Create Your Own E-Book with Open-Source Sigil

October 11 Comments Off on Create Your Own E-Book with Open-Source Sigil Category: Amplify, Education, Feed

Clipped from chronicle.comCreate Your Own E-Book with Open-Source SigilMore and more of us are reading e-books on our Kindles, Nooks, iPads, and various other e-reader devices. Usually these are books we purchase from the big players in the e-book market or download from public domain collections such as Project Gutenberg.But have you ever wanted to […]

eBooks’ greatest obstacle is that they function like books

March 01 Comments Off on eBooks’ greatest obstacle is that they function like books Category: Feed, HackText

EBooks may be on the rise but they have a major flaw. Their greatest obstacle is that they function like paper books, but that’s not how we read. I don’t know why it is that most eBook reading software now insists on using a pages metaphor. We had been forced into a certain format by the requirements of the […]

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Links 2-28-12: Gmail glitch, Productivity apps and an eBook user’s bill of rights

March 01 Comments Off on Links 2-28-12: Gmail glitch, Productivity apps and an eBook user’s bill of rights Category: Actual, Links

A Gmail glitch has seemingly wiped everything from about 150,000 accounts. Here’s how you should back up your e-mail to avoid losing everything.

Brick-and-mortar bookstores have a future. It’s mobile.

February 16 Comments Off on Brick-and-mortar bookstores have a future. It’s mobile. Category: Feed, HackText

Borders’ bankruptcy is being seen as a victory for e-books and the beginning of the end for brick-and-mortar booksellers, but it doesn’t have to be. Here’s how to build a better bookstore.

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