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US company Booktrack has just released a new concept onto the literary market - ebooks with a sound track. Yes, you read that right, ebooks with a sound track. To quote from their website, "Booktrack represents a new chapter in the evolution of storytelling, and an industry "first" in publishing, by creating synchronized soundtracks for e-books that dramatically boost the
Launched yesterday at the Hay Festival in Wales, Unbound is the latest website to link prospective funders to creators. In this instance, it's authors and books, rather than entrepreneurs and tech but it's the same concept. They have an idea for a book, the story gets pitched to you, if you like it you buy the future book and if
My husband went to our local library the Cabell County Public Library last week and picked up a library card. If you haven't been to a library in a long time you maybe surprise how much they have embraced new technology. One of the areas that most libraries have embraced is ebooks and audiobooks. They use a system called Overdrive to
Todd and Tom get together with Jerry Cimadomo and Greg Stetson of Ectaco to review their range of ebook readers and translators. First up was is the Jetbook Mini (shown right) at $99, which runs off 4 AAA batteries giving 90 hours of continuous reading. It comes with free software which converts a wide range of ebook formats into a
There's no doubt that ebook readers are very much du jour, and Sony are keen to be part of that trend with the recent additions of the Touch and Pocket Editions to the Sony Reader line-up. Reviewed here is the Pocket Edition (PRS-350), which is the smaller of the two models, with a 5" touch screen. Overall, it's about 14.5 cm tall, 10.5
Andrew Marr, formerly the BBC's Political Editor, has written a series of articles on the changing face of news and journalism in an era of technological change. In the first, End of the News Romantics, he comments how he always thought he'd be a true newspaper and newscast kind of guy but in fact he's embracing the new technology of
If the electronics industry has anything to do with it 2010 will be the year that the e-book finally gets off the ground. They've been kicking around for years - I remember reading stuff from Peanut Press on my Palm III back in the '90s. Anyway, this isn't going to be about e-books and their rise, but rather about a study