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E-ink Partners With a Japanese Retailer to Develop World?s First Full-Color, ...
by Nate Hoffelder
22 Feb 2019 at 7:44am
Remember about 3 years ago when E-ink announced their ACeP epaper signage? It was supposed to have shipped in 2017, but we have seen neither hide nor hair of theContinue reading
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Morning Coffee ? 22 February 2019
by Nate Hoffelder
21 Feb 2019 at 8:01pm
Here are a few stories to read this Friday morning. There's a lab in the UK conducting archaeological research based on the parchment used in really old books. Amy CollinsContinue reading
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Could The Movie ?Yesterday? be Based on the Book ?Enormity?? (Maybe, but Prob...
by Nate Hoffelder
20 Feb 2019 at 3:46pm
The publishing industry's current controversy of the week for this week revolves around an upcoming movie, and an author who is claiming implies that the movie's plot is based on theContinue reading
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What If English Were Phonetically Consistent? (video)
by Nate Hoffelder
20 Feb 2019 at 5:07am
English is a language that doesn't just borrow words, it follows other languages down dark alleys, clubs them over the head, and rifles through their pockets for spare vocabulary (or soContinue reading
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Morning Coffee ? 20 February 2018
by Nate Hoffelder
19 Feb 2019 at 6:26pm
Here are a few stories to read this Wednesday morning. Courtney Milan flays her plagiarist alive. Nick Fancher deleted his entire social media presence. Cait Reynolds explains the many detailsContinue reading
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Scam PSA: ?Main Street Web Pros? Tried to Con Me Into Paying Them For Nonexis...
by Nate Hoffelder
19 Feb 2019 at 5:00pm
Over the nine years that I have run this blog I have seen many scams. There are the sites that pretend to have pirated ebook but really just want yourContinue reading
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How to Bring Your WordPress Blog Posts to Alexa as Audio
by Nate Hoffelder
19 Feb 2019 at 11:42am
When Amazon launched Alexa Skill Blueprints last week, they drastically lowered the skill level required to develop new tricks for Amazon's smart speaker. Now anyone can put their work in the Alexa Skills Store withContinue reading
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Amazon Put the Kindle Fire Tablet on Sale
by Nate Hoffelder
19 Feb 2019 at 6:46am
Amazon launched another sale the day after President's Day here in the US. They've discounted the Kindle Fire tablets slightly, taking $10 off the price of the Fire 7, $20Continue reading
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Pearson Sells Off Its K-12 US Textbook Division for $250 Million
by Nate Hoffelder
18 Feb 2019 at 7:09am
Pearson announced on Monday that they had agreed to sell its US K-12 textbook business to Nexus Capital Management for $250 million. Nexus will pay an initial $25 million and aContinue reading
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Morning Coffee ? 18 February 2019
by Nate Hoffelder
17 Feb 2019 at 6:29pm
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. I've already forgotten these 23 "unforgettable " last sentences. Here's a great argument for raising taxes on corporations: "Amazon WillContinue reading
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British Prison Inmates Smoked Harry Potter Pages
by Nate Hoffelder
17 Feb 2019 at 4:22pm
Remember last year when everyone was losing their shit over evil profiteering prisons banning print books or forcing inmates to only buy from approved sources? I pointed out at theContinue reading
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