I'd love to see Barnes & Noble and Borders follow Amazon's lead in
offering reader software for their e-books on a wide variety of devices.
Not exact matches
Beyond Reisman's ambition to
offer «the best reading application» anywhere (and early reviews of the
software have been favourable), the Kobo experience caters to a
reader who is stealing moments throughout their busy day in which to read, on whatever device they happen to have at hand.
This insight could be used to alleviate reading problems with
software that
offer translations of difficult words or suggest easier texts as soon as
readers experience problems.
The Mendeley Web site can track how often articles are read via the desktop
software and in the future may track the time spent reading articles or perhaps quality ratings
offered by
readers.
Indeed, if you're a regular Edutopia
reader, you're already aware of how personal technologies (computers or cell phones running web 2.0
software) can enable an entirely different model of learning by
offering unprecedented access to information and personalization tools.
The Vocabulary Builder
software, meanwhile compiles all of the words kids look up in the
reader's dictionary into a handy flashcard - style list, while Word Wise
offers up automatic definitions above tough words while reading.
The kid - version of the
reader also ditches Special
Offers, the subsidized
software that serves up tailored advertisements by way the Kindle's screensavers.
The Adobe PDF
reader app works okay too, and
offers more features for PDFs than the Kobo
software.
One of my favorites is something I have sent to Kindle devs several times already,
offered by Moon +
Reader Pro, but not the Kindle
softwares: It not only tells you which chapter you are on, but what page of how many.
In addition to Google's usual
software suit, the Tab also comes with Samsung Music Hub,
Readers Hub, Game Hub and the new Video Hub that
offers over 1000 film titles for rent.
Cover designers, editors, proof -
readers and
software developers
offer exclusive deals to DD members.
Many public libraries already
offer e-book borrowing for free, subject to a library user loading special
software on a desktop computer, mobile device or some e-book
readers.
The Firefly's
software is inferior to that of Sony's
readers and I miss the superb dictionaries Sony
offers.
Through Barnes & Noble's NOOK ™ eReading product
offering, customers can buy and read eBooks on the widest range of platforms, including NOOK eBook
Readers, devices from partner companies, and hundreds of the most popular mobile and computing devices using free NOOK
software.
It is told that Amazon's China site
offers free download of its Kindle
reader software; more than 30,000 books have been put on the shelf of its ebook store, 800 of them free of charge.
However, similarly to the other two
offerings, this also comes with a stylish aluminum chassis that is sure to add a touch of class to the Daily Edition as well as to its owner, the bundled
software being also one of the high points of Sony's
reader as it packs a wide array of interesting features as intuitive content zoom, adjustable contrast and brightness control, as well as automatic multiple page creation.
With every new eBook
reader in the market, with every update to the
software readers Amazon, Barnes & Noble or Kobo
offers, and with every new cell phone and tablet that enters the market, the playing field becomes harder to control.
Blogging
software like WordPress
offers a range of plugins you can utilize to add to your
reader's experience as well.
If its
software were easier to use and if it
offered a better collection of books in its store, the Sony
Reader PRS - 700 could truly be a contender.
Microsoft used to
offer the Microsoft
Reader software for eBooks both for its PocketPC and for don't fit - in - your - pocket PCs.
By the way: the
software version 1.8 is a free
offer for all previous tolino eReaders, that way all tolino
readers can benefit from the extensive
software update.
Given the current absence of a dedicated e-book
reader, Barnes & Noble is
offering its e-book inventory to Mac and PC users, iPhone and iPod touch users, and BlackBerry smartphone users, who access the e-Books through a dedicated «eReader»
software application.
Its need to
offer generous royalties to authors is waning, too, because that's where most
readers shop for eBooks.The obvious historical example of this phenomenon is the death of innovation in desktop productivity
software after Microsoft Office came to dominate the industry.
This «missing features to be added via future
software upgrades» thread should sound familiar to owners of the Nook (bug fixes, store
offers), the Sony
Reader (wireless downloads), and the Kindle (PDF support).
One of the key aspects with Kobo's
software is that it
offers more layout and font settings than most other ebook
readers.
One of the best things with Kobo's
software is that it
offers more layout and font settings than most other ebook
readers.
The ebook
reader will run the FBReader
software and be able to read all the formats that Baen
offers.
Amazon's PDF
software is the same on all Kindles, and all but the entry - level model have 300 ppi screens, so they're mostly the same, but the Kindle Paperwhite is the best value for an inexpensive PDF
reader, as it
offers more PDF features than other brands like Kobo and Nook.
New York, New York — July 17, 2012 — Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today introduced NOOK for Web, an innovative and free new browser experience that
offers readers the ability to explore the hottest digital titles and bestselling books right from their computer — no sign - in,
software download or NOOK account required to begin reading.
H&R Block Canada has
offered to give five Canadian Couch Potato
readers a free copy of its H&R Block At Home downloadable tax preparation
software (retail value $ 34.99).
The makers of TurboTax
software have
offered a free download of TurboTax Premier Online to one lucky
reader.
Speaking of tax, the folks at H&R Block have
offered to give away copies of their DIY tax
software to five lucky Canadian Couch Potato
readers.
I would love to hear more about «
readers buy confidence not content» — it's an interesting idea, if there's more to it than vendors
offering «solutions» instead of
software.
«Marvel Comics Apps» means, collectively, Marvel's digital comics
reader, storefront applications, websites and / or
software (including any updates / upgrades to that
software) through which you can: (1) browse, shop for, download and / or stream, read and / or otherwise use Digital Content or other items
offered by us for use on one (1) or more select devices (e.g., smartphones, tablets, PC / Mac, et al.); and (2) manage your Digital Content and account settings.
Read next: Microsoft
offering visually - impaired customers free screen
reader software to help them use Office
MiniTool is
offering to give away its popular
software Partition Wizard Pro Edition v 9.0 free to all TheWindowsClub
readers.
Auslogics the makers of the well - known BoostSpeed and the free disk defragmanting
software has been kind enough to
offer 10 licenses of its Auslogics Registry Fixer free to the
readers -LSB-...]
Both devices also sport a fingerprint
reader that makes use of Google's new Nexus Imprint
software introduced with Android M. Neither of them
offer microSD support or Optical Image Stabilization on the cameras though.
I know there are some Cult of Mac
readers who don't like concept designs, but like patents which never become products, I think they
offer an interesting glimpse at a future device or piece of
software we may never get to use — but which could be pretty great if implemented correctly.
One additional delivery format to consider is a Portable Document Format (PDF) resume, which
offers the advantages of being completely invulnerable to viruses and totally compatible across computer systems (requires
software such as Adobe Acrobat
Reader, a free download, to be opened and read).