The Norwegian edition of Apple’s iBookstore might be launched in Norway soon. 17. November there will be held a information meeting between Apple’s agent in Norway, eBokNorden, and Norwegian publishers. Sjur Mossige, eBokNorden, has not got a definitive date for when iBooks will launch in Norway, but it seems to happen before Christmas. Something that will be long before the Norwegian industry solution for e-books is ready, a solution that has been postponed several times and is […] Continue reading →
Yesterday Apple came with an update to their office solution, iWork. The update 9.0.4 is important for all of us still dreaming of a paper free life. Pages can now export documents to ePub, the chosen format in iBooks (iPhone/iPad) and many other eReader devices. The added ePub support in iWorks makes it a lot more convenient for scientific staff and students to make use of the iPad in their work and studies. It is important to note that export to ePub only works with the word processing […] Continue reading →
Introduction I’ve been picked to beta test Akademika.no‘s online shop, and got sent a Sony Reader PRS-600 that I could keep after testing. Akademika.no is to sell digital books in the formats PDF and ePub, and they are using Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) to add DRM to the books you buy. In the following weeks I will be writing about ADE and my experiences with buying books online from Akademika.no. We will also get access to a few Norwegian books, but these will only be available […] Continue reading →
Instapaper is a perfect example of useful cloud computing. A service that lets you “bookmark” articles that you wish to read later, in the chair or in a spare moment, as for example the subway to and from work. A lot of people have been blogging about it lately. By adding a Read Later button in your browser’s toolbar, articles will get stored on the Instapaper site: To read the articles you can later visit the Instapaper site and read them. But is more useful is to use […] Continue reading →
Bookeen is soon to come with their new mini ebook reader, Cybook Opus. The device will come with support for both ePub and PDF. Here are some pictures from the French site Ebouquin: Here are some specifications for Opus: 5″ high definition e-ink screen (200dpi, 600×800 pixels) Ultra light-weight : 150 gr 1 GB internal memory (twice the capacity of the Cybook Gen3) Excellent ergonomy with convenient well-placed page-turning buttons on the side of the screen for one-handed use An […] Continue reading →
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