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3D Issue EDU is a digital publishing & marketing communications software solution for the education market. Its user-friendly interface enables educators and administrators to create digital brochures & digital publications in minutes. (PRWEB) March 06, 2013 3D Issue is pleased to announce the launch of its new 3D Issue for Education website. The website caters for the needs and wants of the educational sector through a cross platform solution that enables institutions and their...
The new microsite features enhanced, interactive children's content for Android(TM) tablet and smartphone owners SAN DIEGO, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Reader(TM) Store from Sony announced the addition of Kids Corner, a dedicated shopping section that will offer illustrated and enhanced children's content. Kids Corner supports EPUB3.0 content, a new industry standard file format, allowing customers to enjoy embedded media and interactivity within the book itself when viewed...
The wireless capabilities of the new Victor Reader Stream opens doors so that the visually impaired can also have access to the latest novels, magazines and music and right in the palm of their hands. Fort Lauderdale, Florida (PRWEB) March 04, 2013 With devices like the iPad and Kindle Fire all the rave these days it seems only fair that the visually impaired should have access to an all inclusive media library in their pockets as well. Offering cutting edge technology for both the...
The American Astronomical Society (AAS) supports President Barack Obama’s new policy on “open access,” the idea that published results of taxpayer-funded research should be made freely available on the Internet rather than permanently restricted to journal subscribers or other paying customers. Central to the new policy is the recognition that publishers “provide valuable services, including the coordination of peer review, that are essential for ensuring the high quality and...
Penny Loves Pink and Chamelia interactive eBooks will be available for iOS and Android users worldwide. New York, New York (PRWEB) February 25, 2013 Today PlayTales announced that it will launch two new titles, Penny Loves Pink by Cori Doerrfeld and Chamelia by Ethan Long, from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, a division of Hachette Book Group. PlayTales produces award winning mobile applications that feature high-quality interactive eBooks for children. PlayTales' eBooks are...
eReflect, 7 Speed Reading developer reported today how useful Ebook reader reviews are for the promotion of reading and literacy in general. The software company emphasized the need for a unanimous, persistent endorsement of reading through and by technological innovations. New York City, NY (PRWEB) February 23, 2013 Today, 7 Speed Reading creators announced the importance of Ebook reader reviews as a valid method for accessing the most efficient Ebook readers available. The software...
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- BookBaby announces the release of its latest guide for authors entitled Making Money With Your eBook, urging authors to "think like a marketer and sell your book like a pro." BookBaby has helped thousands of authors realize the dream of publishing their books, and now the company is helping them take that next step -- successful marketing and sales of their eBooks. Written by Steven Spatz, Chief Marketing Officer for BookBaby,...
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2013 spring college semester has seen an even greater increase than anticipated in the purchase and download of digital textbooks, just one of many book buying options available at DirectTextbook.com. While the purchase of digital textbooks over hard copy books has increased nearly 75% in the past two years, the satisfaction rate reported by students is on the decline. "There's still a market for traditional textbooks," said...
Selection management platform outlines five ways to organize and improve the hiring process in this free guide for franchise systems. Chicago, IL (PRWEB) February 15, 2013 Leading selection management platform, Hireology, released an eBook earlier this week outlining five practices companies can implement to organize their hiring process. The guide, available for free download here, is applicable to any company with hiring challenges, regardless of industry. The eBook, "Organizing...
PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The publishing market is being revolutionized, with U.S. eBook sales revenues having overtaken hardcover sales. Recently, the Amazon CEO reported that 2012 eBooks sales increased 70% compared to 2011, with eBooks representing a multi-billion dollar category. Unfortunately, there has arisen a large group of consumers seeking pirated versions of eBooks. In response, eBookPlus.com has been launched to help improve the system of reading...
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The Cybook Opus is an e-book reader produced by Bookeen from France, released on July 27, 2009. The operating system for the Opus is Linux with an open source firmware. In June 2010, Bookeen published and improved firmware with a one-second mode which allows the device to be turned on and off in one second. It also keeps the last page read open and the user does not have to reboot each time. There is no keyboard and it does not have a dictionary or bookmarks. There is no internet access...
The Cybook Gen3 is an e-Reader designed for reading e-books, e-news, and for listening to audio books or MP3 music. It was produced by Bookeen, a French company, and released on October 29, 2007. The display is a six-inch E-Ink screen using 166 dpi, black and white, 2-bit grayscale and on the gold edition 8-bit grayscale was used. The screen is readable under sunlight and only uses the battery for turning pages, giving it 8,000 page flips of battery life. The Gen3 uses a 200MHz CPU;...
The Kobo Touch is an eReader device produced by Kobo Inc., from China, revealed on May 23, 2011, and released in the U.S. on June 10, 2011. It is the third generation eReader from Kobo, and contained improvements from the previous versions. The Kobo Touch included 15 free previews of select books instead of 100 public domain books that were included on the previous versions. Other improvements were an E Ink pearl screen, faster CPU, and it was smaller and lighter. The display is a six-inch...
The Nook is a brand of e-reader developed by Barnes & Noble with the original device released in November 2009. It featured both Wi-Fi and AT&T 3G, with a 6 inch display and a smaller touchscreen for data input. Since then there has been multiple versions and upgrades. A Wi-Fi only version released in June 2010 and the Nook color using LCD in November 2010. The second generation Nook was released in June 2011, and in February 2012 an upgrade was released to the Wi-Fi only version....
The Colombian Journal of Statistics (Revista Colombiana de Estadistica) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal on statistics published biannually by the National University of Colombia. It was established in 1968. During its early years, the journal was published only in Spanish; since 1985, it includes English-published papers as well. The journal halted publication in 1969, being re-launched in 1979 by Luis Thorin. The journal covers research on statistics, including applications,...
