Amazon announced a new publishing platform on Wednesday called Kindle Worlds, which will give both established authors and aspiring fan fiction writers the chance to earn royalties based on their work. Fan fiction is a rather murky topic, given that it often combines beloved characters and franchises in rather unusual ...
Barnes & Noble Offers Buy One, Get One Free on Select Nook Books
on 5.2.13
Well, this process seems a bit counterintuitive, eh? This morning, Barnes & Noble introduced a new scheme for getting Nook customers to visit the company's retail stores. The promotion nets you one free e-book when you purchase another, but -- and this is where the offer tripped us up a bit -- you can only make your ...
Done Not Done: Clean Up Your Movie and Media To-Do Lists
on 1.22.13
To-do lists and task managers are commonplace on the App Store, and it's sometimes hard for unique apps to stand out. But a recently launched app from Betaworks called Done Not Done surprisingly manages to do so. Don't let the name fool you, this app doesn't focus on the boring things you need to do, like picking up more ...
Amazon launches $3 Per Month Kid-Friendly Media Service
on 12.5.12
Amazon's just launched Free Time Unlimited for its range of Kindle Fire tablets. It offers unlimited access to age-restricted movies, games and books for kids, for $3 a month. Essentially a subscription service for children, the service lets you tell Amazon your offspring's gender and age, and then a custom library of ...
Why I Was Wrong About Hating E-Books
on 12.2.12
I railed against e-books about a month ago. My biggest issues were their cost and use of DRM. In the interest of doing my best to see the other side of things, I committed to reading only e-books for the rest of the month. And you know what? I loved it. I used the the Kindle and Stanza apps on my iPad to read e-books from ...
Let’s Just Assume Amazon Has Sold, Like, Eight Kindles
on 11.27.12
There's no doubt that Amazon sells a lot of Kindles; it's the most popular product on a site that sells many very popular things. But we're five years into the Kindle Age, and we still don't have a single firm sales number to pin on them. Come on, guys! Let us quantify how impressed we are! The latest evasive maneuver from ...
iPad Mini Review – Apple Hits a Solid Double, But Is It For Everyone?
on 11.26.12
As I say, way too often, "If you want an iDevice, nothing else will do." This is absolutely true about the iPad Mini. If you want one, just go buy it. Nothing else will do -- not the Nexus 7, not the Kindle Fire HD, not the Samsung Galaxy Tab... nothing. This is not to say that Google's Nexus 7 or Amazon's Kindle Fire HD ...
All the Cyber Monday Deals: 2012
on 11.25.12
Well Black Friday is over. Maybe you scored some deals, maybe you stayed in this year. Either way, Cyber Monday is here to drag you back for another round of insanely discounted shopping. We found, ranked, and sorted all the Cyber Monday deals (and non-deals) for you. Here's your definitive guide for Digital Shopping D-Day. ...
Amazon brings Adobe Photoshop Touch to Kindle devices, but only for those running Android 4.0
on 11.15.12
Adobe Photoshop Touch is already available for Android (and iOS), in fact an update was released just two months ago, but that doesn’t mean that Amazon’s Kindle devices have been supported, until now. Adobe on Thursday announced that after working “closely with Amazon,” Photoshop Touch now works with the latest ...
Shelly Palmer Radio Report – November 15, 2012
on 11.15.12
Nintendo’s next console, the Wii U, launches in North America this Sunday. With the holidays coming and budgeting a must, you might be wondering: Why the heck should I care about the Wii U? Don’t I already have a Wii? The Wii U is Nintendo’s first true HD system, which is something Microsoft and Sony already have in ...
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