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NOOK Media, a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, Inc., announced yesterday the launch of NOOK Press, a new and free self-publishing platform in which authors can write, edit, collaborate, and publish high-quality e-books and distribute them to millions of readers via NOOK Books and Nook e-readers.
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Amazon has its own set of flaws that send readers looking for an alternative that’s just as good. Looking to get away from Amazon, the Kindle, and DRM? Here are some of the best ebook reading apps that I’ve found on Android over the years. I’ve used each of them at some point in my life and I’ve been satisfied with all of them. Hopefully they work well for you, too.
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As I'm an avid user of the Kindle app for the iPad and the iPhone, I eagerly look forward to version updates. I've been using the app ever since its initial release back in 2009, and have written reviews comparing it to Apple's iOS e-reader app, iBooks. Although the latter app has always been more feature-rich, the latest updates of the Kindle for iPad and iPhone include some much-needed features that users should know about.
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Download your Google Reader feeds – or the individual RSS feed of any website – as an ebook. NewsToeBook is a free service that connects to your Google Account, downloads any feed you like and even marks the things it downloads as read. With output for EPUB and MOBI, it supports basically every eReader on the market, and can even directly convert an RSS feed to an eBook if you're not a Google Reader user.
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Browse the books your friends are reading – or share collections with your friends. You and your friends can download the books to read later. It's called Ownshelf and it's intended to be a way for friends to share freely distributable books. So this is a great tool that may or may not end up being abused by pirates – much like the Internet itself. But enough background: let's see just how Ownshelf works.
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When I head out I’m already carrying my Windows Phone. What I don’t need is an extra device in order to access any books I might fancy reading. Fortunately, Amazon appreciates this and has released apps mimicking the functions of their popular Kindle device. One of the first apps to launch on Windows Phone 7 back in October 2010, Amazon Kindle is now available for Windows Phone 8 devices.
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When you pay Amazon some money for a Kindle eBook, you probably think it’s yours now. I mean, you paid some money, you got some content, and now you have it, just like any other book you buy on a brick-and-mortar store. Well, that’s wrong. Actually, you didn’t buy anything, and you don’t own that book you just paid for.
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I have been a long standing member of sites like GoodReads and LibraryThing, two well-recommended book services for timely book recommendations. But the eyes roam around, trying to pick up new book titles and authors. At most times, it is random browsing; but it has led to some cool discoveries of not only worthy page turners, but also different ways to reach the goal of finding a good book to read next. Here’s a sampling of seven places that a book lover ought to visit.
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Being the voracious reader that I am, a library was always a small hillock to conquer. Thanks to the eBook revolution that has swept over us now, we now have peaks to scale. One of them just happens to go by the name of a jungle – Amazon. Or to be more specific, the Kindle Store. The Kindle Store is heaven sent for us bookworms. I am not even talking about paying a dime here because there are absolutely legal ways to download free books from the Kindle Store.
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Do you think you've thought of every possible use for Dropbox? You haven't. Neither have I. Writers like me will never get sick of dreaming up new ways to use Dropbox, because this seemingly simple tool can be used to accomplish so much. It's a program that provides a simple service - sync a particular folder on your computer with all of your other computers and a web service.
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The popular magazine style and RSS feed mobile app, Flipboard has added Apple iBookstore and Books categories to its list of Content Subscriptions and recommendations. The new iBooks section consists of two dozen book categories found in the iBookstore itself, including Bestsellers, Arts and Entertainment, Cookbooks, Food & Wine, History, Humor, Romance, and Travel & Adventure.
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eBook popularity has been skyrocketing in the past few years and it doesn’t look like it will slow down anytime soon. First the Kindle, then the Nook, then smartphone apps like Aldiko and Mantano--there are so many ways to read eBooks now. If your eBook format of choice is .EPUB, then here’s some good news - you can read them straight from your browser now.
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Do some reading on the go. Kobo's Android app is perfect for your tablet or smartphone, and it couldn't be any easier to use. Whether you want to quickly browse thousands of free books or pay for the latest best-sellers, Kobo's got you covered. Sometimes you don't have your ereader with you, however, and that's when Kobo for Android comes in handy. If you own a Kobo, and bought books for it, there's no reason not have this app.
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Whatever criticism is being made about the latest iPad mini, many users like myself will be using it as their main e-reading and e-book device. And two of the leading iOS e-reader apps–Kindle for the iPad and iBooks 3–both offer some updated features you should know about if you're an avid reader and use the iPad.
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Comic book fans can rejoice. In one complete swoop, DC Comics announced its arrival on the three major digital platforms. DC Comics is the Number 1 comic book publisher in the U.S. and boasts of comic book heroes and titles like Justice League, Batman, Superman, Detective Comics, Action Comics, Batgirl, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Fables and American Vampire.
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