08:45 AM by T-bag in More E-Book Readers | HanLin eBook

I just update my device. The Lit, Ppt and encrypted PDF format are well supported now.

http://www.jinke.com.cn/Compagesql/E...ice/update.asp

V3 update Hanlin V1.27 description:

1. Improve HTML format.
2. Improve PDF format, support encrypted PDF file.
3. Improve PNG display effect.
4. Update the new parser of FB2.
5. Optimize the menus of Ukraine, Russian, Turkish and Bulgarian languages.
6. Use the Founder Font Library to replace the current Chinese font library.
7. Add the menu of Hungarian language.
8. Support lit and ppt files.

How to read encrypted PDF file

For example, a PDF file named a.pdf, open a notepad file, and enter into the password and save the file as a.pwd file. Copy the a.pwd file into the same folder of a.pdf file, then the encrypted a.pdf file can be read.

03:25 AM by TadW in E-Book General | Deals and Resources (No...

Laying bored on the beach? Need a good read? Here we go... all of Tor's freebie novels listed on one page in various DRM-free formats, ready for immediate consumption.

Now that the life of our doughty little holding page is drawing to a close (shed a tear), we thought we'd make everything we gave away there--all the novels, all of the desktop wallpaper--available for one additional week, starting today and running through Sunday, July 27.

Source: Tor.com

Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi

Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi

Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi

Farthing by Jo Walton
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi

The Outstretched Shadow by Mercedies Lackey & James Mallory
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi

Crystal Rain by Tobias Buckell
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi

Lord of the Isles by David Drake
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi

Through Wolf's Eyes by Jane Lindskold
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi

The Disunited States of America by Harry Turtledove
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi

Reiffen's Choice by S.C. Butler
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi

Sun of Suns by Karl Schroeder
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi

Four and Twenty Blackbirds by Cherie Priest
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi

Spirit Gate by Kate Elliot
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi

Starfish by Peter Watts
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi

Touch of Evil by C.T. Adams & Cathy Clamp
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi

A Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi

Orphans of Chaos by John Wright
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi

In the Garden of Iden by Kage Baker
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi

In the Midnight Hour by Patti O'Shea
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi

Battlestar Galactica by Jeffrey A. Carver
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi

Flash by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi

Soul by Tobsha Learner
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi

Darkness of the Light by Peter David
PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi

Three Shadows by Cyril Pedrosa
PDF || ePub

08:42 PM by bbusybookworm in E-Book General | News

Saw the post on Engadget that Fujitsu may launching its FLEPia line of colour e-readers soon. Its still rumours but still look interesting.

Link.

The only disappointing thing is the rumored price (~$940). Still, its not as bad as it could be.

04:30 AM by Alexander Turcic in E-Book General | News

Whether a book is in the US public domain is a complex legal determination. For those in doubt, the American Library Association released a flash tool allowing you to dial up the various copyright terms for works created at different time periods and under different conditions.

Obviously, different countries impose different laws, so take this tool with a grain of salt if you're living outside the US.

[via Ars Technica]

04:16 AM by Alexander Turcic in E-Book Readers | Apple Devices

Well, as soon as we heard that 3rd party apps like eReader were to be ported to the iPhone, we knew it's going to be a big hit. Take the latest example, where Mr. Hutsko of the Salon waxes lyrical about the benefits of turning his beloved iPhone into an e-book reading device.

Seeing the eReader program icon on the iPhone's screen literally brought tears to my eyes. Seriously. Having spent the last decade reading scores of e-books from backlit cover to cover on Palm, Windows Mobile, Nokia and BlackBerry devices, I thought the arrival of eReader to the iPhone was a dream come true ...

... and at the same time, a nightmare, turning the iPhone into the worst e-book reader in the world, which I'll get to in a minute.

Hutsko loves that he can read at night without a reading light, and that he doesn't need to carry an extra clunky device. So where does the "nightmare" part fit into this? Nowhere, apparantly, unless you consider having hundreds of other iPhone applications to toy with a major disadvantage.

You disagree? Join the Apple missed the boat discussion.

02:39 AM by mrdini in Archive | OpenInkpot

We are pleased to announce the first usable developer preview of OpenInkpot - ready for you developers to play around with! From our blog:

Warning! Do not try to install this firmware to V3ext (512mb) version! This may damage internal flash. We will soon release another firmware correcting the errors if you already tried to do it.

Since this is a developer preview, please don't expect too much from the 0.0 version just yet. But we are pleased to say that it can boot on V3 hardware, and currently includes a bookshelf (Madshelf), bookreader (FBReader), and SSH server (dropbear - USB network connection even works occasionally!). However, we would advise that only developers try this release out, as it is not quite ready for end-users to try just yet.

Downloads are at: http://www.openinkpot.org/pub/releas...v3-0.0.tar.bz2

Please do feel free to leave comments. You can also visit us in our IRC channel - #openinkpot on OFTC.

Thanks!

11:17 AM by CCDMan in E-Book General | News

As noted on CNet, Amazon has yet another bout of technical issues today. Their S3 servers are down in both North America and Europe. I noticed this when I tried to download a Kindle book wirelessly, which did not show up. Whe I tried via the web and PC, I got an "item currently unavailable" message.

No word yet on what happened.....

11:16 AM by athlonkmf in E-Book General | News

First Esquire had to make a six-figure investment to hire an engineer in China to develop a battery small enough to be inserted in the magazine cover. The batteries and the display case are manufactured and put together in China. They are shipped to Texas and on to Mexico, where the device is inserted by hand into each magazine. The issues will then be shipped via trucks, which will be refrigerated to preserve the batteries, to the magazine’s distributor in Glazer, Ky.

NYTimes

E Ink is going to shine as the cover for 100.000 esquire magazines. That'd be a flashing, changing cover on a "classic" printed thing.

(so tempted to buy one, just to hack the cover)