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Posts Tagged ‘E-book’

M-Edge Trench Runner Messenger Bag and E-Books for Troops

M-Edge Trench Runner Messenger Bag and E-Books for Troops

Monday, November 14, 2011 6:45

I’ve reviewed a number of products in the past from gadget accessory manufacturer M-Edge. The company offers a wide range of e-reader and tablet covers, cases and lights, offering a range of well designed ways to protect or dress up your favorite device. I just had the opportunity to test ...

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Ebook Piracy and the Libraries of the Future

Ebook Piracy and the Libraries of the Future

Tuesday, November 8, 2011 7:30

My husband has been lucky since acquiring his iPhone. He was looking for a book to read to test out the reader function, saw a commercial for A Game of Thrones, decided to read the book and it was being given away as a free ebook that month in preparation ...

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uTales: Crowdsourcing Children’s Book Publishing

uTales: Crowdsourcing Children’s Book Publishing

Monday, November 7, 2011 8:15

The children’s eBook space is evolving so quickly and changing so fast, this is almost Part 3 of my look at digital books for kids. Last month, GeekDad looked at a number of different models and types of eBooks that are out there and explored a little bit about how that ...

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Making Sense of Digital Books for Kids – Part 2

Making Sense of Digital Books for Kids – Part 2

Thursday, October 13, 2011 8:00

In my last post, Making Sense of Digital Books for Kids – Part 1 I looked at a number of categories to begin to understand how publishers and app developers are exploring the realm of digital books for kids. The response to part 1 has been terrific. Parents, publishers and ...

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Win an Amazon Kindle – Are you Serious?

Win an Amazon Kindle – Are you Serious?

Thursday, September 15, 2011 11:36

Yes. We’re serious! Daddy by Default is giving away an Amazon Kindle and ebook. This is not merely a promotional giveaway, it’s a giveaway to say thanks to our fans and readers. In just three months online we’ve met some really cool people, and those people have gotten us to nearly ...

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Back To School: Should An E-Reader Be On Your List?

Back To School: Should An E-Reader Be On Your List?

Tuesday, September 6, 2011 8:00

E-readers have been in the news quite a bit lately —new models are reaching the feature to price point ratio where sales have been skyrocketing, leaving even tablets in the dust in terms of adoption rates. The coming holiday gift-giving season combined with the pending release of Harry Potter e-books ...

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Hands On With The Nook Simple Touch and The Kobo eReader Touch

Hands On With The Nook Simple Touch and The Kobo eReader Touch

Monday, July 18, 2011 7:30

E-readers have continued their march forward, with sales continuing to climb and adoption rates that exceed tablets –in fact, ownership of dedicated e-readers has doubled in the past seven months and it’s now estimated that 12 percent of US adults now own a standalone e-reader. And that was before the ...

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The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore is a Game-Changing eBook App

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore is a Game-Changing eBook App

Tuesday, May 31, 2011 7:00

The transition is so fast. It has been less than 18 months that we have had iPads on our kitchen tables, engaging our children in the backs of cars and in doctor’s offices, and they’ve become the screen we now turn to before the television. Still, the game can change ...

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How a Children’s iPad App Is Made: Spot the Dot by Ruckus

How a Children’s iPad App Is Made: Spot the Dot by Ruckus

Friday, May 27, 2011 9:30

The above video is a great three minute look at the David A. Carter, author of Ruckus Media Group’s new iPad-only app Spot the Dot. Carter is the New York Times best-selling children’s book author of One Red Dot and the Bugs in a Box series, and it’s great to ...

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Causing a Ruckus With Children’s eBooks

Causing a Ruckus With Children’s eBooks

Tuesday, May 17, 2011 7:00

Ruckus Media Group comes to the children’s app market with a lot of experience behind it. Rick Richter, CEO, is former President and Publisher of the Simon & Schuster Children’s Division (1996 – 2008) and co-founder Jim Young has a CV that spans NBC, News Corp, WedMD and GE’s entertainment ...

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