. "Buying new releases today can be costly, but when you buy the PocketBook e-reader edition, it generates major savings," says...

MILPITAS, Calif., Nov. 18, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- ABBYY®, a leading provider of document recognition, document capture, and linguistic technologies and services, and PocketBook International, a manufacturer of E-Ink-based multifunctional devices, today announced that the new series of Pocketbook e-readers will be bundled with ABBYY Lingvo dictionary software. The new series include four premium-class models PocketBook Pro 602 and Pro 902, PocketBook Pro 603 and Pro 903, and PocketBook IQ...

ABC and ABCi Release Findings of Second Annual Mobile Survey ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Publisher members of the Audit Bureau of Circulations and ABC Interactive are implementing plans for harnessing the mobile market's potential and focusing on strategies that increase revenue from the distribution channel. According to a new survey from ABC and ABCi, "Going Mobile: How Publishers Are Solidifying Strategies and Adapting to the Mobile Market,"...

NEW YORK, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Many consumers are turning to applications (apps) on their smartphones and tablets rather than traditional consumer electronics for their media, entertainment and information needs, according to findings in Deloitte's new "Revolutions 2010" survey, a special "pulse" edition of "The State of the Media Democracy" survey identifying significant trends in consumer adoption of mobile apps, e-readers and 3-D TV. The survey finds that 42 percent of app users...