MobileRead Week in Review: 08/03 - 08/10

[Alexander Turcic]

It's time again for our roundup on all the stuff we posted on our frontpage this past week.

E-Book General - News

• Is Sony readying the PRS-T3? PRS-T2 on sale for $99
• Mysterious Samsung Daynote - destined to challenge Amazon?
• Kindle Fire HD on sale for $159
• NPR - E-Books Strain Relations Between Libraries, Publishing Houses
• Bezos buys Washington Post. Really.
• Adobe Digital Editions 2.0.1 is out
• Android E Ink e-reader "Crema Shine" launches in Korea
• Amazon, Kobo and Sony request e-readers be exempt from accessibility laws
• Amazon could be working on next-gen e-paper display
• OverDrive Media Console with new Gui and Bookmark Sync
• Spoiled Kindle experience: too much sloppy content
• Barbara Mertz died age 85
• Google's cure to spinal problems: textbooks in Play store unveiled (US only)
• Amazon trying to unlock Russian book market
• Researchers stack E Ink paper like real paper (video)
• Indie bookstores resurgent
• calibre V0.9.43 released
• Next-gen Kindle Fire specs revealed (yes, the "baby" Fire)
• DOJ reiterates need for Apple punishments; gets support from Kobo

E-Book General - General Discussions

• Disruption through online book sales - is Germany next?
• Chain-reading e-books? You could be an e-book addict
• kobobooks.com doesn't give format anymore?
• 10 reasons why "real" books are better than e-books, supposedly
• Publishers object to DOJ proposal; it would punish them rather than Apple

E-Book General - Deals, Freebies, and Resources (No Self-Promotion)

• NOOK HD+ 16GB for $120, refurbished
• 50% off on any Packt e-book (exp. 08/15)

E-Book General - Writers' Corner

• Library skips publisher, goes directly to author

E-Book Readers - Amazon Kindle

• Kindle DX on sale for $239. Still worth it?
• Kindlets development: Absolute beginner's guide

E-Book Readers - Apple Devices

• Adobe Reader 11 for iOS lets you convert PDFs, if you pay for it
• iBooks app in latest OS X Mavericks developer preview!

E-Book Readers - Barnes & Noble NOOK

• Nook HD and HD+ now officially supported by CyanogenMod

E-Book Readers - Kobo Reader

• Kobo Firmware 2.8.1: pass or fail? (poll)

E-Book Software - Sigil

• Sigil V0.7.3 released

Miscellaneous - Lounge

• Aussies launch anti-CAPTCHA petition. Is it time to kill CAPTCHAs?

Miscellaneous - Announcements

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